Quenlin Blackwell’s Gucci Giglio Bag Is Full of Surprises

[Quenlin singing fanfare]

[funky music]

Hi, Vogue, it's Quenlin Blackwell

and this is what's in my bag.

[bag thumping] [hands clapping]

[bag thumping]

Bro, I brought the city in this bag!

[whistle shrieking]

This is my Aztec death whistle.

I bring it to really, like, set the tone in the room

because I don't want anyone else

setting the tone in the room, like, I wanna be the one

to make the mark, to make the moment, so I...

[whistle shrieking]

My journal, and it's open right now

'cause I had to journal in the glam room before I started.

This is a journal my assistant, Katie,

got me for my birthday.

It has my name on it.

It has a bow because I'm so girly, so femme.

It has a garnet because that's my birthstone,

January 17th, Capricorn, duh, duh!

Let me read you y'all a journal entry.

Psych!

My therapist said I need to stop oversharing.

This is what I take around with me everywhere I go,

It's my Context camera, cont-

Girl, that's how you know I'm not nobody

who does photography, this is just, like, a hobby.

This is my Contax TVS camera.

As you can see, the lens is bent

because she's been everywhere with me.

Let's take a photo of this moment.

[camera whirring]

It's film!

Oh, I'm so analog.

I've had this camera for, like, a year and some change now,

it's gone with me in situations

that y'all wouldn't even believe I've been in,

and I have a little scrapbook in my house

for people to go through when they come over.

Next, I have my Wonderbelly anti-acid.

I have very bad indigestion.

I think I had a parasite, and I got rid of the parasite

'cause I went through so many different, like,

iterations of doing traditional Chinese medicine,

natural medicine, cleanses, oil, oregano, walnut,

black seed oil, and my stomach is healed now,

but then when I eat, like, a pasta, a gluten,

I have a gluten intolerance,

I'm gonna take one of these before.

Wonderbelly.

Everybody know these!

We know these!

These are my wired Apple headphones.

I love them, they just are, like, chic to me.

I think the Bluetooth headphones, it's, like, cute,

we can't see it, like, yeah,

you got the Bluetooth rays going through your brains.

These are just, like, a good accessory with an outfit.

Even if I don't plug 'em into anything, like...

[bag thumping]

Like, it's a look!

Where's the cameras?

Take a picture.

I've been listening to just, like, classic music

because I think it keeps me sane.

'Cause automatically, I'm on, like, a 180 BPM,

so I have to listen to some slow things

to, like, even me out before I'm...

I don't think there's a socially acceptable way

to tell people that you don't wanna talk,

so I just put these earphones in,

even if I'm not listening to anything,

so I can just have a moment of quiet

and stillness to myself without feeling like I'm being rude.

Next I have my go-to snacks, always.

This started it all, it's a hot pickle.

I love these like I love myself!

They're so good, I love something with a bite.

It has the heat, it's like eating a bag of, like,

Takis, hot Cheetos, any crisp that you could-

It's like eating hell.

And, you know, you have to eat hell so it can't get you.

My pickles are so hot.

And they can get so hot to the point to where, like,

if someone else takes a bite they're like, [gasps]

they're like, Girl, what is this?

And I'm like, What, it's just a little snack,

a little bite, it's something fun.

And that's what I do when I'm on set,

I have me either a hot pickle or

I'll have me a banana 'cause it's nice fiber,

it's good for the day, this banana look like

it's been through just life, death,

and in between purgatory.

But it's fine, it's nice and ripe,

and I always throw one of these in my bag.

I probably am keeping the banana industry alive,

how much I buy bananas.

Run.

Kidding.

Woo! [laughs]

This looks crazy.

Next, what I have is my Cyklar deodorant.

Has, like, a mandelic acid in it,

so it brightens your armpits, which I'm always looking for

because the friction creates darkness, and that's okay,

but, you know, when there's 300 trillion people

taking pictures of you all the time,

maybe you want a little bit of brighter pit.

You just gotta believe me, this is a great deodorant.

Now here's something that I should be

grabbings on my bag more, but I always throw it in

just in case I finally have time to read, which I do,

but I usually spend a majority of my time scrolling.

Like, it literally had dust on it.

[laughs] It actually had dust on it.

My Kindle, Paperwhite.

I've been reading Diana Vreeland's autobiography.

I have been interior designing my home,

and I was just inspired by her house

and the opulence that she always had around her,

so I wanted to learn more about this woman,

so that's what I've been reading.

Cherry almond Jergens, travel size.

This is how my grandma smelled my whole life.

[hums] And I'm a very spiritual person,

and I feel like spirits can be in scents,

they can be in songs, they can be in food,

and whenever I'm having a bit of an overwhelm,

or I just need a hug from my grandma,

I do like that and I feel her.

Any black grandma gonna have some

cherry almond Jergens in the house.

Nobody catch me ashy.

'Cause you will not say I look like a powdered donut.

I'm sparkly.

Next, I have a lighter.

And it's an I love LA Lighter.

From the show that I was in on HBO,

I played, like, a hyper-dramaticized version of myself.

I feel like that was an amazing opportunity

to enter the acting world.

I wanna do it for the rest of my life.

I've been filming 600 trillion,

900 billion self tapes every single week,

and hopefully one of 'em stick! [laughs]

[keys jingling] My Porsche keys.

I have a Gucci key ring, just because.

I have a funny, silly key chain

that, like, has my family on it,

and then I have, like, my grown key chain

when I'm like gonna go shop on Rodeo,

I'm like, Here's the keys.

I bought my Porsche last year.

I usually hoard my money like a squirrel

holding their nuts in hibernation,

but my business managers were like,

Are you gonna go get something?

You say you like these cars.

And I'm like, Yeah, I do,

they're like, Well, you can go get a car now.

So I did my first big purchase, which was my car,

and I just feel like it's such, like,

a girlboss car to ride in, like, I love going shopping

and all the men see me get outta the car,

I'm like, [stomps] This is my car. [laughs]

And so it was such a great treat to get myself,

and I love my keys,

and I'm so proud of what my keys represent.

Just hard work and, you know,

finally having my material dreams come into fruition

because I kept working.

So thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

To me.

This [horn beeping]

is a bear horn.

There was a time when I was pulling into my garage,

and I'm like, Who took out my fur coats?

It's literally springtime.

And it was a bear that was looking me in my face

right when I got outta my car, I opened up my car door,

the bear said, Hey, girl, I said...

I called the police!

I said, Can y'all come get it?

They're like, Go in your house, get some pots and pans,

and just bang them, it should walk away.

I'm like, Where do I live?

I'm from Texas, girl, we don't have nothing

but, like, caterpillars in Texas.

I had a bear infestation

because I would leave my garage open, the back door open,

and I would have my trash in there, and they was hungry,

so then the young one told all the homies to come,

and then it became Food City, and the bears would come

for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, so I had to move.

And this is good to scare off predators, human predators.

You're just walking, being cute,

someone gets a little too close.

[horn beeping] You know?

And speaking of human predators,

let me show y'all my next daily bag item. [laughs]

I have the duo, mace.

Get away from me!

Wait, sorry, that was pointed at me.

If you get close, I'm going to,

I'm going to have to mace you!

Back up!

And then if you really, really, really wanna play,

oh, hold on, I got something just for you.

[fastener creaking] [taser zapping]

Gonna fry you!

And have you with a side of ketchup!

[taser zapping]

Everyone, protect yourself,

this world is getting scary nowadays.

And people is trying to play, and everybody losing it.

But guess who not losing it?

[taser zapping] Me.

[taser clattering]

My Meta glasses with my name on 'em. [laughs]

Like, that's the best thing about living this life of mine,

like, everything is personalized.

I've been trying to figure out how to

capture my life in a way that feels natural,

and I feel like pulling out my phone

takes me out the moment,

so I just wear these glasses and be recording everybody.

Hey!

And, like, if you gonna look at me crazy, look at me crazy,

I'm recording everything.

Studio City, Vogue, Studio City, and it's a video!

Hands-free, recording hands-free!

Love these glasses.

In my little bag holder, I carry my daily essentials.

I don't really like wearing makeup.

I'll do it if I'm shooting something,

but right when I get in my car, I'm taking it off,

and so I take these little travel

face wipe pouches from Neutrogena.

And then I also have a small Nivea cream,

ten one ounce, ash anywhere eraser.

Face ash, elbow ash, corner of the mouth ash,

you can put it anywhere,

it's never gonna break you out, love this.

And then also, I just have my travel perfume.

I'm a big perfume girl, I layer, so I do my layers in these.

I love smelling like me.

Whenever someone asks me what my scent is, I said, girl,

You can figure out what your scent is.

My scent is what God gave me.

Now go pray, and He'll give you one, too.

And finally, here I got my lip combo.

My chestnut liner, my ash lipstick,

and my classic MAC lipglass.

I usually leave the house with a sunscreen

and some lip gloss, and call it a day.

And some lip liner if I'm a little crazy.

I had to show y'all this.

I bought this wallet last night,

and it's supposed to catch on fire when you open it.

[laughs] But I didn't figure out how to make it work!

I thought it would be so funny to come in here

and be like, Yeah guys, here's my wallet,

and it just explode, but it didn't work, whatever.

But I just have to show y'all my license.

During my driver's license picture,

I was wearing a hat connected to a wig.

They said, Ma'am can you take off the hat?

I said,

I can, but something else will be taking off as well.

They said, Ma'am, we don't care, I said, Hmm, whatever.

I took it off, girl, my driver's license picture

is me in some cornrows 'cause they made me take off my wig.

All right, Vogue, that's what's in my bag.

I live a fun life full of variety and dynamicism.

I think I just made up that word.

I'm about to eat this banana so bad.

Y'all can't have none of this, I really need this.

[horn beeping] Don't.

I gotta get up outta here!

Thank you so much, Vogue.

It's been a great time.

I gotta go.

Mother has other things to do today.

[lips smacking]

Bye, y'all.

My perfume!

Y'all trying to steal my scent, no!