The 6th city people fashion and style award has been scheduled to hold on November 21, 2010 at the Anchor Event Place, Agindigbi, Ikeja, Lagos. It is one event that is expected to be grand going by the level of preparation the organizers are putting into it. Already, the best hands in the events and fashion sector have been contacted by the organizer, while countdown to the event has also started. In this report, City People Fashion Editor, BOLA AKINBOADE, brings to you some of the highlights at this event.
CHOICE OF VENUE
The 6th edition of the fashion and style awards will be taking place at the Anchor Event Place located in the heart of Ikeja, Lagos. Its just 40 seconds drive from LTV 8/Coca Cola on Agindingbi. This is to give the award a different twist compared to the previous ones. This year promises to be bigger and better as there are a lot of highlights at the events that will make this year edition a memorable one. And that was why the organizer had to look for a place that will accommodate all these changes and Anchor events seem to be the perfect choice. Anchor Events Place is the newest of all modern event places in town, highly decorated with heritage flowers fountain and it can comfortably accommodate up to 1000 guests. It is a serene and drive through environment. Amenities include large banquet hall, central unit air conditioning, state of the art facilities, high class rest room facility, executives chairs, standby generator, security check in and out, large packing space amongst others.
MAI ATAFO AND OMOWUNMI AKINNIFESI AS COMPERE
This year’s award is going to be compered by Award winning designer, Mai Atafo and Ex-Beauty Queen, Mowunmi Akinnifesi. Their collaboration will be the best to be scene of late as they both have all it takes to bring class and glamour to any event. Their appearance is like never before. Ohimai Atafo fondly called MAI by his friends is one of the latest sensations in the Fashion Industry. He runs the Mai Atafo inspired clothing outfit. He specializes in designing clothes that brings out the individual unique style. Even though his first love is Fashion, he has also been doing some event compeering underground. He stunned everyone when he hosted the Miss Nigeria beauty pageant which recently took place at Abuja, an event he compered with former Miss World, Agbani Darego. And what Mai displayed at this event is a tip of the ice berg, compared to what he is set to reel out at the Fashion and Style award. Mowunmi Akinnifesi , a former most beautiful girl in Nigeria has remained visible on the scene for years now. She is a regular face at any red carpet event held in Lagos. She is also one of the most stylish ladies around. Even though Mowunmi now specializes in outdoor branding and event through her company, Elle Poise, you will be seeing another version of Mowunmi at the event.
DUNAMIS TO HANDLE THE DECORATION
Dunamis Events is an event design and décor outfit in Lagos. It is owned by one of the most talented and creative event décor in town, Funbi Akinyosoye. She is one of the big players in the event industry. She will be transforming the venue of the event with her mind-blowing decoration concepts. She is an expert in ambience creation and decoration. She has the expertise and creative vision to transform the venue into the desired atmosphere with her high impact designs. And for a decade now, she has been creating sensational and eye popping décor with an extensive range of customized decoration and design services for a wide spectrum of events from corporate to wedding, fashion shows, product launch and so much more
FINESSE EVENT TO SUPPLY USHERS
Kehinde Onabanjo, the brain behind Finesse Event will be providing all the beautiful ushers that will be used at the event. They will be on ground to attend to the guests and make sure they are comfortable. Finesse is a one stop event outfit. It is a professional company that specializes in decoration, planning and coordination. The outfit is dedicated in providing everything in order to make wedding, anniversary, corporate events amongst others elegant and unforgettable.
COCKTAIL TO BE PROVIDED BY MEMORABLE EVENTS
The event will be kicking off with Red carpet/Cocktail which will last for an hour. This will set the event rolling in the right mood. The cocktail session will be handled by Memorable Events, one of the leading outfits in town. Memorable event is a drink management company. They are the foremost in the field. The company started 5 years ago and they have risen to the top because of the quality of service they render. The handle a good number of A-class events. They are the pacesetter in the drinks industry with the introduction of glamorous mobile cocktail bar where exotic cocktail champagnes and wines are served. The outfit is owned by Aderonke Ajayi and her hubby, Oluseun.
FRANK OSODI TO BE CELEBRATED
Frank Osodi, needs little or no introduction, he is one designer that has made Nigeria proud both locally and internationally. He is synonymous with style and creativity. He is done so well for himself and that is why he will be celebrated at this year’s event which marked his 20 years in the industry. He is one of the best designers to have emerged in this part of the world. A segment will be dedicated to this great achiever where he will be taking the guests on the journey so far. He will also be unveiling his new collections which will be telling a complete story of Frank from his early days as a designer till date. It is one segment that will keep the guests sitting on the edge of their seats as he set to dazzle the guests with this collection.
……….AND BAYO HASTRUP TOO
Another great achiever that will be celebrated at the award because of his great achivement in the makeup industry is Bayo Hastrup. He is Nigeria’s premier fashion and editorial makeup artist. His outfit Ijade Egbin has established itself as one of the leading makeup lines in the country and he is well recognized on the international scene. Uncle Bayo as he is fondly called will also be clocking 20 years in the makeup industry. And because of this great landmark, the organizer will also be dedicating another segment to this role model.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS
At this year, some set of designers will be giving special recognition awards. This is based on their contribution to the fashion industry both locally or internationally. In the course of the year, they made sure their labels were always in the news as there were good report of their fashion labels and how their took their businesses to another level. Already names of designers have started rolling in and some of the names which kept occurring in the list of most of the people include the likes of Deola Segoe, Momo Couture, Lanre Da Silva, Jewel by Lisa, Zizi Cardow, Tiffany Amber, Ituen Basi amongst others.
HIGH LOADS OF ENTERTAINMENT
The entertainment angle of the event is also going to be very tight; this is to ensure that there is no boring moment from the beginning to the end. Already some great act has been penciled down to give side attraction at this event. These are people that call the shots in the music, comedy and dancing sector. These performances promise to be very refreshing and very entertaining.
DRESS CODE
Just like all previous fashion and style awards, this year event also promises to record a high fashion statement. The dress code for the event is Glamorous and Gorgeous while the color code is ‘Touch of Gold’. This is the give the guests an opportunity for the guests to bring out their best in their respective attire. It’s also in line to adding color and glamour to the event.
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