Style Star: Yafet Tesfai

For the Minnesota Star Tribune
February 22, 2012 at 9:35PM
Yafet Tesfai
Yafet Tesfai (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

YAFET TESFAI

Designer of the clothing line Dejazmach, 22

Seen at: Studiiyo 23 in Minneapolis.

What are you wearing? Vintage porkpie hat made in St. Paul, Coco & Breezy eyewear, Dejazmach T-shirt and belt, H&M jacket, Levi's jeans and Isnom shoes.

Describe your style: An amalgamation of vintage American and Ethiopian royalty, yet fresh and modern.

Where do you get your style inspiration? African kings, and past American presidents.

If your style were a song, what song would it be? Theophilus London's "Rest of 'em."

What's the most important part of an outfit? The eyewear.

If you could be the face of a fashion brand, what brand would it be? Hermes Paris.

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