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ANTO, 23, from New York lives a colourless life. He wears, uses, and surrounds himself only with monochrome items. "I refuse to wear any colour. I have chromophobia, which is an aversion to colours anywhere," he explained. "I live a completely colourless lifestyle due to this condition. I don't wear any colourful clothing, buy any colourful items, and I've turned it into somewhat of my aesthetic." Online, he's amassed over 10 million views showing his black, white and grey closet and bedroom. His unique palette has garnered some negative comments, including, "This is my worst nightmare," "I wouldn't wish that to my worst enemy," and "Asylum core." In this episode of Hooked on the Look, Anto visits his friend Tiffany's closet, where she finally persuades him to wear a pop of colour.
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My whole life is monochrome
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I live a colorless life. I refuse to wear any color. I have chromophobia, which is an aversion to colors
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You are not going to believe the links that I go to. People don't really understand the condition
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and people definitely don't understand the aesthetic. Somebody put, new aesthetic just dropped, asylum core
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That makes my skin crawl. This is my worst nightmare, and I wouldn't wish that to my worst enemy
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I'm going to be seeing my friend Tiffany, and she's going to be styling me in some colorful clothes for the very first time
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I'm about to have a panic attack. Oh my god. okay guys so I'm currently in one of my favorite places to buy clothes but it
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can definitely be overstimulating everything is a crazy print chromophobia is a fear or a diversion to color so for me I live a completely
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colorless lifestyle due to this condition I don't wear any colorful clothing buy any colorful items and I've turned it into somewhat of my aesthetic
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I hate how many shoes are colorful nowadays I cannot get over the colors I
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I actually can't remember the last time that I wore anything colorful
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I feel like for years and years, I've always worn black. And then I branched out into white and gray and made monochrome my aesthetic
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I think it's almost like when I'm in an environment where everything is black, white, and gray
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I feel like I can see clearer. This is my room, everybody
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Welcome. Welcome to the Anto Sanctuary. As you can see, it is completely colorless
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everything that I pick and choose to be in my home I put a lot of thought into
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people online always have a lot to say people don't really understand the
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condition and people definitely don't understand the aesthetic as well there's definitely some comments where I have never really understood why people got
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so angry somebody put this is my worst nightmare and I wouldn't wish that to my
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worst enemy which I think is so harsh but it's okay it's okay haters gonna hate
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Somebody put new aesthetic just drop asylum court which I think is so funny because I definitely see the resemblance between an asylum and my room Weirdly this makes me uncomfortable There is like grayness to the room that makes my skin crawl which is so funny because I feel like my skin crawls in super colorful rooms
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Ooh, baby, this is my worst fear. I have not met anyone with a fear of black and white though
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So somebody put our chips banned in your room because once filled and everything is getting stained
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I don't allow any food in my room at any time. I have never really been affected by the hate
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because I know who I am and what makes me happy. And I let other people do what makes them happy without judging them
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Um, online, at least. So, hate does not bother me. It just gives me more views
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Both of the comments say that they actually love color. But when they saw this, they completely understood my vision
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which I really, really appreciate. Somebody put, guarantee he's a Virgo. You are correct
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I feel like the room gives Virgo vibes. Everyone always wants to see what's inside my closet
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Let's see what's inside. So as you could see I keep all of my black clothing on top and all of the white on the bottom
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I do have this new edition where it's in the middle and it's my gray clothing I think the thing that I love most about my look is how
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Interchangeable some of my pieces are like so many different things go with one another
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Whereas I feel like when color is involved it has to be appropriately set. I love this brand so much
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That's the back. This is the front. This is just Anto in a shirt. You guys get it, right? You got it
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I also want to show you guys how crazy of a collection of sunglasses I have
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I try to get ones that nobody else has. And I think I definitely achieved that if you look at some of my photos
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It's really important that my skincare routine is also colorless. Just because this is something that I do so often
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And I spend a lot of time looking at myself in the mirror. So I really want to have products that align with my aesthetic and my identity
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There's been so many products where I actually really wanted them. Because of the packaging and how it made me feel
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So I decided to not go with the purchasing of it. I seeing my friend Tiffany She is super colorful and she wants to style me Hi Tiff Thank you for having me Welcome welcome come in I haven seen you in so long Huggy
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What do you think about my choice to live a colorless life? I think it's a little too extreme. I feel like you need a little bit of color
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But other than that, I think black and white is chic. Exactly, you heard it here first
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I like really weird fashion. Yeah. I like loud stuff. Right, right, right
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like stuff with personality. For some people, it's hacky. And today we're going to show you the viewer, her closet
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and we're actually going to try to put me in something from the closet. And I can't wait for you guys to see because it's pretty extreme
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and super colorful, and I'm so not used to that. Okay. Welcome to my closet
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O-M-G, Tiff. This is the rainbow, guys. This is crazy. I'm about to have a panic attack
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This is crazy. I know. Everything is fully organized by color. Yeah, I can see that
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By rainbow. Mm-mm. Mm-mm. Mm-mm. Okay, what are we thinking we're going to put me in today
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I am so scared, you guys. I'm feeling a little bit better now that I saw this section
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Not going to lie. Not going to lie. Oh, my God. OMG, put that back please
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I would never wear this. Step away from a black. I just wanna see, I just wanna see
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No, no, no, this is your section right here. No, no, no, no, no, no
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Okay, no, put that back, put that back. What am I looking at
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Okay, go try them on. Okay. I love colors. like a little pop of color makes you really interesting
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So I feel like Ansel should definitely try it. I feel like he looks great in colors not all of them but he should do it So what do you think I have never been put in anything like this in my life you guys
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This is so crazy. I kind of feel cool, though. I'm like, I do have goosebumps
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I'm not going to lie. All right, guys, looking at me too. It's like a little skater boy
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I really like this fit. The red is actually one of the colors that I can sort of kind of tolerate
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So I think I like this one. I call this one green goblin
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Definitely feel like a goblin. I'm feeling really uncomfortable now. It's good
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It's giving 90s. Whatever. It's giving, he's a model. I don't even know what to do with my hands
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I'm like, I'm seeing green. And now we're twinning. I'm twinning with my girl
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Literally. Twinning. Let me know which look was your favorite, if any
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um and also comment if you think i should start wearing color i don't know you guys
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this might just be the wave it's growing on you so i just left tiffany's and i honestly really loved experimenting with the color um obviously
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it's not something that i would have ever done on my own so thank you tiff i had such an amazing
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time i think that for a long time my friends thought i was joking and so did my mom until
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they really saw how serious chromophobia is. They definitely still make jokes from time to time but
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I'm always the best dressed in any room I go to even without color so. I feel like Tiff has
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definitely inspired me to maybe step out of my comfort zone a little bit as well. I think maybe
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I might try to implement some color but only slowly only on a special occasion. I definitely
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think that the red was my favorite so maybe I'll go and buy something red for myself
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