How Clothes Make the Stand-Up Comic

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 [Halloween] costume.'" She jokes about her garb on her latest Netflix special, Hard Knock Wife: "All the leopard-print dresses are gonna be sold out." THE ALL-LEATHER ENSEMBLE EDDIE MURPHY Amy Schumer may be known for her provocative outfits (which have toned down a tad in the #MeToo climate) underlining her ballsy, feminist message. Adds 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.