
Monalisa Chinda & Ezinne Chinkata
These photos are so fab and so African!
Celebrity stylist Ezinne Chinkata had her birthday recently and to celebrate she threw a lovely African-Victorian Themed birthday party with her friends and family in attendance.
For the event, Ezinne rocked a Custom made outfit by Odio Mimonet.
It looked like so much fun with most of the attendees interpreting the theme as best as they could from their wardrobes.
See all the fab photos!
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Fab Guests

Forster Chinkata, Ezinne Chinkata and Clara Chinkata

Ezinne Chinkata

Monalisa Chinda

Adebayo Oke-Lawal

Adebayo Oke-Lawal & Yvonne Nwosu

Ezinne Chinkata & Zainab Ashadu

Yvonne Nwosu, Ezinne Chinkata & Bukky Karibi-Whyte

Onah Nwachukwu & Funmi St. Matthew Daniels

Onah Nwachukwu

Onah Nwachukwu & Dimeji Alara

Emmanuel Okoro

Tonye

Mpho Laing

Onah Nwachukwu, Mpho Laing & Funmi St. Matthew Daniels

Moses Ebite

Ngozi Zed-Eye

Ngozi Zed-Eye & Emmanuel Okoro

Funmi St. Matthew Daniel

Uju Offiah

Latasha Ngwube

Cleopatra Robinson

Ezinne Chinkata, Ceejay Jibunoh & Ejay

Ejay and Ceejay Jibunoh

Ejay Jibunoh

Ugochi Omonode

Chioma Frederick Eze

Ugochi Omonode, Ejay Jibunoh & Chioma Frederick Eze

Ugochi Omonode, Ezinne Chinkata & Chioma Frederick Eze

Ceejay Jibunoh & Ezinne Chinkata

Fifemayo Aiyesimoju

Uzoma Anumudu and Ezinne Chinkata

Isioma

Obinna Chinkata

Nnenna Ukadike

Ihuoma Nwigwe

Onyi

Julia Amadi-Obi and Kelechi Amadi-Obi

Fred Eze, Obinna Chinkata and Segun

Kaka and Fred Allison

Ify Azubike, Ezinne Chinkata & Chinua Azubike

Ezinne Chinkata and mum, Clara Chinkata
More Fab Guests!

Time to Mingle!

Head over to Ezinne’s website (www.zinkata.com) for more details about the party.
Photo Credit: Zinkata.com
Unique
August 21, 2015 at 10:13 am
Lovely peeps, lovely event, lovely fashion sense except for few.
kellyfavoured.
August 21, 2015 at 12:50 pm
Im not going to pretend i know what “african -victorian” is. #Nopunintended #ijustdontknow
Ross
August 21, 2015 at 2:30 pm
I’ll probably join you and stay confused for the rest of the weekend!
Rike
August 21, 2015 at 8:42 pm
Just think of the Victorian era and sew anything you see there in ankara. LOL.
Osaretin
August 22, 2015 at 1:29 am
eZINEE, PLS PIT ON SOME WEIGHT. pls my dear. not asking u to be fat, but just a couple of kilos may work the magic for u.
aunty latasha, reverse the instruction, and combine it with a stronger conviction.
ChiChiChilolo
August 21, 2015 at 10:13 am
And look at my Monalisa darline looking sweet and praise God Ezinne is looking better than that ankara + corporate she wore back. No be say this one fabulous sef with all these collar bones for display. Smh. And the guys are now going singletless too. Ok weldone Dimeji Alara.And here goes Moses Ebite. And lekwa ukwu Latasha Ngwube ooo. Ukwu of life! And Ejay is looking ok sha. Muaaah Isioma. You look sweet. Nneoma my lovelina. And Mrs Allison? Oga fun yin oooo. Anyway lovely cakes for chopulate.
whocares
August 21, 2015 at 10:21 am
http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_9170.jpg- This gentleman is what happens when you have a convoluted theme for a party. “African Victorian” . People will try their best, and when it is not enough, they throw their hands to the heavens and give up. LOOL. Half the people there did not even bother to dress according to the theme. However, the few people that got it right, did it well. I supposed I understand to a certain degree what she was going for. It would have been fantastic if people put in more of an effort and were creative with their outfits. The photographs would have been beautiful.
Monalisa’s hair is “bae”! I had edges once. Then I did kinky twists, and my hair dresser convinced me that if she did not braid the edges, the hair would not be fine and I would not look pretty. I wanted to look pretty.
Erika
August 21, 2015 at 10:45 am
lol …and then all your edges chopped. Pele, I feel your pain as I have the same problem.
Mz Socially Awkward...
August 21, 2015 at 5:21 pm
?? Getting my braids “did” next weekend after embarking on a 4-month quest to lovingly nurture my ‘fro over the summer… and failing woefully…
Will keep your sentiments in mind when her picking comb starts to inch towards my edges… ?
I love the party photos and how all her friends appeared to put some effort into delivering on Its very random theme. Happy birthday, Ezi, may The Lord fill your years with the goodness of life.
whocares
August 21, 2015 at 7:18 pm
LMAO. My people, the struggle is sooo real. I did not know how creative I could be with hair styling until this happened to me. TLC for the hair until early October.
MOM
August 21, 2015 at 10:26 am
a very very hbd to you EZINNE. GOD BLESS YOUR ENDEVOURS
Zadera
August 21, 2015 at 10:28 am
HBD EZINNE.
DAME
August 21, 2015 at 10:28 am
Painful pictures to look through…thats what he cppens when we try to be “TUSH” and throw a couple of fancy names..what is ‘AFRICAN AND VICTORIAN” about these guests biko ???? Even the ” celebrity stylist” did not do justice to her own style. See the lady that wore a gladiator heel sandals wiith a thigh high gown..lady plueeze !
I may not know it all but neeh epic fail for most of the guests
Beefer
August 21, 2015 at 11:52 am
I tire o.
step77
August 22, 2015 at 6:56 am
I second that, all I see is confusion confusion confusion, how does one couple Victorian with African, and by African what does she mean? I swear we Lagosians are on this band wagon -a runaway train to over-create so we dig deeper and deeper wanting to break every norm and push an imagined boundary of western-worlded’ness (yes i coined that) or creativity or should I call it originality.
It has taken on a life of its own, grown arms and legs and it is running and running… Now we have tea parties (under the scorching tropical sun), garden parties ( on artificial turfs with imported flowers to bring the staging to a perceived reality), we have summer and thanksgiving discounts, autumn/winter collections, we know every trending topic in the USA, watch all their shows and use their linguistic jargons in our mundane interactions, we serve hamburgers and yet turn up our nose to bread and akara kilode! We emulate the west so much that in our zeal to be the ‘trend setter/trailblazer/first-cracker’, we run amok with copy and paste and then end up stifling the very creativity that we crave. The pics above feature looks from pretty much every decade of the 20th century -and the 21st century (confusion), and then those who actually maybe researched the word ‘Victorian’ kind of came off looking awry. I mean did that guy have rain boots on? Did that girl have gladiators on? Naija peeps abeg una, stay una lane o.
jhno
August 21, 2015 at 10:28 am
http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_9004.jpg !!! omo those cleaves are testifying
mrs chidukane
August 21, 2015 at 10:32 am
I love costume parties. Congrats Ezinne, God bless and keep you!
Fabulicious
August 21, 2015 at 10:42 am
I love how 90 percent of them adhered to the dress code.A birthday girls dream guest.People that listen….lol.
Fabulicious
August 21, 2015 at 10:44 am
Some are a sorry sight though.
xtophar
August 21, 2015 at 10:51 am
Love the pictures but this was no party at all. Just an “event” with pictures being taken and food being eaten. I’d edit “time to mingle” to “to to dine”.
By the way, I love that Kelechi and Julia Amadi-Obi look more and more alike as the years go by. LOL! #howsposttobe *wink*
Dr. N
August 21, 2015 at 11:32 am
Fifemayo, lovely costume
Mocha
August 21, 2015 at 12:08 pm
Yup! The Victorian vibes oozed off her outfit. And I loved the thme and loved looking through the pictures! The outfits were really creative and most guest put in great effort. 4 huge stars for me!
B
August 21, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Igbo Kwenu! A!
Happy birthday to Ezinne!
Frank
August 21, 2015 at 1:47 pm
MAN EZINNE CHINKATA IS HOT!!!
Que
August 21, 2015 at 2:07 pm
Moses Ebite……Bet whyyyyy????…….
zce
August 21, 2015 at 2:31 pm
Early Halloween party customes
lolarae
August 21, 2015 at 2:54 pm
epic fail for the party theme, great event deco, guest blaaah
Pat
August 21, 2015 at 3:09 pm
Aww Ezinne looking gorgeous., Happy Birthday 2 u. 🙂
loladegirl
August 21, 2015 at 3:21 pm
love what Ejay is wearing best dressed to me
God's own
August 21, 2015 at 4:44 pm
Happy birthday Ezinne! Fggc Owerri stays repping o!
Fine babes Ezinne, Ihuoma, Nnenna class of 97! Everyone looking classy!
Ejay! Asa nwa! Love your outfit! No be today you begin dey pose o!
love
August 21, 2015 at 5:52 pm
HBD..looks like fun was had and the Birthday girl was happy so thats great. On the other hand this is a reminder of why I personally don’t do themed party- its not easy to pull off and has to be on point or its a bit Alice in Wonderland-ish and some things just don’t make sense but…I also think Shakara couture would have been great at styling/decor for this kind of theme cos she’s amazing with such detailed period themes – ppl have me wondering if sarong/wrapper was part of the theme? or …never mind they all look like they are having fun and Ezinne looks happy- bless her and her lovely parents supporting!. PS. BKW 🙂 formerly known as BGT you look AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!
J
August 21, 2015 at 8:27 pm
Ceejay Jibunoh looked like he would go riding after the shindig or he just wanted to show off his horse riding boots. I would too if I don’t have regular opportunity to wear them in Obodo Naija.??
A.D.A.
August 21, 2015 at 8:33 pm
Victorian for where? Even the decor doesn’t even try, so what’s the point?
frank teacher
August 22, 2015 at 12:17 pm
these pics tell me that Ezinne is friends with a lot of married couples, good for her.
the Azubuikes (havent heard of u guys); you’re the best looking couple, very clean, young look.
KC obi, i see madam for the first time, now I can let you take my pics, you’ve got a great eye…
Hauwa Dauda
August 23, 2015 at 10:40 am
Latasha Ngwube whyyyyyyyy?
Adah
September 3, 2015 at 11:49 am
Latasha worst dressed. Ezinne I love you for showing us you didnt fall from the moon. Family and non-media friends everywhere. Loving it.
JustJanet
September 15, 2015 at 10:20 pm
Just catching up on my BN events and my stomach hurts from the comments. Ezinne looks lovely but I’m not sure there was anything about her outfit that anyone would associate with what was happening in Africa in Victorian times. This theme is too silly and forced. Best dressed between Fifemayo and Ezinne. Worst between Mr Alison and Mr Jibuno. Strangest was the Aunty with the gold hat that wanted to win. The last picture of Ezinee with her parents is the most beautiful I have seen her.
Love that ‘unknown’ relatives and friends were there and that she is real not celeb affair and who is who of nollywood. Apart from the try-hard aunty nobody was close to the theme. Please who wore shorts in victorian times? Next time try a more sensible theme.
Happy belated birthday!