Name: CP Time - Black Trailblazers in Fashion | The Daily Show
Uploaded: 2020-03-11T16:01:35.000Z
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-(saxophone plays smooth jazz) -(applause and cheering)

Normally, when we think about black fashion,

Or we think about those suits that Steve Harvey wears

Leave some buttons for the rest of us, Steve.

Been keeping my clothes together with staples.

But in actuality, the world of fashion has been filled

with influential and iconic African-American designers,

whose clothing accentuated women's curves.

Before her, women's fashion covered up their figures

with big-ass skirts the size of a Carnival Cruise ship.

Women would get lost just bending over to tie their shoes.

Zelda's curve-flaunting designs were so popular

that Hugh Hefner asked her to design the iconic outfit

I never went to the Playboy Mansion myself

and I also have a severe phobia of rabbits.

Kiss my ass. I don't want to be around that.

Another black creator of couture is Stephen Burrows.

It's about the fashion, which Stephen Burrows helped shape.

and was popular among its celebrity regulars.

that were comfortable on the dance floor,

which is when you make the material at the edge

because I've never eaten a piece of lettuce.

My favorite vegetable is caramel-covered popcorn.

And, finally, our last designer brings us to the modern day.

and driving force behind this decade's streetwear movement.

He made high-end fashion take streetwear seriously.

You know, fancy logos, T-shirts, chunky sneakers, hoodies.

Pretty much anything you're not supposed to wear to a funeral,

These Jordans are stepping on your grave.

Now, don't be fooled by the term "streetware."

One of Abloh's biggest companies, Off-White,

Although I don't know why you would spend so much money

You know how much I paid for my underwear?

A six-pack of drawers fell off the back of a Walmart truck

remember the African American fashion trailblazers

Well, that's all the time we have for today.

I'm Roy Wood Jr., and this has been CP Time.

Damn. Somebody get me a napkin. I'm bleeding on my fabric.