Red Scare - The Mid Gala w/ Elena Velez *TEASER*

Episode Date: May 13, 2023

Fashion designer Elena Velez joins the ladies to discuss the Met Gala and the fashion industry.

I have the worst look at like stepping repeats because like I'm name famous, but I'm not like base famous and so like sometimes you'll just step out and strike a corny little pose, puff your little chest out and nobody will take a picture and like once you've been through enough of that like there's nothing you can do to me out here. I'm gonna go on Red Scare. You know, like CFDA young designer or winner. What do you think of? What's his name? Raoul Zeppel? He also are Luaria. I don't know. Are you allowed to spill the tea on that guy? What's the tea? Yeah. No, I mean, there's no tea. I'm just curious about your opinion because I am actually not familiar with his fashion, but I think he's really hot. I love it.

Raoul's been on the scene for a minute. Like he's one of the co-founders of Hood by Air. He's been in the scene. Like he's like a New York girl and so he's been out here for a minute like doing his thing. He's a cupotard. Exactly, right. As we all aspire to be. Yeah, absolutely. But like now it's his time. Now it's his moment. It really does take like 10 years of hustle and finesse to like finally force people to acknowledge you in fashion. Yeah. And for some reason, like I've been lucky enough to like cut that down a little bit. Why do you think that you were so lucky? I think I'm kind of at the intersection of a lot of hot topics that the fashion industry wants to touch on. Like a lot of my story has to do with like decentralizing the American

fashion narrative, like away from the creative coast, really opening up like what it means to be an American fashion designer with a different perspective and a different like geological focus. I am like a female founder, Hispanic. Nice. Like all of the like little touch points. I got a lot of like adversity accolades that could be manipulated to suit a lot of different nerd. Do you lean into those? I didn't know. I'm Puerto Rican. Yeah, I'm Puerto Rican, yeah. I'm Puerto Rican, bitch. I'm Puerto Rican. Good for you. Good for me. How were there Puerto Rican in Wisconsin? There was like a huge exodus of Puerto Rican to Wisconsin because there was like a college program. And my dad came over when he was like

2021 for college, met my mom, and then like 30 years later, he's still stuck there. Are you an only child? Yeah, I'm an only child. But it's cool because like same. Yeah. Are you? I'm spiritually an only child. Right. But I don't know. Like Wisconsin is kind of funny because it's super segregated. So like the Latinx, the Latinx community, like the Puerto Ricans like all hang out together. And my dad's very, very charismatic guy. And so he's kind of like the godfather. So whenever I go somewhere like relatively Hispanic, somebody always recognizes me. They're like, I held you at your graduation. I held you at your baptism. Don't you remember me? Yeah, literally. Yeah. Cool. So it's cute. Do you, do your kids like Sesame Street?

They, they haven't seen Sesame Street. Oh, you know, like, they like way more lowbrow shit. Like we're watching something I really enjoy. Actually, it's like a fever dream. It's called what is it called? It's like Robo Carpoly. They're all like Korean translated anime shows about like talking trains that beat each other's ass. It's kind of sick. Like the plot, they can't not do a good plot. Yeah, like the Asians. Yeah, all of the above. And so like they'll, well, they're twisted little sex freaks. Yeah. Who love playing mind games. That is so true. Yeah. And it really like informs all their programs. The reason I ask about Sesame Street is that there's a very strong Puerto Rican element is there and my favorite actress on the show. I forget her

name in real life, but she plays Maria and she's literally like so beautiful and elegant. And like what AOC could have been if she didn't go into politics. She could have been a Sesame Street actress. Yeah. Yeah. She could have been like their long standing Puerto Rican maiden. I kind of love that for her actually. Yeah. It's about the level that she should be on. Right. Like an educator for children's programming. She'd be good at that. Yeah. She really would. So I don't know. It's like one of those shows that like the kids will get bored after an episode and we're just still watching. Yeah. Like three episodes in and we're just like one. Well, I like the thing the Japanese do with their shows where it's like

there's a conflict and oh and they have to acquire more power. And then like then they acquire more power. They have to blow out the genitalia. Yeah. And then they acquire the power and then they win. You know, it's like it's just so artistically satisfying for me and I'll look flashing. The dialogue is what does it for me though. Honestly, it's just so rudimentary like the ESL translation. And then we will do it together as friends. Shut the fuck up, Gaijin. They're doomed. Our kids are so doomed. Their dad's a painter and their mom's a fashion designer. That's they're going to be awesome. They're going to be like crypto financed. Hey, don't be so hard

on yourself. My kid's parents are a racist podcaster and an avant-garde percussionist. It's pretty dark. That's why I feel like they should meet. That's why that's why our kids shouldn't know each other. So if they can like they're going to have a nice meal, you know, there is like COVID B.