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- My collection,
roughly is about 700 pieces altogether
but that's toys, shoes,
jewelry, apparel,
the full gamut of Jeremy Scott's world.
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Hello Vogue my name is Joey Arias
and I am devoted to collecting the work of Jeremy Scott.
I've been collecting for about 10 years now
and I've amassed, you know,
what seems like a ridiculous amount of clothes
for one person but truly it's an archive
that's a labor of love
and I wear the pieces on a daily basis.
I don't collect to resell,
I definitely collect because I fall in love with the piece
and I wanna wear it.
I want to give it a life out in the real world.
Jeremy Scott's work just really speaks to my heart and soul
and it's a part of my everyday life.
It just makes me feel complete.
There's this underlying love
behind every collection that comes out.
It's this celebration of life.
This is my closet.
This is where I house my Jeremy Scott collection.
Visually, it is a lot
but it didn't start like this.
I had a jacket and a t-shirt to start with
and a pair of shoes
but over the years,
it quickly grew to need its own closet.
It all started with this jacket,
12 years ago I saw this online
and I just thought it was out of control.
It's gold, it has wings,
it's fringe, it's leather
it's a motorcycle jacket,
it's everything you could want.
And I just fell in love with it.
Approached my husband about it, like.
I think I really want this jacket.
And once I got it,
there was no going back.
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This is another one of my favorite pieces,
from the Adidas collaboration
and it's a Matador look.
I actually wore this to the very first fashion show
that I went to of Jeremy's and it was a bit surreal
because I remember us watching Project Runway
and I told my husband,
it would be so cool
to actually see a fashion show in person
and through Instagram, Jeremy's PR team reached out
and you know, like some of my photographs.
And then from that kind of grew to,
would you like to come to a show?
I didn't even care if I was sitting
like in the broom closet,
just to be there and be in that atmosphere,
is gonna be something completely new,
something I'd always dreamed of doing.
Of course, I freaked out
not knowing what I was gonna wear to an actual fashion show
and it was a no brainer that I had to wear this.
I get asked a lot,
you know, if I work for Moschino or Jeremy Scott
or in fashion in in general but I don't.
I am the Clinical Operations Manager
for a mobile dental company based out of Dallas, Texas.
I do wear uniform, I wear blue scrubs
and if I'm not in a work uniform
on a daily basis really anything I wear is Jeremy Scott.
Dallas, Texas is pretty conservative.
I do stand out a bit
but I think Jeremy's work in general kind of does that
regardless of where it's at.
I know people that, you know,
use fashion as kind of an armor or kind of a shield
but I kind of feel not only just putting this on
I feel like I'm really truly being myself.
It really kind of actually acts more as a welcome mat
because it invites people to come
and ask questions about what I'm wearing.
For Fall '20, Jeremy Scott
did the macro New York collection.
It was a mix of macro pieces and mini pieces
and on that runway was the macro name plate
and it was highly sought after,
almost impossible to get and it's just out of control.
I love it.
And the reason this means so much to me,
aside from the fact that it's a fantastic piece
is that Moschino sent it to me for my birthday.
I've only worn it twice out in public.
[Joey laughing]
People wanna try it on
they want to take photographs wearing it, I let them
but that's kind of the energy that Jeremy's work brings.
People are just kind of drawn to it
and they wanna ask about it.
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Fall 2017 men's collection,
the Transformers collection,
Jeremy introduced the idea
of this harness sweater and it's iconic.
So I was prior military,
I was in the Air Force.
I always was really fascinated by the harness gear
that some of the emergency vehicle drivers would wear
or stuff that the pilots had.
It's a bit bondage inspired
but it's directly inspired by flight suits
and the harnesses for their parachutes.
I had to get one.
By the time I was trying to purchase one
it had already sold out.
And through the power of Instagram
I tracked down this harness sweater.
He also was a Jeremy Scott, an avid collector.
And he had one,
I traded him a considerable amount of items for it
but I had to have it, I didn't care.
And I loved it.
[Joey laughing]
As a child, you know,
my sister's Barbies are fashion ready
and we would play with them
but I grew up kind of being told,
you know, that's not what boys do
and men don't care about what they wear kind of a thing.
And so I felt,
I needed to be a certain way
and past those formative years
into my adulthood and you know, relationships,
I kind of found myself in the same situation
where I was with guys who were telling me
not to dress so gay or you know,
don't wear that, that's too loud.
But when I came upon Jeremy's work,
it just like awoke something in me.
I think that little kid inside of me
like really fell in love
with what was in front of him
and saw himself playing with
these life-size Barbies on the runway.
Jeremy's approach to fashion is definitely tongue in cheek.
He really doesn't follow any kind of guideline or rule.
It's truly what is coming out of him,
like it's what's he's emoting onto the runway
and it's about fun.
It definitely doesn't take itself too serious.
If I had to choose one piece
as my favorite above everything,
it's this Happy Meal bag
from Jeremy's first collection from Moschino.
I think McDonald's is so ingrained into my childhood
and growing up we didn't have a lot of money
and McDonald's was kind of this exotic play place
that you know, kind of the rich kids always went to
and had their birthday parties at.
And this Happy Meal bag was like the number one piece
from that collection I had to have.
And it's just so fantastic.
From the details of the handle.
to the face that's embroidered on it.
And you know, the Moschino, over 20 billion served,
which is a play on McDonald's slogan.
Another of my favorite pieces is this giant toothpaste bag.
Being in the dental field,
when I saw this come down the runway
for the Women's Fall '19 game show collection
I just knew I had to have it.
Not very many were produced.
I kind of had a little struggle
trying to get ahold of this bag.
[Joey laughing]
Not very much of this stuff is practical.
But I love it nonetheless.
It's a vinyl bag with 3D printed top
and people typically want to try to take it off.
Actually, I was wearing this in the streets of New York
and down in the subway and I had it on,
I was approached by people who thought
that I was selling toothpaste
or giving out samples of toothpaste
and I was like, no, no, this is just my bag.
My wall of fame has 35 pairs
but altogether I have roughly about 67.
How did it happen?
[Joey laughing]
The collection just kind of grew exponentially
and it's by collection that it grows too, right?
It's not just like it's a pair here, pair there
but by collection there'll be like three or four pairs
that I feel like I can't live without.
But like for his Adidas collection
of course the wings are iconic.
I've never thought about how much I've spent.
I try not to think about it.
But how can you put a price on love?
I definitely, you know, keep a little piggy bank for,
as a rainy day piggy bank
but really it's for collections.
But going in there or watching the runway shows,
I never really think too much
about the price point, initially.
[Joey laughing]
I just kind of just watch and look
and feel and touch and what it is that really speaks to me.
Then I start thinking about the price point
and I have to figure out when I can purchase something.
This is a crown,
from Jeremy's first men's collection for Moschino.
It actually has a counterpart
that I have been searching for for years.
It is a brown monogram version that's bejeweled
and I only know of three of them.
Jeremy has one.
One of my lovely friends, Hans, he has one
that I've been trying to buy from him for years
and he won't let go of it for sentimental reasons
and I understand that
but he doesn't wear it
and I want to give it a life.
So if you have went out there,
feel free to reach out to me
because I need the counterpart
to this crown in my collection.
It truly would be the crowning piece to my collection.
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This is one of my most favorite looks of all.
It's from the Spring 20 collection, it's Moschino.
When I saw this come down the runway,
I immediately fell in love.
That entire collection spoke to me
and it just moved my spirit.
Something else I find interesting
is when people are like I can never wear that.
They're like, yes, you can.
And I think that the moment that you do do that
and kind of push yourself
past what you think you should wear,
it just, it's a life changer.
I kind of grew up forcing myself into this idea
of who I was supposed to be
and what I saw in Jeremy's work is I saw myself
and I saw someone saying
it's okay to just wear what you want
and then do what you want.
That kind of gave me the okay
and validated this desire to dress out loud.
Jeremy Scott is aware of my collection.
I do little closet tours stories on my Instagram
and he's seen them.
He will send me a direct message
and be like every time I see your closet,
my mind is blown.
And he's thanked me
for displaying his work with such respect.
I think he really appreciates it.
He knows that I have a completely deep love for his work.
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So long as Jeremy Scott is creating
and you know, putting stuff out
I don't think that I'll ever be done with my collection.
I'm definitely at capacity.
I tease my husband
that we're gonna have to put a second story
because I have to grow somehow, somewhere.
Either it's a second story,
some kind of addition to the house
or we might have to start looking for another house.
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