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
Lovely peeps, lovely event, lovely fashion sense except for few.
Im not going to pretend i know what “african -victorian” is. #Nopunintended #ijustdontknow
I’ll probably join you and stay confused for the rest of the weekend!
Just think of the Victorian era and sew anything you see there in ankara. LOL.
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.
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.
https://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.
lol …and then all your edges chopped. Pele, I feel your pain as I have the same problem.
?? 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.
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.
a very very hbd to you EZINNE. GOD BLESS YOUR ENDEVOURS
HBD EZINNE.
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
I tire o.
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.
https://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_9004.jpg !!! omo those cleaves are testifying
I love costume parties. Congrats Ezinne, God bless and keep you!
I love how 90 percent of them adhered to the dress code.A birthday girls dream guest.People that listen….lol.
Some are a sorry sight though.
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*
Fifemayo, lovely costume
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!
Igbo Kwenu! A!
Happy birthday to Ezinne!
MAN EZINNE CHINKATA IS HOT!!!
Moses Ebite……Bet whyyyyy????…….
Early Halloween party customes
epic fail for the party theme, great event deco, guest blaaah
Aww Ezinne looking gorgeous., Happy Birthday 2 u. 🙂
love what Ejay is wearing best dressed to me
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!
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!!!!!!!!!!
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.??
Victorian for where? Even the decor doesn’t even try, so what’s the point?
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…
Latasha Ngwube whyyyyyyyy?
Latasha worst dressed. Ezinne I love you for showing us you didnt fall from the moon. Family and non-media friends everywhere. Loving it.
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!