After Megan Fox transformed into a modern-day pin-up almost overnight, her relationship with clothing became frustrating — so she has a perfectly good excuse for suffering the occasional fashion fender-bender. She challenged gender stereotypes by playing a mechanic in “Transformers,” but behind the scenes, Fox had a tense relationship with director Michael Bay. In an interview with Wonderland, she accused him of treating her like nothing but eye candy. “Those are literally his directions sometimes. ‘Be Hot,'” she recalled.
Fox once used clothing to rebel against her Sєx symbol status after “Transformers'” release, telling British GQ, “I would dress as a boy, in giant oversized clothes and skate shoes.” The public’s perception of her made it difficult for Fox to develop a personal style, but it was something she started working on in earnest long after her career as a blockbuster star slowed down. “I’m learning to use fashion in a way that reflects who I am now,” she told WWD in 2023. “But for a long time I didn’t utilize it because I was really suffering with that existential question of, ‘Well, who am I?'”
It’s awesome that she has finally discovered the joys of expressing herself through her apparel, but Fox has also experimented with some questionable looks and stirred up a little sartorial controversy.
She stole her stepson’s look
In 2008, Megan Fox showed up at the Fox network’s All-Star Party at the Pier wearing a pair of low-rise jeans and what appeared to be a Star Wars baby tee featuring an image of Darth Vader looming large over the franchise’s other characters. When IGN asked her about the shirt, she said, “I’m a ‘Star Wars’ fan. I’m a ‘Star Trek’ fan. I’m a big nerd. I’m a big, giant comic book nerd.”
Two years later, the reigning queen of the geekdom showed her love for an animated robot series that was not “Transformers” by stepping out in a green “Voltron” T-shirt, the bottom of which skimmed her belly ʙuттon. It’s possible that she wasn’t buying these tiny tees for herself, as the Daily Mail published pH๏τos of Fox’s stepson Kᴀssius wearing what appeared to be the same two shirts. When Fox began dating Brian Austin Green at age 18, Kᴀssius was just 2 years old, and his age was still in the single digits when she seemingly started raiding his closet.
Many guys can attest that the upper areas of shirts get stretched out when their girlfriends or girl friends borrow them, so Lord Vader’s mask might have looked a bit melted when Fox returned Kᴀssius’s “Star Wars” tee. It’s also odd that she wanted to wear the same clothing as a small child, as she once told the Daily Star in 2009, “I don’t ever feel Sєxy in small clothes. I always feel really insecure.”
She had to defend her revealing dinner attire
After Megan Fox started dating rapper Machine Gun Kelly, her wardrobe underwent a major makeover. The “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” actor explained to Vogue, “Being with him, obviously, he’s slightly eccentric in the way that he dresses — and that has freed me up to express myself more.” She also credited MGK with introducing her to her stylist, Maeve Reilly.
One of the big fashion risks Fox took during an outing with her boyfriend came when they headed to Nobu with Kelly’s friend and collaborator, Mod Sun in 2023. Fox wore a sheer bodycon dress that featured an orange pattern reminiscent of wood grain. From the bust down, she was covered up with flesh-toned shapewear. Her Jean Paul Gaultier gown wouldn’t have looked out of place on a red carpet, but it was a daring choice for a dinner date.
Fox was pH๏τographed placing her arm over her chest outside the eatery, but she ᴀssured her Instagram followers that she had not flashed any fellow diners. “Before you start angrily typing – those are not my nipples, calm down,” she wrote in a since-deleted post (via ET). “They are safely and completely hidden under nipple covers so no worries, we will all live another day without a rip in the space-time continuum.” MGK is apparently a fan of the naked dress trend — Fox told ET that he chose the totally sheer Mugler gown that she wore to the 2021 MTV VMAs.