- I don't know what he's thinking.
There's no way I'm gonna wear this
for the rest of the day, no way.
(upbeat Latin music)
- For the next three days, my brother Gadiel
and me are going to swap clothing.
- Curly's style is extravagant, it's out there.
I see a mixture of brujería, santero, and vintage.
- I would describe Gadiel's as like super fun, masculine.
- I like simple shirts.
I have like this type of shirt,
but like, five different colors.
- Even though Gadiel thinks that he dresses a little simple,
he will have some items that are a bit flashy.
- Curly sticks out like a sore thumb.
I'm worried about people looking at me and being like
(speaking in Spanish)
- I'm worried that someone's gonna look at me
and be like, yo, are you okay, like what happened?
That Curly, he really let himself go.
- Imma have Curly looking clean, fresh,
Imma also tone him down.
- Imma test him a little bit,
and I'm gonna put him in some clothing
that he might not feel that comfortable in.
- I really don't wanna do this.
(speaks in Spanish)
- I'm a little nervous, but I'm excited, let's do it!
- So the first outfit I have planned for Curly
is a regular, nice burgundy shirt.
It's a v-neck shirt.
He hates v-necks.
- All right you guys,
so Gadiel just gave me his outfit to put on.
I'm slightly mortified.
I haven't worn a v-neck since 2004.
On day one, I wanted to ease Gadiel into my style,
so I thought, "Why not let him wear my favorite shirt?"
Which is this shirt.
- Man, I look like, from Pirates of the Caribbean.
I look like a straight up pirate.
- I had him pair it up
with some black skinny jeans and some nice shoes.
- I'm not used to walking around in skinny jeans.
Skinny jeans are uncomfortable.
I don't know how people could rock skinny jeans,
but skinny jeans is not my thing.
- They're well-fitting pants though!
Fashion, you know what?
Pain is beauty, get with it.
- Also, those skinny jeans are
from the girls' section at Forever 21.
- This is Curly's outfit, hold on.
- This is nice, you look like you live in this year now.
- What do you mean, this year?
- You dressed like 2000 New York before,
now you're like, you're modern.
- What do you think about this outfit that I'm wearing?
- I can definitely tell that you didn't dress yourself.
You look like Gadiel.
- [Gadiel] Yes!
- You look a little masc today.
- Oh, thanks, masc is masculine.
There's definitely nothing wrong
with dressing feminine or masculine or whatever you want,
like put on clothes, clothes are just clothes!
But like, I was definitely interested
in hearing people say that I looked more masculine.
I'm usually in a button-up and pants.
I don't know what I need to do to be more masculine.
- This is so funny, Curly! - Yes!
- You look so interesting!
- Oh my God, I feel
like it's not super far-fetched.
This is not like, anything super crazy,
but I have to see the rest of Curly's outfits
because I'm so sure - This is the most tame.
- This is the lightest one, exactly.
- This is the most tame.
- And then it's gonna get more tense.
- (laugh) That's right.
(fun music)
- So day two, I made Curly wear
some straight-up Dominican stuff.
I made it myself, it was actually a shirt I made myself.
It's keep calm que hoy se bebe.
- I'm not mad at graphic tees,
but I'm like a button-up, pants, dress shoes type of guy.
- Yo, you can't get any more Dominican than that!
I also had Curly wear a nice leather jacket,
it was black and white, it looked like a Romeo Santos.
- I'm not mad at it.
I'm not mad at it at all, actually.
- This is what Curly has me wearing today,
and this is the one I mostly do not like.
I feel like I'm a, I don't know,
like a tourist guy in Hawaii.
This one is a no-no.
- He felt like he looked like Urkel,
I thought he looked really dope.
I thought he looked like a Ricky Ricardo-type character.
- I felt so uncomfortable wearing that.
Yo, and I go to eat at the canteen.
All the employees are there,
and everybody got to say something.
Everybody like, hey Gadiel, what are you wearing?
Oh, what is that, oh, I hate it, I love it!
Every five seconds, somebody stopping me with this.
They're some good compliments.
You're getting good compliments.
Oh, are they?
- Are you getting stopped?
- I'm not getting stopped, no.
Tell me what you think about Gadiel's outfit.
- Hello, Gadiel!
- You look like a bro!
- Your jeans are so loose! - You're like a bro! (laughs)
- I know! - They're so loose!
- I feel like I don't know who you are anymore.
- But it wasn't bad!
It was like I was playing a character,
and I just felt like I was moving in the world
just a little bit more differently than I usually would.
- Did you guys swap outfits? - Yep.
- Oh, wait, you dress like that, Curly?
- Yeah, that's Curly for you. - Damn.
- First of all, this shirt is Gadiel's favorite shirt.
He wears it when he goes to sleep,
he wears it when he wakes up,
he wears it everyday at work, on the weekends.
- [Curly] Aw, let's go look at Gadiel's outfit.
Gadiel, show Maya your outfit.
- He has a little waist.
He looks like my dad when he was like, 20.
- Knowing how miserable I was in day two,
I was even more scared about day three.
- Oh, it's gon' be good.
(intense music)
- See, this is the problem.
I gotta wear this dumb shit.
This is a sex harness, Curly.
- It's a harness, it's just fashion.
It's not like I'm using it for sex or anything, that much.
- I've never seen that movie.
For Gadiel's outfit, I picked out
one of my favorite items to wear.
It's a leather harness that I had custom-made for me.
I was excited to see Gadiel in a harness
because I don't think a lot of straight dudes
have ever worn a harness before.
A lot of them, not all of them.
I know some of y'all are kinky.
- I had Curly in a black sweater with leather shoulders.
I made this dude look like a superstar.
You're welcome.
- I look like I'm fucking from the Matrix,
and I'm about to save the world. (laughs)
- I love 'em, I mean,
I love the way you look in Gadiel's clothes,
which is really surprising, and (laughs)
- What the fuck? (laughs)
- I think I hated day two so much
that day three was like a relief.
Imma be honest, I kind of like day three.
- You know what I think?
I think he liked it, so who's the kinky one now, America?
- [Gadiel] I felt like we were two villains or some shit,
like, yeah, let's go, let's take over the world. (laughs)
- [Curly] We both looked like we could
whoop some superhero ass.
I think it was cool, I mean, I respect him a lot
because I think that it was dope of him
to try on these clothes that he might not ever put on.
- Like I was walking out there with those clothing,
and I felt like a little kid going to church,
and your mom dresses you up.
I feel like it's crazy
how clothing can really impact the way you feel.
I respect all those people that take the extra step
to really express themselves,
like that shit takes something.
It really takes a lot of freaking courage.
- And at the end of the day, I think your clothes
should represent who you are,
and do you, whatever makes you happy.
If it makes you fuckin' happy to wear a harness to work,
wear that harness to work!
- Yeah, definitely, it really shows
as a big part of your identity, you know?
- Yeah, thanks Gadiel.
- Let's do this.
- That's right, brother! (laughs)
(speaks in Spanish) We did it!
- Yeah, Imma take this shit off. (laughs)
You know what, we just gotta switch back our outfits.
This is Curly's shit, he wanna wear this shit, all right?
- Yeah. - All right.
All right, we're back. - That's better.
- You know, I feel good.
- I feel so good in this.
- Alright, let's go out.