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Rivalrous, they competed as they copied each other. this all includes dans triumphant return at the height of fashion at anna wintours met gala this past may. dan said people coveted his fashion because he deconstructed brands to the essence of their power crests that signified wealth, power and prestige. he claims my customers wanted to buy into that power. dan built wealth, respect, and power for himself and his community and lost some of it when those corporations came for him. its a testamen...

Track suit covered in those logos. stars ranging from beyonce to salma hayek would go on to rock dans signature style. and dans harlem shop grew from the attention. his customers paid extra for the dapper dan look, they knew they werent buying a gucci product, just like andy warhols fans knew he was making art, not soup ads. but the fashion houses did not see it that way. they cracked down, suing dan, seizing his product. more heat followed. subpoenas for his harlem clients, raids on his store t...

Harlem had style, customers and it had money, especially from the gangsters. he innovated a whole new look, buying up gucci bags and bags for the logo and marketing that as a new street clothes and marketing it as a street style, a downtown mix of luxury up town. take a look at this gucci jacket with the logo featured along with the custom leather trim. it repurposes the iconic gucci for a new jacket. dans customers said they knew he was making something original. they werent paying for the gucc...

Like you see here, velazquez. but the fashion houses had power and money on their side, and they ran dans shop out of business. he went back underground. followed some financial troubles and sad days with the next step after his lifes work was shut down. now in his 70s, what was left? i want to tell you, this story could end there, but that thing about artists copying and stealing, it came full circle as one of the fashion houses that sued dan was now copying his signature look you see here from...

Necessary to end the drug menace and end organized crime. >> there were nlaws on the war n drugs. this was the vice president that raised this man. daniel day, born in harlem in 1944, he did what many young men did to survive, hustling, gambling, finding ways to make money underground. while so many of his peers were cut down by drugs or violence or prison, he not only survived he, he thrived by building the persona dapper dan. first as one of the best dressed hustlers in har lep, then as a sale...

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National emergency. what are your thoughts on that? >> i think its more political theater. i think that if there is an emergency, were clear on it. if its an hurricane, its an emergency, a tornado, an emergency, fires, theres an emergency. when you have to develop a strategy, its probably not an emergency. >> reporter: im going to let you get to your eggs benedict. your emergency now is to get fed. thank you so much for your time. craig, people here like him are hoping or expecting to hear somet...