- What's up GQ?
I'm Kellyn Acosta and these are my essentials.
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This is my favorite cologne.
It's called Tiziana Terenzi Kirke.
I actually got introduced by this
by my good friend and teammate Christian Pulisic.
He just had it at one day at camp
and I just fell in love.
I pride myself on smelling good.
So this, I mean, just compliments my personality.
I mean, I have some, like, oakier ones,
if I'm wearing more men's wear,
but this is my go-to every day,
going into the locker room, going to the mall,
going out to dinner.
I kind of just put two on my wrist, just right here.
One on my neck. Ready to go.
Yeah. I'm a big sneaker head.
These are my Off White Lot 50/50 from Virgil.
Beyond these, I mean, I would probably have,
I don't know, few hundred at least.
I haven't counted them in a while, but yeah,
these are one of my favorites.
I mean, he did a great job
from the double lace, to the metallic silver swoosh.
The Off-White writing,
to the little details of the purple pop.
I mean, he did it.
These are sweet.
I think Virgil did a great job, his top 10,
with the ones, he has the twos.
I mean, I've just admired Virgil and everything
that he's done.
I'm just, from being a guy of color, you know,
building his brand from the ground up, I mean,
it's definitely inspiring.
I mean, R.I.P. to a legend,
he's definitely been a guy that I truly admire
and hopefully I can tap into the fashion world
and have a big impact as he did.
This is my Daily Stoic.
I got introduced to this by my trainer.
Just, kind of, just my everyday read.
I mean, you have a passage per day
and it kind of gets my day started.
It's from the, the Stoics,
like Epictetus, I think I'll tell you to pronounce his name,
and kind of just quote from him
and other various philosophers as well.
For me, I have the phrase of 'yes, and...'
which is you gotta accept what's coming,
which is like the yes,
and then, 'and' is how you direct your attitude towards it.
So this has kind of really changed my life, really,
and been a positive '22 with starting with this book.
Peach rings.
Honestly, my favorite candy.
I mean, if I'm in a gas station or grocery store,
this is my first grab.
I mean, I'm not going to the produce or the fruit.
This is where it's at.
Typically I do the trolley,
but these will do, I mean any, I don't discriminate.
[Interviewer] Ever eat any peach rings on the sidelines
during your game?
- I wish I could, honestly.
I mean, that would gimme that added boost to, you know,
hopefully score a goal or contribute to the team.
I mean, I'm more of like a hard candy.
So I like the Jolly Ranchers
to the Starbursts, Skittles, Now and Laters
and I've kind of been getting into Hi-Chews as well.
I'm not so much into chocolates, but I mean,
if someone were to gimme some, I mean, I'm all about it.
This is my Cartier De Santos, just a sleek watch.
I use it for everyday use really.
I mean, dress it up and dress it down.
You got the nice rubber band.
It's comfortable.
It's sleek.
I'm kind of a simple person.
So this is one of those watches that isn't too flashy,
but if you're into watches, you know, that, I mean,
it's a nice timeless piece.
I've only had it probably for, you know, a couple years
but I've had my sights on it for five years now.
So I'm glad to, and fortunate enough to to get it now.
I recently downloaded the Hodinkee app and
kind of just been reading about various watches,
kind of just took me back to my first watch.
And my first real watch was a Rolex.
It was a Yacht Master and I was probably one of
my first big purchases, other than my house.
It was one of those things where, I'm like, wow,
this hard work that I put into, got me to this point.
And then I just became a kind of a collector ever since.
Probably have 9 or 10 and maybe growing, we'll see.
My Oliver shorts.
These shorts are just complementing me,
from stylish to athletic wear, athleisure.
I mean, you can wear 'em up and dress 'em down.
I like to be stylish and in whatever I do,
whether it's working out, whether it's walking
around the streets of LA to being in the gym.
And I think these kind of check all the boxes for me.
And I couldn't tell you like five inches, seven inches,
but kind of just above the knee works for me.
You know, I have soccer player legs.
I mean, I'm generally pretty skinny, but you know,
from bottom down I got decent quad, I would say,
so these kind of compliment my figure. [chuckles]
Yeah, this is my JBL speaker.
I actually travel with this.
I recently moved to LA.
I'm only five days in now.
And this is something that I always travel with,
whether I'm with the national team,
to going on trips with my current club team,
it's something that I always have in the hotel.
I'm a big music guy.
And so whether I'm just hanging out
or chilling or with friends, we always have music going.
I listen to all types of music.
I don't discriminate, from being from Texas,
I listen to country to pop to rap hip hop.
I listen to it all.
When I'm in game mode, I kind of just zone out.
And so the background music is almost
kind of soothing for me and I'm just locked in
and trying to just focus on, you know, what I need to do
in the game to have a successful game and help my teammates.
But this kind of just eased my nerves in a way.
I've been on a Olivia Rodrigo kick.
That's like, kind of, sad music.
You know, you got Billy Eilish.
Juice World, as well.
I'm a huge J Cole fan.
And whenever I listen to J Cole,
it just brings a smile to my face.
So for me, I mean, even though they're kind of,
somewhat depressing per se, but I enjoy it.
My Goyard toiletry bag.
I've actually gotten quite a few toilet bags,
but this one's special to me,
because my stylist CJ Mitchell,
he at actually got me to get this.
I mean, I love the Goyard print
but I never got into Goyard.
And he's really helped me build up my style game.
I've been into fashion, but he's basically my coach.
And this is definitely a great complimentary piece
to you know, kind of, any look, you know, every game day.
I mean, I probably have a few others that I wear,
but this is my go-to one.
There is stuff in it.
A mask, of course, we're in that day and age.
Air pods, keys, a brush and some lotion.
Hand lotion.
I don't want dry hands, especially, I meet a lot of people,
so shaking hands, having that first introduction
is important.
I pride myself on having, you know, nice, smooth hands
to make that first impression.
It's called the Bal d'Afrique.
I don't even know if I'm pronouncing that right,
but it smells good.
I just got introduced to this.
I was just walking in the mall randomly
and you know the little kiosk and the person's like
try this, put it on my hands and fell in love
and been wearing ever since.
That was probably a few years back.
And yeah, this is my, you know, go-to scent.
I mean, they have several others that I really enjoy,
but I think it kind of compliments my cologne as well.
I don't know.
I couldn't, I couldn't describe it to you.
It's hard describing, like, perfumes, colognes, lotions,
but, I mean, it's that kind of that sweet, florally smell.
This is my Joe Malone candle.
If you ever been to my house, I probably have like
20 of these scattered all around the house.
I mean, Myrrh and Tonka is probably my favorite.
This is the Lime Basil and Mandarin, but like I said,
all around my house, I pride myself smelling good.
So my house needs to smell good.
And yeah, this has just been a staple, you know,
just walking around the mall,
stumbling upon Jo Malone, smell the candle,
I'm like, have to have it.
And that was probably a few years back as well.
It's a great home decor piece as well.
I mean, I just like the sleek design,
simple and it looks good.
I get complimented anytime someone walks in my house,
like, wow, smells great in here.
Like, what is it?
Is it Febreze?
Is it, you know, Airwick on the wall?
Like what?
Like what is it?
Jo Malone.
Hey guys, thanks for checking out my essentials.
I'm Kellyn Acosta, signing off.