If you’ve ever been puzzled by a parade and wondered, But who wears that in real life? A woman from Atlanta, Georgia, Lauren Amos, epitomizes the answer to that question. Amos heads up ANT/DOTE, a retail destination that brings some of fashion’s quirkiest pieces to the South’s burgeoning cultural hub, and she often does so dressed as Commes Des Garçons and Rick Owens. .

Along with co-founder Eugene Rabkin, Amos uses ANT/DOTE to expose Atlanta to boundary-pushing designers like Kei Ninomiya, Issey Miyake and Iris Van Herpen. All of which she personally defends via her closet. “I’m not really interested in standard ideals of sexy and good looks,” Amos muses. “I like to wear things that can cultivate a conversation or often come across as armor to me.”

ANT/DOTE isn’t the only local creative enterprise in Amos. In 2004, she opened WISH, now a destination for sneakerheads. The esthete also sits on the board of directors of the High Museum of Art and advises several foundations in this field. “You have more opportunities [in Atlanta] bring great things that no one has seen before,” she explains. “In New York, people can be a little jaded, but they’re not there because there just isn’t as much access.”

The austere architecture of the closet itself stands in stark contrast to the colorful annals of fashion history Amos has cultivated within it. There are pieces from Alexander McQueen’s legendary VOSS Spring 2001 collection, Nicolas Ghesquiere’s lauded tenure at Balenciaga and Rei Kawakubo’s sartorial heritage at Commes Des Garçons. For those who don’t mentally catalog the biggest fashion shows in the industry, the textures alone will draw you in. (Think sculpted breastplates, crisp lamé, and fuchsia sequins.) Peek inside Amos’s museum from a closet, complete with fine construction feats courtesy of Iris van Herpen, and discover- more on responsibility for his personal collection, below.