Olivia Joan Ghaly

The next dress is from Zonda Rhodes, and I do have an iconic photo of my grandmother wearing it, so let me show you.

The beadwork is just impeccable.

It all belonged to her grandmother.

This dress weighs like 50 pounds.

It is very heavy.

This used to be my grandmother's favorite top.

It even has like a bunch of stains on it from when she spilled.

And it still smells like her too.

And she was my best friend.

And so, yeah, I'm running out of time.

Okay, bye.

You really did not see Black men and women able to even afford designer pieces, but to see that my grandmother had such a deep-rooted archival collection is the reason why I really kept talking about it.

Like, I remember my grandmother and I were watching The Crown, and she was like, oh, I was friends with a queen sister.

And then I would just be like, pause, what did you say?

Who was your grandmother?

Yeah, my grandmother is Joan Betty Henderson Johnson.

I still remember my grandparents coming over for dinner and we would be watching football while my mom's cooking and I'd have my hair down and my grandpa would come over, touch it and be like, Joan, we gotta have a conversation.

I think business-wise, they paved the way for black hair care to this day.

The famous blue grease, I think, is probably one of their most well-known products.

I have some if you want me to show you.