Mello and Misa Make Top Five Most Stylish Anime Characters According to Yahoo

Writing a fashion feature for Yahoo Style this week, Zalora considered the whole of anime past and present to produce the most fabulously attired characters in them.

The resultant '5 Anime Characters Whose Style We Want to Steal' (Yahoo, Zalora, May 23rd 2016) included no less than TWO dramatis personae from Death Note anime!  Complete with tips on how to replicate their look.

While Misa Amane topped the feature as the character selected to star in the banner, she came in a mere fourth anime-wide for overall fashion sense.  Beating her hands down was that self-confessed 'best dresser who died like a dog' Mihael Keehl, aka Mello.

Mello scored the number two spot - which should be a cause for triumph given the competition, but seems sadly par for the course for poor Mihael Keehl.  The old world's perennial runner-up.

Only it wasn't Near at number one this time.  Pipping all others to gain the accolade as most sought after anime look for viewers was Uta from Tokyo Ghoul.

The writer had this to say about Death Note Mello's fashion style:

If there is anyone who can accessorize a chocolate bar, it is definitely Death Note’s teenage delinquent, Mello.

Covered from head to toe in a faux leather vest, frayed latex pants and leather gloves, Mello is not afraid to sport religious jewellery despite being a member of an organized crime gang.

Clearly inspired by Johnny Depp’s Willy Wonka, Mello’s perfect golden bob stays in place even on his worst days.
~ Zalora, Yahoo Style, May 23rd 2016

Zalora had this to say about emulating Mello's look:

How to adopt this look:  If you have long flowing tresses, this look can still work for you!

Find a faux black blouse, but be sure to wear bottoms that are not frayed at the edges. While sporting shiny leather pants might cause your legs to melt due to sunny Singapore’s humid climate, you can replace this with bottoms of any other colour, or of another material.

If a top is nowhere to be found, a black faux leather dress is always an option.
~ Zalora, Yahoo Style, May 23rd 2016

Sound about right to you?   Or do you disagree with the Yahoo writer's judgement on Top Five fashionable anime characters and/or what has been written about them?  Who would you have chosen?  And what would you have said in justification of those choices?

Read more at the original posting, including why Misa made number four and how you can copy her style too.

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