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Hey, what's going on, everybody? Welcome to the show. I'm Trevor Noah. Let's kick things off. Yesterday was the Met Gala. It's Party City on LSD. And this year, the looks were as wild as ever.
The Met Gala began with a bang from the Brooklyn United Marching Band and from there the steps became a who's who of fashion, movies and music. The theme is celebrating American fashion and these guests understood the assignment. Hosts Billie Eilish and Naomi Osaka stunned in their larger than life outfits and Lil Nas X shut down the steps with his costume changes. We asked what does it mean to be two working class women showing up to the Met and so we decided to do it.
we decided that we're gonna do it. Even Mayor de Blasio made his first appearance. Red, white and blue were the colors of the night, as was anything sparkly, with the exception of Kim Kardashian, who came in all black everything.
Okay, I don't care what anybody says, man. You know you've killed the game when you can step out covered head to toe and everyone still recognizes you. Shit, I don't even recognize some of my friends when they're wearing a mask, but Kim Kardashian climbs up the stairs looking like a video game character you haven't unlocked yet, and we're all like, "I'd know that shape anywhere! It's Kim!"
Yeah, it's Kim! And there were so many amazing outfits last night, you know? Erykah Badu came looking like an astronaut at a funeral. Dan Levy came as an angry throw pillow. Oh, and this one was one of my favorites. Kevin Hart, he brought a life-size doll of Frank Ocean. I mean, that was genius. I didn't even think that... Wait, that's not the...
Oh, shit, my bad. And this is what I love about the Met Gala, right, is that it brings America together. Black, white, Republican, Democrat, no matter your sexual orientation, people switch on their TVs and they all say,
"What the fuck are they wearing?" And don't get me wrong, I love the Met Gala. I'm not even trying to act like I hate. I love the Met Gala, because it's not about looking good. It's about looking different, you know? It's the only party you can show up to in a cardboard box with the word "butthole" written on it, and people will be like,
Oh my God, yes, I need more of that in my life. Oh my God. But if you show up in a beautiful tailored tuxedo, everyone's like, get that corny shit out of here. Bring back the guy in the butthole box. And remember this entire event, this entire event is a fundraiser. I saw a lot of people talking trash like, oh, what is this bullshit? Why are these people doing? It's a fundraiser that makes it possible to keep admission into the Metropolitan Museum of Art free for residents.
And I, for one, think that's really important. You know? Because you can't be charging people money to look at art. I mean, have you seen art? Art is weird. It's all, like, naked angel babies and pieces of twisted metal and people looking at that stuff going, "Oh, yes, I see. Oh, I see." I'm not paying for that shit. Welcome to CP Time.
The only show that's for the culture. Today, we'll be discussing black contributions to fashion. Normally, when we think about black fashion, we think about church hats so big they block your view of Jesus. Or we think about those suits that Steve Harvey wears that hog all the buttons. Leave some buttons for the rest of us, Steve. They're keeping my clothes together with staples.
But in actuality, the world of fashion has been filled with influential and iconic African-American designers. Like our first trailblazer, Zelda Wynn Valdez, who was one of the first 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-flawing designs were so popular that Hugh Hefner asked her to design the iconic outfit for the Playboy bunnies. I never went to the Playboy mansion myself because I was married and I also have a severe phobia of rabbits. You never know where rabbits are hiding. If you can pull one out of a hat, you can pull one out of anywhere. Kiss my ass. I don't want to be around that. Another black creator of couture is Stephen Burroughs. He rose to fashion prominence in the early '70s during the disco era.
I was always confused by disco. I couldn't tell who was dancing and who was giving me directions. But disco isn't just about the moves. It's about the fashion, which Stephen Burroughs helped shape. He hung out at Studio 54 and was popular among its celebrity regulars. He was the first to design clothes that were comfortable on the dance floor, even at 3 a.m., right when the cocaine hit so hard you thought you were the disco ball. Cocaine was better in the 70s. Burroughs also invented lettuces.
which is when you make the material at the edge of a garment curve and ripple, like a piece of lettuce. I'll have to take his word for it, 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. Virgil Abloh, the first African-American artistic director at Louis Vuitton, 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. Unless you and the deceased had beef. Rest in peace, Spencer. Miss Jordan's a-steppin' on your grave. Now, don't be fooled by the term "streetwear." One of Abloh's biggest companies, Off-White, sells sweatpants for over $300, and this luxury undershirt costs $200.
Although I don't know why you would spend so much money on a shirt that ain't nobody gonna see. You know how much I paid for my underwear? Nothing. A six pack of drawers fell off the back of a Walmart truck in 1987 and I never looked back. So the next time you zip your fly, and you're looking fly, remember the African American fashion trailblazers who made you that blazer. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna make my first shirt retail price $10,000. This old man has his debts. Well that's all the time we have for today.
I'm Roy Wood Jr. This has been CP Time. And remember, for the culture, make me some... Oh, damn. Somebody get me a napkin. I'm bleeding on my fabric. Every great movement begins with an individual act of defiance. Moses stood up to the Egyptians. Gandhi stared down the British. Mo Rocca met a man in Syracuse, New York, facing the mightiest foe of them all.
They came apart.
They shredded. So he balled up his panties and demanded a refund. She's like, yeah, those are underwear. You know, we can't take those back. No refund. But Fred had found a nobler purpose. Trashing fashion bug. For over a year and a half, he spent each day outside the mall spreading his message to women shoppers.
Well, I tried to return something in there one day and they treated me like dirt. Is that because of your behavior? Not because of fashion bugs' clothes. Don't be dissing them. If you don't like it, don't buy it. Encouraged by his supporters, Fred forges ahead single-mindedly. Yet somehow he finds time to paint, create helpful websites, and take relaxing drives. Fred's mother stands firmly behind him. How proud are you
Proud? He is a complete idiot for doing this. What would you prefer Fred do with his time? Work. Your son has a website. Why in the world would he have that? For other victims of Fashion Bug. The name of the website is www.fashionbugsucks.com. Well, now, what kind of language is that?
Geez, I'm grown. To evaluate Fred's claims, the Daily Show Laboratories conducted a battery of tests to simulate a typical day for a pair of panties. Our conclusion? These panties needed to go back to the store. Oh, hi. Yeah. I want to return these panties, which I bought and they're not working.
What's happening? Oh my God. Wow, that's mud. After only 45 seconds, Fashion Bug gave the Daily Show a store credit. But for Fred, the battle continues with the support of his family. This is the honest to God's truth. I'm dreading Thanksgiving. That was my favorite holiday. But we're all getting together down at my daughter's house and I dread your Fred being there because...
The whole thing of being thankful is the idiot's gonna say, be talking about Fashion Bug the whole time. Fashion Bug, Fashion Bug, Fashion Bug, Fashion Bug. That's all he thinks about. When he goes to bed, that's what he sleeps about. What can I do the next day for Fashion Bug? Jeez. Is he nuts? Really nuts. Is he crazy? Yes. Is he a lunatic? No. So you love your son? Yes. Yes.
But I don't want to be associated with them. Oh, that's hot, don't you? Mo Rocca, ladies and gentlemen. That's an excellent report. Let me ask you this, Mo. The time that you spent in the field, can you now tell men what to look for in a good pair of panties? Oh, absolutely, John. Here is the much-celebrated thong. Lovely to look at.
But not at all durable. No, no. So now take a look at these, if you would, a pair of the much ballyhooed edible panties. Okay. Attractive, yes, but look very closely at the sell-by date. Okay. I'm sure these panties were tasty in March 1978. Well, which panties do you recommend then? Oh, well, the oldies but the goodies, big old granny panties.
Well, do you have an example of that to show us? Or is there someone? Oh, well, sure, here. Oh, okay, yeah. No, no, it's just very easy. Yes, yes, yes, that's fine, that's fine. I know, I understand. Yes, they're underneath. Very good. Mo Rock, everybody. Introducing Instagram teen accounts. A new way to keep your teen safer as they grow. Like making sure they always have their seatbelt on. All right, buckle up.
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- You really are insane. - Yellowjackets new season now streaming on the Paramount Plus with Showtime Plan. - Not everything is going swimmingly in Trump land. As you know by now, Nordstrom stopped selling Ivanka's product line and after Trump attacked them online, this is true, Nordstrom's stock shot up 4%.
It went up by 4%. It's the new Trump effect. Yeah, everyone thought stocks were gonna go down. Right now, every company in the country is gonna start claiming to stop selling Ivanka products, even if they don't have them. That's like the new thing. You go against Trump and then people will be in court and they're just like, the lawyer's like, I know my client killed four people, but he stopped selling Ivanka products, so could he have a lighter sentence? They'll be like, all right, it's approved. It's approved. It's approved.
So that was all yesterday. That was all yesterday. Then this morning, Trump sent out the most overworked woman in America and truth scarecrow, Kellyanne Conway, to defend Ivanka's brand on TV.
You asked about Ivanka. I visited with her yesterday. You know, this is a very successful businesswoman. Go buy Ivanka's stuff is what I would say. I'm going to go get some on myself today. This is just, it's a wonderful line. I own some of it. I fully, I'm going to just give it, I'm going to give a free commercial here. Go buy it today, everybody. You can find it online. Wow. I'm going to give a free commercial. Go buy it.
I love how in less than three weeks, we've gone from the presidency and Trump businesses are totally separate to come on down to the White House and buy, buy, buy! Buy Trump or get dumped. All our dignity must go! Guys, like, with everything going on in the world, why is the president wasting his time with a clothing line? Like, this is... he's a president. You know what? I-I mean, I-I talk smack about Trump all the time, but for the good of the country,
I'm gonna help out. I'm gonna help this guy out. Donald, you know what? You focus on running a country, and I'll help you sell those clothes. How about that, huh? You guys ready for a fashion show? Well, let's do this then. Let's do this. Pieces from the actual Ivanka Trump collection. Give it up for our senior fashion correspondent, Desi Lydic, everybody! Wow, Desi, you look fabulous. Thank you. The fabric is definitely giving me a full body rash,
You know what they say, beauty is pain, girl. Tell us all about this fabulous look. Okay, well, let's start with this gorgeous wool coat. Now, this is going to protect you from all the elements. You know, snow, rain, bad press, criticism of your family, tapes your dad made on a bus. It's a great coat, Desi. No one respects women's coats more than the Trumps. Right?
Now, everyone's been talking about the B-A-N, but let's talk about this B-A-G. Oh, let's. Now, this is the...
for any stylish working woman whose family is gonna use the presidency to make it rain. - Oh! - Also, not waterproof. - Oh, oh, I thought it was. Okay, I'm-- - Nope, no way. - Oh, wow, I'm just seeing your amazing shoes right now. Amazing, but how do you walk in those? - Oh, no, actually, these are super comfy. So comfy that you could spend the whole day helping your dad trample all over the Constitution. You won't feel a thing. - What's wrong?
You won't feel a thing, 'cause you can't. Even though during the campaign, you made it seem like you would. - Girl, you are killing it. - Yeah, just like Trump's gonna kill the EPA. - Oh, fashion burn. - Yeah, no, it really burns. It's like a chemical burn. - Oh, you got a rash. There's something going on. Desi, you should go. Desi Lydic, everyone. We'll be right back. There's something going on here.
Today is the official start of New York Fashion Week, or as New Yorkers call it, Thursday. For more, please welcome to the show our newest Daily Show correspondent, Dulcé Sloan, everybody! What's going on, Dulcé? Hey. Thanks, Trevor. Yes, it's Fashion Week. And while we'll see some new looks, some things will never change. For example, we know at least one model will fail at her only job, walking down the runway.
And that some designer's gonna try to sell us clothes they fished out of a dumpster. Mm. The thing that gets the most attention every year is the cultural appropriation. That never goes out of style. Well, uh, Dulcé, for people who don't know, can you explain what cultural appropriation is? Sure. It's when you take something that divines the culture that you're not a part of and profit off of it.
The fashion industry does it all the time. They take from black culture, Native Americans, Asia, you name it. I mean, the models even appropriate their body dimensions from the aliens in Close Encounters. Yeah, yeah, yeah, but, but Dulce, to be fair, not all instances of cultural appropriation are that extreme. Yeah, that's true. Not every person who listens to rap or wears a kimono or sings the chorus to Despacito
It's trying to steal someone else's culture. Well, that's good to hear, because I love singing despacito. Well, you can definitely sing it, 'cause you know you look like a Puerto Rican. Hola. But sometimes it crosses the line. Like when you get movies about white boys saving jazz or Miley Cyrus twerking. Ugh. Hell, cultural appropriation is the only thing Taylor and Katy can agree on. Okay, okay, but some people look at some of these examples and they think, "Why the fuss?"
Because, Trevor, it's when white people discover something that used to be considered ghetto. For example, look at Big Butts. I always try to. Big Butts used to be considered undesirable. But since the Kardashians bought all of theirs, now everybody wants one. Ooh, and don't get me started on dreadlocks. When black people have them, they're discriminated against. They even get fired over it. But when white people fly off the racks... Look at this. This is a fashion show or is she an avatar?
Wait, wait, go back. Was that Kendall Jenner? Baby, it's always Kendall Jenner. Yeah, well, you know what? Don't say it. I'm not gonna lie. I hear you, and this is interesting, because for me, it's weird. Where I come from, cultural appropriation isn't really a big deal, right? My family's always trying to get my white friends to wear African clothes. They don't view it as white people trying to steal our culture. They think they're embracing it. Mm-hmm. And that's the attitude they got my ancestors over here. These white men are trying to steal us. They're embracing us.
Come get on this boat! - Okay, no, no, but wait, wait. But it's not just Africa. When Beyonce did that video where she dressed up like an Indian goddess, right, people here were upset, but in India, a lot of people loved it. - Okay, now Trevor, Beyonce is a bad example because she's a literal goddess, come on. Forget culture, if Beyonce stole my identity, I wouldn't even press charges, I'd be like,
Look, Trevor, this is about equality. If minorities were equal, they wouldn't worry about people taking their culture because that wouldn't be all they have. Look, white people, if you're gonna appropriate, take everything. Take the good and the bad. You can take my struggle, too. Get pulled over for no reason, get followed through a store, and the next time there's a Black Lives Matter march, I want to see you there, Kendall. But don't worry about bringing that Pepsi, girl. We drink Sprite. -Jose Sloan, everybody. -He in America.
The lockdowns have not ended in many places. So many people have had to find new ways to keep themselves entertained in quarantine. And because the Met Gala was supposed to take place next Monday, fashion fans have started recreating famous outfits from the event at home. Yeah. One person made the Rihanna dress out of newspaper. Another person decided to go with chandelier Katy Perry.
And you know what's cool is that this is a challenge that anyone can participate in. Because if you put any household object on your head, the chances are someone wore it at some point to the Met Gala. So, yeah, this year, that's what people are doing. Because of coronavirus, people are wearing Met Gala outfits at home, as opposed to what I did last year, where I wore a home outfit to the Met Gala. I see what you say about me, Internet, and it hurts my feelings.
Today is the beginning of New York Fashion Week. Although, based on what you're wearing, I guess you didn't know about it. Oh! But how did New York Fashion Week begin? Well, Desi Lydic has the answer.
It's New York Fashion Week, the semi-annual event when designers show their collections to the world so fast fashion brands can decide which styles to rip off. But unlike wet subway seats, Fashion Week hasn't always been a New York institution. It's had a long walk down the runway to get where it is today.
It all started in France in the 1600s, which might not surprise you, but back then Paris was very much not known for fashion. The French were about as stylish as a croc wearing a fanny pack. At that time, Madrid was actually the fashion capital of the world. And thanks to their tiny tapas, they could actually fit into all the sample sizes.
But everything changed for France when Louis XIV was, you know, kingified. Louis turned France into a major power, and he wanted the threads to show it. For him, fashion was essential to the monarchy's prestige. I mean, no one wants to be executed by a guy wearing cargo shorts.
Louis' obsession built up France's fashion and textile industry and soon turned Paris into the world center of fashion, which by default made it the world center of cocaine and bitchy gossip as well. It was under Louis that France established the idea of showing fall designs in the spring and spring designs in the fall. So you can thank him for that trendy coat you're wearing in August. Who knew faux fur was so hot?
France continued to dominate the fashion industry for centuries, until World War II, when Paris was under German occupation. This grinded their fashion influence to a halt because A, no one could come to Paris to shop, and B, Coco Chanel was too busy banging Nazis to make any clothes. I know, terrible, right? But no matter how many times I remind them of this, the boutique still won't give me a discount on a classic flat bag.
But Paris' defeat turned out to be a win for the American fashion industry. The U.S. seized on the opportunity to fill that gap quicker than a Forever 21 dress falls apart in the laundry.
In 1943, America held the first Fashion Week, or as it was known then, Press Week. Started by a publicist, Eleanor Lambert, it launched the careers of designers like Hattie Carnegie, Norman Orell, and Claire McArdle, whose claim to fame was inventing sportswear. And by sportswear, I mean any casual clothing, not the athleisure that you wear even though your main exercise is getting a caramel frap at the Starbucks drive-thru. Three, four, five, oh, whoo!
This tape fit is tough. Before Press Week, magazines like Vogue and Harper's Bazaar were really all about European designers. They treated American designers the way they treated the Kardashians in 2010. They ignored them. But once Press Week started, they treated American fashion like, well, the Kardashians now. She said she'd eat poop to look good. Should I eat poop?
New York Fashion Week became such an institution that fashion capitals like Paris, London, and Milan soon added their own versions. And they continue pushing the fashion envelope to this day. You could only get away with severed heads in Milan. If that was on a New York runway, everyone would just assume it was another murder. As time passed, New York Fashion Week became home of so many seminal moments. Like in the '50s when James Galanos popularized feminine glamour.
Or Adolfo, who gained fame in the 60s for his emphasis on accessories. And in the 70s, Norma Kamali introduced the sleeping bag coat. Although, if you just wear your kid's sleeping bag, it looks almost as good.
As styles changed, so did Fashion Week itself. In the '70s and '80s, it turned into a nonstop party. Shows were held at nightclubs, and celebrities started attending. By the early 2000s, celebs had become a permanent mainstay. Sarah Jessica Parker, Paris Hilton, everyone was there. And that Hollywood glamour is still present to this day. But what was Larry David doing in the front row? He looked so miserable to be there, he should have been on the catwalk.
Through the years, Fashion Week has had different homes in the city, from Bryant Park to Lincoln Center. But the most important place it's moved to in recent years is the same place you get all your porn: the internet. Shows started live streaming and designers began inviting bloggers and influencers to events. This all democratized fashion and made it more accessible to the public. Or at least that's what I tell my therapist when we're working through my online shopping addiction. I'm broke.
New York Fashion Week hasn't just reflected the changing technology, it's also held a mirror up to society. From designers responding to the #MeToo movement to the ongoing fight for more racial diversity on the runway. New York's been the site of progress for trans models, disabled models, and body positivity. Which is kind of the least the fashion industry could do after telling women not to eat for the last hundred years.
So now you know everything about New York Fashion Week and how it came to be and how it's changing for the better. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some poop to eat. Here we go. Let's kick things off with last night's Met Gala. Now, the magical night when the world's most fashionable cultural icons try to figure out how the f*** they're gonna fit their spiky headdress into an Uber pool.
On fashion's biggest night, garden-inspired looks on full display, right in bloom with this year's dress code, the Garden of Time. Fans tried to figure out which star was fully covered head to toe in a floor-length beige umbrella. Now this is water singer Tyla. So many people talking about this. She had to be carried up the stairs of the Met. The dress, which was made of sand, was simply too heavy. Okay, okay.
A dress made of sand is super impressive. Who are you wearing? Coney Island, thank you very much. I like how she had four people carry her up the stairs. I bet Joe Biden saw that and turned to the Secret Service like, let's just do that from now on.
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