FASHION MEETS MUSIC ON THE RUNWAY: NGOZI OMAMBALA UNVEILS PLANS FOR MUSIC FASHION RUNWAY 2021 • MFR holds 4th december
By Oki Samson, Trek Africa Newspaper
L-R: President, Silverbird Group, Guy Murray-Bruce; MD/CEO of NMO Management Limited, Ngozi Omambala; Fashion Entrepreneur | Producer, Ovo Ogufere and Last Year Winner Annual Music Festival Runway; Nelson Oghenekewe during the Press Conference on Pan African 7th annual Music Festival Runway hosted by NMO Management Limited held in Lagos.
Another edition of the Music Fashion Runway is set to hold in Lagos on Saturday, 4th December, 2021. Now in its 7th edition, the pan-African festival will be a hybrid event, onsite and online, in compliance with COVID-19 protocol. This gives the rare opportunity for a virtual audience to savour the rich African music, fashion, and cultural heritage from any part of the world. The event will also feature the Game Changer Africa Acknowledgement Awards which recognizes the ingenious efforts of great industry players.
For the first time, the Music Fashion Runway will have an official soundtrack. The event holding on 4th December is themed ‘Renaissance, New Beginnings, Bridging the International Divide’. This information was gathered by Oki Samson of Trek Africa Newspaper at a press conference organized by NMO Management Limited, the organizers of the event.
Speaking during the press briefing, Ngozi Omambala, MD/CEO of NMO Management Limited noted that MFR blends cultural African design with music and rich cultural heritage. ‘We are uplifting ourselves and selling Africa to the world. Having the fusion of music industry and fashion industry together is really brilliant and that’s what we anticipate this year. What we are doing here is about collaboration.’
L-R: CEO of Nola Black Design Label, Arinola Olowoporoku; Fashion Model, Kemi Amusan; President, Silverbird Group, Guy Murray-Bruce; MD/CEO of NMO Management Limited, Ngozi Omambala; Fashion Entrepreneur | Producer, Ovo Ogufere and Last Year Winner Annual Music Festival Runway; Nelson Oghenekewe during the Press Conference on Pan African 7th annual Music Festival Runway hosted by NMO Management Limited held in Lagos.
‘On the 4th of December, we have so much to look forward to. The designers have been working tirelessly and the models too. The Gamechanger Acknowledgement Award is another big one. We look forward to who we will be celebrating this year’, the MFR founder remarked.
Also present at the press briefing, the President of Silverbird Group, Guy Murray-Bruce added: ‘It is going to be successful. This year will be bigger than last year. I am happy for Ngozi for she has come a long way. Good luck on the show!’
A member of the MFR team, Ovo Ogufure shared: ‘I am super excited for the 7th edition of Music Fashion Runway. We had a great event last year despite COVID-19. This year promises to be better. Designs are coming from Nigeria and other parts of the world. We have been innovative.’
‘This year will be hybrid. It will be strictly by invitation for those who will be coming. People will see what Nigeria and Africa has to offer. Africa has so much in terms of talent, beauty, creativity. It is so beautiful that we have the models around us’, Trek Africa Newspaper gathered.
One of the fashion designers at the event, Arinola Olowoporoku said: ‘I am happy to be part of this platform. This platform is dedicated to celebrating the creative.’
On her brand, Nola Black Design label, Arinola indicated: ‘At Nola Black, we are very anti-trend. We are trying to increase our production capacity. The collection we will be releasing is a combination of everything we have experienced over the last year. I am super excited to be part of the 7th MFR.’
Fashion model, Kemi Amusan who is upbeat about the MFR 2021 runway said: ‘Last year we had an amazing show despite the pandemic. We had amazing models including myself. I was honored with the Model of the Year Award last year. We will see the best of the best this year.’
Another international model that will be at the event, Nelson Oghenekewe shared briefly, ‘we will see the best of modern designs and the best of the models. We will see more and more this year. I say thank you to Ngozi.’
