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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

OUT AND ABOUT AT THE LAUNCH OF FENDI'S L'AQUAROSSA IN LAGOS

ENE MAYA LAWANI

ONO BELLO

AMANDA STONYA & DIANE RUDZIVO

Fendi recently launched its new women's fragrance in Nigeria. Date of the event was Novermber 15, 2013 and the venue was the InterContinental Hotel, Victoria Island. The unveiling of the new fragrance L'Aquarossa was performed by Mr. Angelo Angelos, the event attracted some of the Lagos known fashionistas the likes of Ene Lawani, Seyi Shay, Ono Bello, Kayla Oniwo, Bobby Taylor, Love Idoko, Venita Akpofure, Onah Nwachukwu and many others.

After the launch, guests were treated to champagne and canapes at the Soul Lounge.

L'ACQUAROSSA is created by Delphine Lebeau, Benoit Lapouza and Francois Demachy, who choose Sicilian mandarin, Calabrian bergamot and a prune accord for the top notes. The heart of the composition blends red-and-gold lantana flowers, rose, orange blossoms and magnolia, while the base notes bring nuances of red cedar, musk and Indonesian patchouli.

The fragrance is presented in a geometric red bottle with gold-colored ornaments engraved with the name of the fragrance and the name of the house Fendi. The stopper is black-colored and lined with golden elements. L'Acquarossa will be available as of 30, 50 and 75ml EDT, accompanied by perfumed body care products in all Essenza and Montaigne stores in Nigeria.

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MODE MEN BLACK NIGHT 7- APRIL, 2013- ALL THE HAPPENSTANCES & PICTURES

SEYI SHAY IN TOJU FOYEH

AISHA SHABA & SEYI SHAY

ENE MAYA-LAWANI

This year 2013, marks the 7th anniversary of Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa's labour of love & sweat. It's none other than the brand known to all as Mode Men. Undoubtedly one of the best packaged men's magazine in Nigeria. That the brand is still existing in a country like ours that most often does not support non-criminal and good initiative has been by the grace of God.

So to show to the world, that it has been God all this while, the 7th anniversary edition of the magazine was dedicated to God. A form of thank you for thus far yet he has blessed the brand.

To also mark the 7th anniversary of the brand, the publisher's of the magazine like they usually do had their annual ''Black Night gathering. This year's edition was tagged ''Black Night 7, and venue of choice was the compact hall of the Radisson Blu Hotel, on Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. Unlike how they normally do the event, this particular one was a more intimate, much smaller event, that had only 60 of the friends and supporters and sponsors of the brand in attendance.

We saw a few of those we know, one of who was the longest reigning Miss Nigeria ever, Ene Maya-Lawani, we also saw the likes of Frank Edohor, Moriam Musa, Juliet Morgan, Donald Obaseki, Joseph Edgar, Uche Nnaji of Ouch!, Okey Bakassi, Yinka Davies, Seyi Shay, Amy Ajuonuma, Bobby Karibi-Whyte, Aisha Shaba, Alex Ekubo, Uti Nwachukwu, Taryor Gabriel, Bukky George, Amaechi Okobi, and a host of others.

It was a 'funstatic' & cosy setting, devoid of unnecessary frills. Aisha & Abu were the compere and they did a good straight forward job. Abu spoke about his journey so far in our terrain, Okey Bakassi spoke on the fact that we need to support ourselves and thereafter Seyi Shay gave a sonorously fantastic acapella of one of her great songs; immediately after was an auction, where 2 great paintings by some famous Nigerian artists were auctioned and then an 18 karat Rose Gold leather Chopard and all the proceeds from the auction was in support of the Down Syndrome organization. The auction was fun and interactive and it showed that at least a few Nigerians cared and are their brother's keepers. One of the paintings raised close to half a million. All this was going on while dinner was served.

As was expected of the brand, everyone of the invited guests went home with a gift laden goody bag each in their hands- that had the new edition of the magazine, a Mode Men note pad, a book, many parfum testers from Bond nos. 9, female purses for ladies and small men bags for the guys . It was most definitely a great event. And it was all for just about 2 hours 30 minutes.

Event was sponsored by Bond Nos. 9 Parfum which is just announcing the entrance in Nigeria, courtesy of Essenza.

Please check out the pictures of the event here.

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THE 5TH ANNUAL MODE MAGAZINE'S MEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS-2012

WELCOME TO THE OUT & ABOUT AND ALL THE HAPPENSTANCES AT THE BEAUTIFUL EVENT.

Year by year, event after event the Mode Magazine Annual awards seem to be growing in leaps & bounds. Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa, the grandson of the late former Prime-Minister of Nigeria, who is the publisher of Mode Men Magazine and his team must be well commended for doing their best to put together a great award showcase. That they were able to get the support of such classy brands like Johnnie Walker Blue Label and Tom Ford is a plus for them. Those 2 brands were very conspicuous at the venue of the event on night and many who had not before then, experienced the power of the 2 brands had a ball at no cost to themselves.

The venue of the award, that's in its 5th season, was the grand ballroom of the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. Dress code, was Men in Tuxedo with a touch of Gold and ladies were told to look utterly ravishing in gold. While many tried, some were quite outstanding. There were 14 awards categories, plus 2 lifetime awards.

The winners and their different categories are as follows-
1. Man of the Year- Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the richest black man on earth.
Woman of the Year- Maryanna Udo-Okonjo, CEO, Fine & Country.
2. Businessman of the Year- Dr. Ernest Azudialu.
3. Governor of the Year- Governor Godswill Akpabio.
4. Young Entrepreneur of the Year- Uche Nnaji of OUCH!
5. Actor of the Year- Chris Attoh.
6. TV Personality of the Year- Uti Nwachukwu.
7. Radio Personality of the Year- Freeze.
8. Luxury Brand of the Year- Porsche.
9. Young Designer of the Year- Tayor Gabriel.
10. Most Stylish Man of the Year- Ohimai Atafo.
11. Sports Personality of the Year- The Paralympic Team.
12. Musician of the Year- Wizkid.
13. Comedian of the Year- Elenu
14. Young Humanitarian of the Year- Igho Sanomi II(CEO, Taleveras)

The night's comperes were the ever graceful, Stella Damasus & the hunk known to all as, Frank Edoho. The major highlight of the night apart from other great performances, was that by Africa's best, the one & only Tuface Idibia, who is always on top of his game. Some of those we saw at the event, were Chydinma, Noble Igwe, Elohor Aisien, Yets Asika, Lami Phillips, Jumai Shaba, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, Beverly Naya, Uru Eke, Damilola Adegbite, Gbolahan Obanikoro, Kevin Luciano-Gabriel, Seyi Shay, Vector, Ezinne Chinkata, Ifeanyi of Message, Ruth Obih, Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi, Dolapo Oni, Femi Adeyinka and a host of others. Truth be told, the Johnie Walker Cocktails served was so good, that we had to ask for more encore several times over. All in all it was a great event and a very fun night. Check out the event in pictures.

All the pictures were taken by Abiola Aloba, for Maestro's Media. Pictures are the property of MM, use without notification or credit would be dealt with appropriately.