Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field

I'm in over my head.

All of a sudden, I became this famous person.

I mean, I work and enjoy the work for years,

but somehow

recognition found me.

And in a certain way...

I'm a little...

nervous about it.

You know, how it is.

They love you, they hate you, they love you, they hate you.

And I don't really play to that-- those tunes.

You know what I mean?

I find it distracting.

I just love to do what I do

in peace,

and in, you know, creative happiness.

- Hi! - Hi, Pat!

We have gifts.

Thanks for grabbing the food, guys.

- Yeah, of course. - I'm glad everybody's on it.

We're so on it. We're like...

- wine. - Vino.

Chianti, your favorite. Of course.

She was worried she didn't have enough wine.

I like your combination.

It's down my alley.

The mix match-- right, Tracy?

- Nadia looks cute today, right? - Yeah, she does.

Didn't I tell you that earlier?

I like mixing patterns, I like--

I never knew that about you.

- Me either. - Me either.

None of us knew that about you.

I love...

I can't really explain it

in words, but sometimes you just see it.

And you just know when it works,

- I can't-- - I can explain it.

Would you like the explanation?

- Please explain it. - It's the color.

It could be different colors,

but they have to be happy together.

As long as the colors work together,

you could fuck around with the patterns.

- Exactly. - That's the trick.

- Squid? - No, thanks.

So, anyway, "Emily in Paris."

Four months is a really long time to be away from home.

- Yeah. - I was ready to come back.

- Yeah. - Absolutely.

I was ready to move there when I visited you guys.

Yeah, but you were there for a few days.

You should have came, Tracy.

- You were... - I had...

- Missed? - ...a three-bedroom apartment.

- Huge. - Yeah, it was...

And where were you, Erica?

- I had my own apartment. - She had her own apartment.

- Did you visit her? - Oh, yeah.

- I spent the night there. - That was cool.

Sleepover. Girls' night.

- She definitely did. - News to me.

You didn't realize she didn't come home one night?

Pat wasn't checking for you.

I was just checking her room, which was always upside down.

On to the next one. So, "Run the World," season two.

- Season two. - Season two.

I feel good that you guys are here.

"Run the World" was originally pitched to me

as a Black girl "Sex and the City."

It's about close-knit girlfriends living in Harlem,

striving for world domination.

I've never worked with Black girls,

and I grew up with Black girls, and now I'm going to do it.

I was really happy.

This is a really great season

for us to revamp all of the girls' styles

because everybody is changing

from what they were from season one to season two.

How are they changing?

In season one,

Whitney was this uptight, wants everything to be perfect.

And in season two, her whole life is falling apart.

In one of these scenes, she's dressed in a suit.

Her hair is all perfect.

And she's looking at herself in a reflection,

and she just doesn't like who she's looking at anymore.

- This is Whitney. - She would have loved something

like this for that scene, something kind of uptight.

And that's when she comes out.

She's kind of like a new woman.

- Then she's wearing braids. - Wearing braids and...

- Getting tattoos. - And getting tattoos.

A breakdown. She's in pieces now.

Exactly. Then we have Sondi,

who had this, like, idea of family

and being a stepmom, and school.

And now in season two,

she can't be the stepmom that she wants,

and she's pulling away from Matthew

and focusing on her professional life.

I'm very happy to make Sondi a little sexier and not so....

Definitely like an elevation from last season.

I really love those pants that you have,

those high-waisted ones.

She would like this.

- Renée? - Sondi.

I don't know. I feel like the crisscross cutouts,

that feels like Renée territory.

I don't think the color looks Renée.

That's what I see first.

Then we have Renée in season one

wanted to like just climb the ladder.

And in season two,

she's building her own business and she's breaking the ladder.

- Yeah, yeah. - This would be Renée.

I thought it was more cropped.

Oh, cropped. So, was it this?

- Oh, yes, this. - Yeah, it was that.

These were like exclusive Manolos.

They sparkle just like Lurex

and a nice Balenciaga bag, their kind of 'it" bag.

It's a downtown girl bag.

But I thought the one-off, it's like $1,000,800.

I think we should totally buy it.

$1,800 is a lot for a bag.

And I love that bag.

Jesus, you're the most anticipated arrival.

You're like the Queen of England.

- How are you, my love? - I'm fine. How are you?

Let me get the door for you.

Good. You're going to find this is a fun thing.

Oh, yeah. Can't wait.

Rebecca Paley is the co-author of Pat's memoir.

Although Pat doesn't like to call it a memoir.

It's not a memoir. A memoir's too final for me.

So I've been talking to a million people

for the book for you.

And I've been getting the dirt.

- Oh, good. You mean my people? - Your people.

I don't know. An autobiography or....

I think it's just a book about Planet Pat.

Planet Pat.

This is so huge. It's like a vintage war zone.

What is it exactly you're looking for?

I'm not looking for anything exactly.

Just whatever my eyes see.

- I love these. - Yeah, I love those.

Those caught my eye. Boom!

- What do you like about those? - I like the design.

- It's eye-catching. - Yeah.

You have to relate it to the character.

Any specific character or just like any of the women?

I don't know. I can see it for Renée.

I can see it for Sondi.

Can I take a picture?

Why not?

So many things.

I think they're busy because I like this fish.

I'm sorry to bother you.

Could I see other things?

So we want to take those.

Thank you so much.

- What do you think? - I think it's expensive.

It's cute. It's a fish.

Alright. That's amazing.

- Is that for you? - It's for the show.

Oh.

I don't have room for this shit.

But I like this for Whitney.

You know, I'm in a good position

'cause I have so many talented people around me.

Yeah.

My graduate school of costume design.

Your stable.

Kids that I hired from my store.

Tracy. Molly. Paolo you interviewed.

- Yeah. - JoJo.

Well, he's...He never graduated.

He still has a few credits left?

Yeah.

Is this too weird?

Where's Trace?

Oh, yeah, I love that.

- Right. - Beautiful.

I love this little striped gown.

- What do you like about that? - It's eye-catching.

- It's a good price, too. - You say eye-catching.

- But what does that mean? - It's cute.

The camera has to see it, you know?

You gotta catch my eye. Boom!

- I don't know. I like it. - Okay.

Oh, my God.

It's kind of big,

but that's what I like about it.

- Yeah. - I'm an exaggeration queen.

Yeah.

Because I learned from my store.

It's about the visual. Eye-catching.

So I tend to push it.