Great Scott! The Fashion of Jeremy Scott
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I'm a simple, yet fashion aware heterosexual male. You can say that I pay attention to some labels and the names of some designers.
But a couple years ago I took a glimpse at one of the most different and daring shoe designs ever and I from there I was at a point of no return.
I saw a shoe that was fun, cool, invoked conversation.
So I did my research. I sat at the computer and I quickly brought the google up and typed like my fingers we on fire. winged shoes? No that wasn't it. flying shoes? No, that couldn't be it. Hmm. Shoes with wings? Bingo! The picture of a forward design graced the screen.
It was them. The possible saviours of fashion. The shake up of closets around the world.
Who was behind this awesome madness? Was it a teen aged black male with harlem lineage? Japanese female influenced heavily by hip hop? No. It was none of those.
It was a tiny but timid designer with wide eyes that had had everything in them minus fear. i dug deeper and found out his name and his name was Jeremy, Jeremy Scott.
From Kansas. You heard right. Kansas. A Kansas boy with a dream, with a vision and a sense of style that could only be accepted beyond the moon. Diving deeper into my research I saw that Mr. Jeremy didn't stop at only shoes. He made sure he brushed his influence on everything fashion. from clothing to accessories. They've all been hit by the Jeremy Scott epidemic. Ive always payed attention to fashion growing up, and living in Toronto, Canada it was easy to not be apart of the trends that switched rapidly through the hip hop culture. I wondered if Jeremy felt the same thing going through his upbringings in Kansas.
hmmm.
Design after design it made me want to know more about Jeremy. About his upbringings, his inspirations, what cereal he eats? Just anything that could give me an insight that I could apply to my greatness. I'm usually not a person that is easily impressed but this time its beyond that. Im a groupie. Each design unique, every design courageous. I feel like I've found what was missing.
All these years being in Canada and not being able to get all the cliche sneakers that everyone rushed to wear, it now makes sense. People were speaking or Jordan, Lebron, Ewing and Taylor still so basically It wasn't my time.i Wasn't ready to dive into the pool of different. Wasn't ready to set myself apart, wasn't ready to tell people and inquirers about the Kansas kid.
But now walking down the streets of NYC and people gawking impressed and giving stares of approval, it tells me that I'm ready now. Thanks Jeremy.