Conan Gray’s highly anticipated tour, “The Wishbone Pajama Show,” is officially one week underway. Since its kickoff, fans have flocked to social media to praise Gray’s narrative, romantic stage looks styled by Katie Qian. Qian, whose clientele also includes artists Tinashe, Sabrina Claudio, and Rich Brian, worked with Gray to determine a series of outfits that echoed the album’s themes. 

“Creating the looks for Conan’s tours is always a collaborative effort! We love to brainstorm together and come up with the best interpretations of the ideas to represent the phases of Conan’s show,” Qian said in a statement. “In this case, we represented different parts of Conan’s personality and identity through the Wishbone lens and color scheme.”

In a series of sketches, Qian’s vision begins to take shape. The stylist tapped designer Michelle Hebert to create one of the Prince looks and the base of the Captain look. Hebert has worked closely with Qian throughout the album cycle, designing Gray’s original sailor album cover look and his VMAs performance look. The rhinestone work on the Captain look was done by designer Rio Warner. 

Since its August 15 release, the Dan Nigro-produced Wishbone has been hailed by critics as Gray’s most confident work yet. With hits including the 4x-Platinum “Heather” and 3x-Platinum “Maniac” under his belt, the pop star returns to his roots as a singer-songwriter on the new album. When it came to tour outfits, it was important to Gray that his style reflected the songs’ substance. 

“The costumes of the Wishbone Tour were made to tell a story,” Gray said in a statement. “We start the top of the show with a ‘normal’ version of me, the sailor uniform that we see on the album cover, but as we progress through the storyline of my heartbreak and coming-of-age, you start to see me change. During my heartbreak, I’m in pajamas, as I spent a lot of time in bed writing the album. Then we see me start to find myself again, returning to very romantic silhouettes. Lastly, by the end of the show, I end up in a captain’s uniform — as so much of this album is about me finally becoming the captain of my own life.” 

Concertgoers can see this journey play out onstage through October, with the tour’s final stops being in Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey — Gray’s Mexico debut. Each look is a masterclass in storytelling, with a clear sense of direction from concept sketch to finished piece.