Manny Silva-Paulus: Oh, my God.
Caroline Aghajanian: Hello! Oh, my God!
Manny: Wait, hold on.
Caroline: Wait, I absolutely love it. Oh, my gosh.
We created Lil Nas X's Versace look
from the 2020 Grammy Awards.
Hodo Musa: Oh, my God, guys! You look so good!
Oh, my God!
Caroline: Hodo is Lil Nas X's stylist,
and we started this whole journey back four weeks ago
with Hodo showing us the original outfit.
Hi!
Hodo: Hi!
Caroline: How are you?
Hodo: Good.
Caroline: Oh, my God. You have the whole outfit.
Manny: Yeah, I'm, like, shocked right now.
Hodo: I was like, Nas, give it to me!
And he was like, OK.
He wants it back, though.
Caroline: Was this your first Grammys?
Hodo: Yes. Oh, my God.
Yeah, yeah. I was so nervous. Yes.
It's been also a lot of first times with Lil Nas for me,
'cause I got my visa this year,
and then I got this artist.
So thinking about it now, it's like,
oh, my God, we did so much.
Crazy. Right?
When I asked him in the beginning, who are your favorites,
he was like, Versace.
And I was like, OK, so we will do Versace for the Grammys.
And Versace, you know, it's very maximal,
you know, a lot of colors,
and Gianni Versace was very, like,
flamboyant and fun, so.
And Versace in the '90s,
they brought up 2Pac and they brought up Snoop Dogg.
So they were, like, very involved with hip-hop too.
So it makes sense to reach out to them.
They work really fast. They do everything by hand.
I believe it was, like, four people working on it.
It took 700 hours.
Manny: I'm going to scream. [laughs]
Hodo: So, it's supple leather, so it's very thin leather.
Manny: Oh, my God. The detail work on the inside,
you don't see that on the red carpet, but that is amazing.
Caroline: Yeah.
Hodo: We have the mesh here, the mesh top.
So it's a long-sleeve, normal top, you know.
The things that I think will be
maybe the most hardest
is the harness.
Instead of sewing it, just use glue.
And it's also easier if you have a mannequin
or a person that you can just try it on,
'cause then you can just design it at once.
The most important is the color,
and this color is a little bit hard to get, right?
So my advice would be
either you can dye it yourself.
If you already can get, like, made stuff,
so if you go thrift shopping and do it like that instead.
Just make sure you have the studs.
If you can't do the Medusa,
it's just most important that we have studs. OK?
This is a '80 style,
so you need to have the cut here, the crop,
and the pads, the shoulder pads.
As long as you can get the shoulder pads,
the '80s style, that's a win.
Color, gold, that's a win.
Matching hat and shoes.
I believe in you guys. You will do so great.
Caroline: Thank you so much!
I really have no method of doing this.
I guess I'm just going to, like,
cut it in little pieces and then sew it together.
This is a little thicker than what he had,
so maybe I'll just do one, like a little choker.
I don't want my big head to, like,
rip this harness...anyway.
So, I bought these little buckles
that I don't even have to make a belt.
I can just put these in here.
Manny: Like, right here is good.
OK.
Not bad.
It's a little stiff.
Oh, no. No.
No.
Do I look like Lil Nas yet? [laughs]
Caroline: So, I have a bunch of clothes
that I am trying to sell or that I'm gonna donate
that I haven't gotten to yet.
The first is this jacket,
which is, like, literally the exact color
that I'm looking for.
So we're using this jacket.
And I also have these pants I was gonna donate,
but I think I can dye them fuchsia.
I have a feeling that this is not the right material.
Excuse the cars. [breaks squealing]
[clanking] [engine revving]
It's been, like, 30 minutes,
and it's kind of, like, the same.
Nothing's really changed.
All right, so I went out and got some white jeans
with more cotton and less polyester.
So let's do this again.
Manny: These are some old jeans that I had.
Hopefully I can bleach these pants white
and then dye them fuchsia pink so that,
you know, I have some nice pink pants.
Oh, this is so cool.
Hold on, I'm gonna show you guys.
Hold on. Wait. Wait.
You can see, like, the dye coming off, which is so cool.
Oh, my God.
I'm pretty confident. Like, I feel like this bleach
is, like, doing the trick.
And then the dye? [chef's kiss]
Gonna be a masterpiece. I just know it.
Back to you, Caroline.
Caroline: Got my pants that I colored,
and they look so good,
and the jacket that we're gonna cut today.
So, I want to put the shoulder pad over the jacket
and cover it with this material
instead of under the jacket,
because the jacket will kind of weigh it down.
Manny: Now I'm using these stick-on gems
I got from Michaels to cover the entire jacket and hat.
I'm wondering if it's smarter to just
not cut up the beads
and just lay the beads down
in the shape of the original design.
That way I can save some time.
OK, so I went to put the pants on, and, um...
it didn't work out.
I messed up.
I really shouldn't have used the fabric glue on my pants.
I peeled the beads off, and the glue stuck.
Caroline: So, now I'm gluing these gold embellishments
that came in various sizes from Michaels
all over the jacket with some fabric glue,
and it's looking pretty good.
[country music]
Manny: Oh, my God!
Caroline: Hello! Oh, my God!
Manny: Wait, hold on.
Caroline: Wait, I absolutely love it. Oh, my gosh.
Manny: Yours looks amazing. I'm screaming.
Caroline: Wow. You look amazing.
OK. I need, like, all the details on this outfit.
Let me get Hodo on the line.
Hodo: Oh, my God, guys! You look so good!
Manny: I'm glad you like it. Oh, my God.
Hodo: Oh, my gosh! OK!
You outdid yourselves!
OK. Who wants to start?
Caroline: OK. I'll start.
This is the outfit.
Hodo: Wow!
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God, girl!
Caroline: I did what you told me to do.
I bought white pants,
and I dyed it for the first time.
I never dyed, like, pants before, but.
Hodo: It looks so good!
Caroline: I had this jacket,
and I was going to, like, sell it or donate it
'cause I haven't worn it in years, but I was like,
let me just repurpose it. It's fine.
So I cut the bottom of it, and I took the fabric for that,
and I put it on shoulder pads.
Hodo: I love that. Caroline: And I'm just like,
I sewed the shoulder pads, like, on the jacket,
which, I know, like, usually shoulder pads go under.
I wanted that, more of the, like, effect,
but it looks really bad from the back. [laughs]
Like, it, like...[laughs]
it, like, sticks out in a very unnatural way, so.
Hodo: I love how you, like, hid it. The seaming.
Like, it doesn't show.
Caroline: Yeah, 'cause the stitching was, like,
really standing out.
Hodo: It doesn't show!
OK, Manny, show us what you got!
Manny: OK.
Let me walk you through this look, OK?
She was a journey.
Hodo: You have to go back and forth.
Manny: Of course. Here, OK.
Don't worry. I'll guide you through it.
I'll guide you through it, OK?
So, let's start with the head. The cowboy hat.
All right? I went to Party City.
They had this pink cowboy hat for, like, $5.
I was like, perfect. That's exactly what I need.
I got this, like, little dollar coin also from Party City.
So I was like, I don't have Versace,
but, like, it's money, you know?
Hodo: It's money. We love it. You're dripping.
Manny: Yeah, exactly.
And then the harness. OK.
Hodo: I love it!
Manny: She was hard to make. I'm not gonna lie.
What I did was I bought, like,
a bunch of leather belts,
and then I kind of cut them up to size
and glued everything together.
And I didn't find, like, the perfect glue,
but I found, like, just-good-enough glue
to make it all stick.
And then I just put, like,
little jewels and bedazzlings on it
to add, like, little detail.
Hodo: I love it!
Manny: The mesh top I got at a thrift store.
I was lucky to find it. It was in the child section,
but I'll take it. [laughs]
Hodo: You take it.
Manny: Yeah. And then this jacket
I also got from a thrift store,
and I just added, like, little jewels on there.
These are the pants.
These are some old pants I got that were black,
but I bleached them and then dyed them pink.
Hodo: Look at you guys! So original!
Manny: Yeah.
And then these are some old shoes that I had,
and I painted them pink.
Hodo: Donatella would be so proud right now.
Caroline: I will faint.
Manny: OK. So, these I got from Amazon.
They're, like, imitation Versace.
So I cut them up and, like, made it to my size.
And then I also bought some rings from a thrift store.
Hodo: OK, Carolina, where were you with that jewelry?
Caroline: I know!
Hodo: That's a plus, Manny. That's a plus.
Caroline: Moment of truth.
Drumroll!
Who do you pick to win this challenge?
Hodo: Manny, I think you did great with the hat.
With the harness, it's, like, the perfect shape.
The crop, the color, the details.
You really did great.
It looks beautiful.
And Caroline, I love your jacket.
Like, you did the shoulder.
It was little bit minus with the hat, I'm sorry.
Caroline: That's OK.
Hodo: But your color is popping more,
and your harness, and, yeah,
and the pants, I loved them.
So, can we say a tie?
Is that OK?
I can't make up my mind.
Both of you have the elements
that the other needs, you know?
Manny: Yeah.
Hodo: But Manny, you did great.
Maybe I give Manny a little bit plus.
I'm so proud of both of you guys.
Seriously, 'cause this was a hard outfit to make.
And I was a little bit confused about,
how will they make this
with this little budget and time?
So, wow!
Manny: Trust me, we were confused too.
Hodo: Let me know when you want to work as
an assistant for me. Anytime! Move to LA!
This is really showing how creative people can be.
You know, we don't have to use a lot of things
to make things.