5 Supermodel Styling Tips From Joan Smalls

No one makes a pair of leggings look sexier than Joan Smalls. Now you can steal the supermodel’s head-turning style because Smalls’ denim collaboration with True Religion has finally arrived, featuring cropped sweatshirts, bralettes, high-waisted briefs, and leggings. It’s Smalls’ first-ever capsule collection and she participated on both sides of the camera––as design collaborator and face of the women’s Spring campaign.

Sueño, Spanish for “dream,” is a theme running through the collection, and it’s a word that holds particular significance for Smalls, who originally hails from Puerto Rico. Smalls told Style.com, “I remember coming to New York and having the dream of making it big, having a career, traveling.”

Fast-forward a few years and those dreams are a reality. How did her modeling experience influence the design collaboration? “You have a better understanding of materials, how they drape and fall,” Smalls said. Each piece from the collection has a story, and the model shared them with us here, along with her styling tips, so you can lift the off-duty-model look, too.