"If you didn't observe it, like Robert Klein once, it was like a restaurant where they'd supply jackets."įor The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in May, Ahmed Bharoocha says he donned a suit "to fit into that late-night world." Adds Iliza Shlesinger, whose fourth Netflix special, Elder Millennial, streams this summer: "TV joke-telling is still something you turn it up a notch for."
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"There was a dress code on The Tonight Show," says Nesteroff. For late-night TV, even countercultural Lenny Bruce wore a classic suit and tie. While some comics consistently don a suit and tie, others dress up only if the venue warrants it. The first impression of John is that he's clean-cut his humor is anything but." Mulaney's stylist Michael Fisher says his look is "retro-inspired. "Mulaney will tell you that he loved Dean Martin - that look informed how he has come to show business," says Nesteroff. John Mulaney's penchant for a suit and tie plays to his Midwestern vibe but also recalls the Rat Pack. Ali Wong says she chose the snake-print dress that she wore for her Netflix special Baby Cobra "out of sheer economics and lack of thought," and afterward, "So many Asian women said to me, 'Thank you for giving us an easy costume.'" Wong jokes about her garb on her latest Netflix special, Hard Knock Wife: "All the leopard-print dresses are gonna be sold out." "I have purchased entire outfits at CVS," adds Bamford. The comic favors heeled red clogs and purple socks with merch from other comedians, such as Jackie Kashian's "Meat Shield" union-made tees. Stand-ups today project their brand of comedy, like Arrested Development actress Maria Bamford, whose work is gloriously shameless about mental health. "We're still under the influence of that era, of being completely casual onstage," says Nesteroff. I soaked up all those looks."ĭavis, who for stand-up gigs dresses "like I'm going to the club - my expectation is that the crowd will be breaking down what I'm wearing, and my outfit is the first thing I can do to win their favor," sometimes works with a stylist, such as Raphel Young, who has dressed Kendrick Lamar and Mike Epps.Ĭomedy's first hippie, '70s icon George Carlin, broke with traditional stand-up suited style. The comedy historian references the iconic devil-red leather suit Murphy wore for his profane HBO set Delirious in 1983, itself inspired by the black leather jumpsuit Elvis Presley wore for his televised comeback in 1968.Īdds stand-up comic and Hood Adjacent star James Davis, another Murphy fan: "For tapings or when I headline, I like leather because I grew up watching Eddie Murphy - the red leather suit in Delirious, the purple leather suit in Raw - and Martin Lawrence. But she also has paid "homage to Eddie Murphy" with her all-leather ensemble in her most recent Netflix special, says Kliph Nesteroff, curator of the new National Comedy Center in New York. Amy Schumer may be known for her provocative outfits (which have toned down a tad in the #MeToo climate) underlining her ballsy, feminist message.
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