Zinkatas Styling Adventures: Fashion Styling and Story Telling - Bella Naija

StylistEzinne Chinkataregularly contributes toBellaNaija.comalongside her role as the Fashion Editor ofWOW Magazineand a celebrity stylist. Zinkata will be periodically updating us on her styling adventures. This time, she styled a shoot with a touching story. Read all about her adventure below.

***

Hello All! I am back again, and this time it is smack in the middle of my Wow Magazine Fashion Editor roles. Working as a Fashion Editor involves constantly coming up with innovative themes for the magazines fashion shoots. Themes vary, depending on the magazines direction for that edition. I decided on a nice and pleasantly sartorial theme, Fashion goes Androgynous, and selected the model, key outfits and even the perfect coiffure to transform an unassuming girl into a sexy /asexual girl-boy android. I even managed to convince Wows Publisher (Julie Odia), to go with my theme, not an easy feat, I will have you know!!

However, as I was driving down Admiralty way by 7 pm on April 9th, I was overcome by a very strong Eureka moment! Eureka moments are brief and far between, once you are visited by one, grab unto it with lightning speed and strike hot, while inspiration is pulsing hard. Mine came to me in the form of a disjointed thought. Must your fashion shoots be fickle and without a message? Fashion is actually very serious. You have the power in your hands to drive a strong message to the general public. Wow! Of course I dumped my androgynous theme and realigned my thoughts briskly!

So it goes, I changed course and decided to base my fashion shoot on Jos. At the time, the stories of Jos and the killings always got me welling up and I couldnt for the life of me fathom why the killings were going on. Julie loved my tribute to Jos fashion shoot idea and so did the Editor, Shylle Shonoiki . Shylle also got Seun Oyeniyi, to pen an amazing story on Jos, which went perfectly with my theme, whilst I styled the shoot accordingly. Basically a tragic mother and child shoot.

***

In the first picture I styled the model (Uju) in a dress by EreDappa. All the outfits worn by the child model (Elizabeth) were gotten from Kidz Country. In this picture, mother and child are both happy and basking in each others presence.

In the second picture, Uju wears a dress by Vonne and here, mother and daughter are frozen, listening hard to the sounds of the riot and gunshots.

Uju wears a colour blocked smock by Grey and an Adire bag by Omotora Thomas. Mother and daughter are running to safety.

In this picture, mother and daughter are hiding. Model in a dress by KemKemstudio.

In the fifth picture, Model is wearing an Aso-oke Jacket and Tulle skirt, also by KemKemstudio.

The Last picture is a tragic scene, with model wearing a red lace top and skirt by Viv La Resistance.

As much as I would love to take all the credit, this shoot would not have been the same without Kelechi Amadi Obis expertise. He was such a smart photographer, working with lightning speed and pointing out choice locations for each scenario. Banke Meshida-Lawal shone through as well, and totally gave her all to the shoot,cackling loudly as she announced to me I will make Ujus face grey, as a dead person is supposed to be pale! They really helped make my ideas come to life. Elite model, Uju did a cracking good job, as well as Julies little niece, Elizabeth. She kept us all gasping in wonder at the depth of emotions her little 9 year old being could portray/convey!!! Unfortunately, we could not go to Jos to shoot in the right topography and also get the much needed red earth. We made do with what we had and did our best.

I got quite a bit of positive reviews and thought to share this with the BN Readers. One love. Lets love one another!!

Credits:

Photography: Kelechi Amadi-Obi
Styling: Ezinne Chinkata
Make-up: Banke Meshida-Lawal
Hair: Ola
Model: Uju for Elite Models
Child Model: Elizabeth aka Lizzy

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Ezinne Chinkatais a leading Fashion Stylist/Image Consultant/Writer/ Fashion Editor in Nigerian Fashion. She has styled numerous lookbooks and editorials and is the current Fashion Editor at WOW! Magazine. Contact:ezinnechinkata@yahoo.co.uk

Tags: ,

Filed under: News & Features

Related Posts


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Celebrity model Andrej Pejic in town for Toronto Fashion Week - Toronto Star

Image
Though taller than the average supermodel, Andrej Pejic has the same measurements as Naomi Campbell (34-26-35) and the same porcelain skin and arresting features as Kate Moss. At 20, the six-foot-one, Serbian-born Pejic is a high-fashion model. Shes also a he. Pejic walked in the Arthur Mendona runway show Monday night at LG Fashion Week in Toronto. BERNARD WEIL/TORONTO STAR By David Graham Living reporter Though taller than the average supermodel, Andrej Pejic has the same measurements as Naomi Campbell (34-26-35) and the same porcelain skin and arresting features as Kate Moss. At 20, the six-foot-one, Serbian-born Pejic is a high-fashion model. Shes also a he. Not a drag queen or a cross dresser just an extremely beautiful boy who can pass as a supermodel. Pejic was in Toronto last night to open LG Fashion Week, specifically at the runway presentation of Arthur Mendona. LG Fashion Week runs until Friday in the tents at David Pecaut Square. This is my first time in Canada, says Peji
Keep reading

Times up for The Hour as flagging chat show axed - Herald Scotland

It was supposed to be Scotlands answer to Richard and Judys popular television chat show formula with a heady mix of celebrity interviews, music, fashion and tips on food and drink that would send ratings skyward. However, viewer numbers plunged for The Hour, which began life as The Five Thirty Show in 2008, since it moved to a new evening time slot. Last night the broadcaster announced Tuesdays episode of the daily magazine show was the last barely a month after it had been shifted from its traditional 5pm slot to 8pm due to falling ratings. The decision was so sudden the shows presenters, Pop Idol winner Michelle McManus and Tam Cowan, did not even get the chance to say goodbye to their dwindling band of viewers, which had fallen by 30,000 to only 120,000 per edition since the move to the 8pm slot far short of the 200,000 STV had hoped for. It also caught the shows Twitter page by surprise. A tweet yesterday morning asked people: Any plans for the day ahead let us know! Elizabeth
Keep reading

Avatar named the most pirated movie of all time

Image
The 2009 Hollywood blockbuster Avatar is reportedly the most illegally downloaded film of all time. Website bosses at TorrentFreak.com, who have been investigating piracy in recent months, found that Avatar was downloaded an estimated 21 million times. James Camerons sci-fi film was followed by two other major worldwide blockbusters The Dark Knight and Transformers with about 19 million downloads each, Contactmusic reported. Here are the Top 5 pirated movies: 1 Avatar (2009) 21 million 2 The Dark Knight (2008) 19 million 3 Transformers (2007) 19 million 4 Inception (2010) 18 million The Hangover (2009) 17 million Tags: Pirated Movie , Avatar , Transformers , The Dark Knight , Inception , The Hangover
Keep reading