The Final Fitting With Doechii

We're just light-years ahead.

[everyone laughing]

Oh my God,

it's gonna take them a really long time to catch up to this.

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Hello, Vogue.

It's the Swamp Princess, Doechii.

And today is a very exciting day

because I'm gonna be picking out the final looks

for my Grammy red carpet.

The whole Tom Brown team is here

to conceptualize a bit of a story, which is exciting.

I love telling fashion stories,

and that's what we plan on doin' at the Grammys.

So, let's get into it.

In my studying of hip hop, I observed an era

where fashion shifted and became a vital part of hip hop.

And it was around the time

where Jay-Z decided to put on a suit and take off jeans,

and make rap highly luxurious

and like this boss/executive thing.

I fell in love with Tom Brown in my research

for brands that I wanted to incorporate into this era.

And I wanna tell that story,

that being a student of hip hop and studying

brought me to where I am,

which is nominated for four Grammys, which is incredible.

We're gonna be givin' 'em we class is in session all night!

I'm torn for carpet,

if I'm gonna do this or if I'm gonna do this.

I think that this is sleek, and simple, and to the point,

and it tells the story, and it's direct.

But this, the drama of it all.

You have to have a certain taste level

and an eye to immediately understand it.

It might take a couple people to catch up.

So we haven't decided what we wanna do yet.

I think I wanna try this one first.

And look, look, look, look.

Bam!

What?

Come on.

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The concept started from me wanting to also play a lot

with the masculine and the feminine throughout the night.

And at first, I said a suit

with exaggerated hips and a small waist,

but then Tom Brown sent back the most beautiful sketch

of a suit dress.

And that duality of masculine and feminine,

I was like, That is definitely it.

I think this is the carpet look.

I think so too.

We haven't even tried on the rest-

No. But I just feel it.

Everything in my life that I've been good at,

I could visually see myself doing it first.

And so I just had a flash of me on the carpet in this,

and it worked.

And so that's how I know that things are meant to be,

when I can see them or actualize them.

The vision for this

is that she has this finger wave in the front,

and then her braids coming out of the back.

The people out there who don't know what a lace is-

[laughing] Right. This is a lace.

So you cut that, and then it looks like your hair.

But you know, this isn't a hair education.

So this is gonna be fab, this is absolutely it.

And it fits your face already.

Ugh, it's poetic!

I'm sorry.

[Director] Is it always about constant elevation

in terms of style?

Redefine, that's all.

Because the Colbert look really is the Tiny Desk look,

when you think about it.

It's kind of all the same world,

it's just how can we interpret it in a new way?

Like pinstripe is not new, people wear ties every day.

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Ya know?

The white collared shirt.

But...

[Doechii laughing]

Get into it. [laughing]

Whew!

Okay, no, seriously, I'm actin' like a Leo right now,

I need to chill out.

[laughing] I'm being like, hella cocky.

It's not funny.

I think this is really nice.

[everyone laughing]

I'm thinking this is just a fun inside look.

With a story, there has to be peaks and valleys,

and this is one of our peaks.

When Doechii said she wanted to do tailoring

but with exaggerated shapes,

I looked through all of Tom's collections,

and then I showed Doechii a range of all these runway images

and we selected her favorite pieces.

And then I spoke with the team and we narrowed it down

to what was available, what was possible.

And they remade these for Doechii, in her measurements.

These are my favorite shoes of all time.

Fall/winter '22.

These are incredible. And these were colored

to begin with on the runway-

Yeah.

And then we decided to paint them gray and white to-

Keep everything-

Cohesive.

Cohesive, and monochromatic, and just amazing.

Let's put on the final touch.

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Oh my God, she's darling.

I wanna wear this inside,

so I want to test if we can sit on a chair.

Can someone bring a chair in here?

Can we ask the Grammys if the chairs have arms? [laughing]

If it doesn't have arms-

You should be fine. We'll be great.

[chair clicking]

This is fine.

[Tom Brown Team Member] No arms.

No arms.

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What can I say?

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This is fashion.

This is fabulous.

This is the astronaut look.

It actually comes with a astronaut helmet bag.

We have these gloves as well.

I think it's kinda cool to just let them hang.

I think something about it makes it street in a way.

Fab.

Let's try the hair.

Whoo!

Wow.

Wow.

It's like tribal a little bit,

but I don't know, like tribal couture.

It's just crazy.

But it's outer space, but it's totally here.

Ugh.

[Malcolm] It's the past, present, and future.

Yeah.

Okay, let's get into the next look.

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This is my, if I were to win, winner's look. [laughing]

This entire outfit is because of the shoe,

and I wanna show you the shoe.

It has a bell and it rings when you walk!

And so the gold of this matching the gold of my Grammy,

come on!

She's a fashion icon.

This for me right now, this gives more student.

Maybe graduated from a student, maybe a dean.

Doechii the don, Doechii the dean.

Doechii just wanna rule that!

I just love this ensemble.

To me, it ties up the whole night.

The pinstripe, the business wear, and every shade of gray.

And even my performance look has many shades of gray in it.

This is the moment.

This is the end of the story, the end of the night.

I'm obsessed.

[Sam laughing]

I'm actually obsessed with this look, this is my favorite.

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I really stepped into myself for this project.

I stepped into myself

in a way that I cannot be apologetic about, for me,

because I earned it. [laughing]

Everything about my life right now

is embodying and owning what I have overcome,

and not feeling guilty for celebrating that

and showing up dramatically in celebration all the time

because I have a reason to celebrate.

[bell chiming]

[Doechii laughing]

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Vogue, this has been an incredible experience,

but I gotta get to the red carpet.

So thank you guys for being here with me,

and I'll see you at the Grammys.

When I would rehearse my Grammy speeches when I was younger,

to everybody else, it was just like cute and it was funny.

But for me, I really was there.

And I think that whatever happens on that night,

I've already experienced the win,

and I felt the feelings of the win, whenever it happens.

[Doechii knocking wall]

Is this wood?

I don't know. [laughing]

[Doechii knocking cabinet]

We'll see. [laughing]

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