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Ten of Nigeria’s biggest names in Fashion have signed up for the maiden edition of the Fayrouz L’Original Expression show.

Mai Atafo, April By Kunbi and Kinabuti will be leading a team of top fashion influencers, designers, stylists and celebrity photographers like Omoyemi Akerele, Adebayo Oke-Lawal, Gozel Green, Kate Williams, Nobel Afrik, Martha Warebi and Micheal Imomoh to present the biggest fashion competition ever witnessed in Nigeria.

These celebrated fashion influencers who have over the years created a niche for Nigerian fashion will be mentoring young aspiring fashion lovers at the L’Original competition.

These creative minds will come together to select the best style team for the Fayrouz L’Original competition while mentoring them.

Art director for the competition, Omoyemi Akerele who is the creative director and founder of Style House is known for nurturing, promoting and developing the fashion industry for years now. She was also one of the brains behind the establishment of Lagos Fashion and Design Week and has been listed as one of the 500 most influential people in fashion in the Business of Fashion.

Registration for the competition, which kicked off on Monday, March 29th, has received thousands of entries since its announcement as young designers, photographers, models, stylists around different Nigerian universities are using the opportunity to show their true sense of style and originality.

The Fayrouz L’Original Expression show will discover and promote different teams of four creative minds which consists of aFashion Designer, Make-Up Artiste, Photographer and a Model. These teams will create original designs to win the sum of $20,000 as well as many fashion opportunities of a lifetime.

Contestants can follow the Fayrouz L’Original competition on the official website www.fayrouzloriginal.com/competition to get updates and new trends from the competition.