Team MeddleLane Wins Fayrouz L’original Season 2 – Our Rundown Of The Event
by Oma Ehiri
Saturday, the 25th of July, 2015 was a truly enchanting night of fashion and music as Fayrouz Nigeria held the grand finale of the 2nd edition of their L’original fashion design competition. The event which held at the grand ball room of Oriental Hotel in Victoria Island had in attendance, A-list celebrities, members of the media and just about every fashion lover in the city. Some of the celebrities spotted at the event were, Zainab Balogun, Dakore Akande, Ono Bello, Lanre Da Silva ajayi, Gbemi Olateru, Toke Makinwa, Godson Ukaegbu, Beverly Naya, Emmanuel Ikubese, Ebuka Uchendu, DJ Sose, Zaki Azzay and many others.
The journey, which started 4 months ago with over 900 entries and 4 teams from all over Nigeria, was eventually narrowed down to Team Hai and Team MeddleLane by the grand finale. Each team had a photographer, a makeup artiste, model and a fashion designer mentoring them.
As both teams began to strut the runway with their designs, it was almost evident which team had put in more effort and creativity into their collection! We were not surprised when Mai Atafo one of the judges, announced Team MeddleLane as the winner of Fayrouz L’original 2. Apart from a wealth of mentorship from the judges team MeddleLane also went home with a sum of 4 million Naira!
Team Hai had a good collection, however Team MeddleLane had a well thought out and cohesive collection – from the concept, to the designs, the finishing and the patterns. They all seemed to complement each other and tied in with the theme of the night “Enchanted”.
We caught up with Demola Mako photographer of the team and he had this to say,
I feel excited about my win and I thank God for what he has done. Because, I am still young and doing this and I am doing well. I am really really thankful to God
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We also spoke with one of the judges Kunbi Oyelese who said,
I think the show was amazing. I love the journey. We have been on this journey for about 4 months now…… It has just been an amazing experience and I am proud to be a part of it as a judge and I hope to be a part of it next year as well.
Apart from the showcase by the teams, Fayrouz gave us some Rouz (the Fayrouz legal tender for the night) which was used not just to shop for food and refreshments, but also to in participating in the auction. On sale that night were two outfits from the designer of the last team, two outfits by Mai and two amazing bridal outfits from April by Kunbi.
It was exciting watching people bid on the designer outfits during the auction and even more amazing was knowing that the dresses were actually free of charge seeing as they had already been paid for by the event organizers.
The event also saw electrifying performances by Niyola, Kiss Daniels and the biggest performance by Iyanya.
We had a lot of fun and speaking with a few guests, they shared the same opinion with us. We can’t wait to see all the mind-blowing things that Team Meddlelane will achieve with the platform that they have been given. We also look forward to the 2016 edition of Fayrouz L’original.
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