ABC/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) — Tiffany Haddish knows how to make the best of a sticky sartorial situation.
The comedian told W magazine that last summer, she agreed to buy some designer clothing to help her career, but she didn’t realize exactly how expensive her new wardrobe would be.
When a stylist brought her several options for the Girls Trip premiere in July, the only dress that fit well was a white number by Alexander McQueen. After Haddish wore it, she realized it cost over $4,000.
“I should’ve known — wasn’t no price tag on that dress. So I wear it for Girls Trip, and then they give me the receipt. When I saw the receipt, I cried,” she said.
“So I’m wearing it multiple f***in’ times.
I don’t care what nobody say — that’s a down payment on a car, that’s a medical bill. So, even though everyone says I shouldn’t wear the dress in public again, I’m wearing it.
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True to her word, Haddish gone on to wear the dress to host Saturday Night Live in November and to the Oscars in March.
Haddish also told W that when she was shooting Girls Trip, she was carrying a knockoff Michael Kors bag that her co-star, Jada Pinkett-Smith, chastised her for buying.
“I told [Jada] that my philosophy is, ‘Whatever the bag costs, I should be able to keep that amount of cash in the bag. If it’s a $300 purse, I have to put $300 in cash in that purse,'” she said.
Haddish continued, “When you’re somebody like me, who’s been homeless, clothes are not that important. Clothes are not a roof over my head, food in my stomach, my family’s health — that’s what money is for. But fashion helps get more money. So, we ride.”
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