BANZA May 2016 Issue | Page 55

Adetimehin Ariyike

What I love about fashion is that I live and breathe it . Everything I do somehow ties into a fashionable aesthetic .
I looked up to my mom . I would see pictures of her from when she was younger in the 90s and think to myself , “ I want to look and dress like that . It ’ s so cool ”. She had a somewhat lazy relaxed sense of style , and I looked up to becoming that cool .

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I incorporate a lot of old school , grunge fashion and cute pastels . A lot of my clothes come from thrift shops because I get actual old school clothes from there .
I define my fashion as who I am . I dress to stand out , so people can see me from afar and identify me even without seeing my face .

MEKLIT BAYE

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I feel that my style has made me a lot of “ whatever-theweather ” kind of friend . Because I ’ m so weird , only people who actually accept what I look like for what it is accept me as friends .