(upbeat funky music)
- Today is gonna be a really big day
because I'm taking my first step
to being a real fashion designer.
- Hi. - Hi.
- Welcome to Casa de Kimora,
I'll show you around a little bit.
Skylar has a lot of passion for design,
and as a business woman and an entrepreneur, and a mother,
it's very important for me to work to empower the dreams
of young designers and young women everywhere.
So why don't you come into my office,
and then we can chit-chat about some things,
and I can see what you brought me today.
- I cannot wait to talk about my fashion ideas with her.
I'm really excited to show her my designs,
and I'm super excited to see what she says about it.
Here's one of my designs,
this one is just like an off-the-shoulder dress
with a wrap around type skirt.
This one is like a bloom-sleeve with a cuff.
- That's really cute, I'm gonna have to wear that.
(Skylar laughs)
Her designs and her sketches are exciting and vibrant
and fun and it shows a little bit of her personality.
- This one is one is,
actually I sketched this one last night.
I was a little bit nervous to see what she had to say,
but you have to have tough skin,
even when they say that they're not gonna use your designs.
(trepidatious music)
- Okay, I see a lot of things here
I feel like we should work with.
I definitely think we should take these back
to the design team and then we can crank some
of these things out.
All the sketches are really great,
but the red stands out to me a lot
because you can dress it up or dress it down,
you can put it with a blazer,
so we can absolutely help her create that top
and that pant.
This is the team, this is Cesar, Megan, and Karen,
this is my little Skylar.
- When I walked in today, I did not think
that we would actually be able to make an outfit,
and I think it's just gonna be amazing.
- [Cesar] So you imagine this over that, is this helping?
- Yeah I like that.
- Boom, we're going, we're going.
So this is where it all starts.
- Before this, I really only just had me working
on all of my outfits.
- So it starts with your sketch,
and now that you've chosen a fabric,
we'll create a pattern, and then we'll work it
and check in with the measurements
and things along the way.
- And then start assembling it.
You know, it's like building a house.
- When you've been in the business as long as I have,
you look more toward creating a legacy,
so I think that when you can look back,
and someone says, "You helped me, you helped me create,
you helped me design, you helped me realize my vision,"
that is how I measure success.
And next time we see you, this will be done.
- Cool.
I definitely won't forget this day
because I think that one day, I'll be a big designer
and see that this is where it all began.
(audience applauds)
- All right, I just love seeing a young woman that bold,
and that just projected, she said, "I will be."
She didn't say, "I want to be."
She said, "I will be a big designer."
And I'm like, projecting that is everything.
- Absolutely. - Wow.
- Speak it. - Yeah, you have to.
So what's the most important thing
that you felt like you wanted to teach Skylar?
- I wanted her to know, first of all, I wanted her
to understand, which she did touch on, rejection.
You may go places, I make it all the time,
I make stuff all the time, and all the magazines
that everybody write it up, they say, "I hate it."
Others say, "I love it."
You have to be able to roll with the punches,
like she said, and have a thick skin,
so I wanted her to understand that.
But beyond that, I want her to understand
that the sky is the limit.
That you can be a girl boss, you can be a woman designer,
(audience cheers) you can be a mom,
and a business woman, you can be who you are.
We are who we are, and we can get it done.
So there's no labels or titles or boundaries
- [Kelly] No limits. - that should hold us back,
no limits.
- So Kimora's team was able
to put together Skylar's design,
and she's here to show it off, come on out.
(upbeat inspirational music) (audience cheers)
So cute.
Come on over, you look so good.
Oh my gosh, you did this, look at that teamwork
come on over.
- Hi! - Sit down you guys.
(audience cheers drown out talking)
- Hello, how are you, nice to meet you.
- You look beautiful.
- Oh, thank you.
- And I'm just saying, you had your arms behind your back,
I'm like, girl, when you look that good, just walk
with those arms proud, I'm like, sway, sway.
You look so cute, the hair, everything,
the whole look is nice.
Was this exciting, what was your favorite part?
- So, I mean, I love New York,
but my favorite part was definitely getting
to see how the team works, and when she comes in,
her presence, everybody's just like,
"Oh, let me," they're ready to help her.
(audience laughs)
- That's a girl boss, hey.
- And you could just tell
that everybody loves working with her.
- That's amazing, hey, they does say a lot about people.
- But I really, I really just wanted to thank you
for having, you have a whole bunch of jobs,
you have kids, and I just want to thank you
for having me and...
(audience coos)
- You're welcome.
You look amazing.
- Thank you.
- This came out good, we did this under the gun.
- That's amazing,
like would you, - Under the gun.
- This is adorable.
- The back detail's amazing.
- I know, the back, did y'all see it?
Stand up let's show them - with the ribbons
- that back again.
Look how cute that is.
(audience claps and cheers)
So cute. - It's cute.
- I could see you in that,
you're already wearing a red, kind of orange.
So Kimora, you have one more surprise
for everyone, though, right?
- Yes, so when Skylar brought in her designs,
she has like every good designer has,
a sketch book, and I, being me,
I'm like, "I want that, and we have to make that,
and we have to do that."
So we did this outfit for her,
she created it, sketched it, we assembled it,
manufactured it, if you would, and made it come to life.
And then I have on another one of her designs
from her sketch book. - This is you?
Wait, stand up for us.
(audience cheers)
Look, it's amazing.
Look at that.
- Now I didn't make the sleeves as voluminous
'cause momma's already a little voluminous,
so I took it down, took up a little point-tuck at the top.
But yeah, this is hers.
- That's almost like a full red carpet version, too,
the voluminous. (audience cheers)
- Well these are our Skylar Baby Phat collaborations.
- [Kelly] That is amazing. - We're on our way.
- [Kelly] How talented. - We'll be working for you.