Weddings

Inside Temi Otedola and Mr Eazi’s High Fashion, Multi-Country Wedding

Inside Temi Otedola and Mr Eazis High Fashion MultiCountry Wedding
Photo: Jose Villa

The bride says that their ceremony was “really emotional.” “I think we both were in the headspace of it being a day to celebrate our families and culture, but the realization of how profound it was set in as soon as we both walked out. In Nigerian traditional ceremonies you sit and dress according to the family you re representing, but on both sides everyone was immediately teary eyed. Sitting with my parents for what is symbolically the last time before they send me to my new family particularly hit home for me.” When Temi called Eazi “my oko”—which means husband in Yoruba, the groom admits he almost shed a tear.

Afterward, they held a reception in Temi’s family backyard. Inside a grand draped tent, over 2,000 lanterns, dozens of chandeliers, as well as tropical greenery hung from the ceiling. Guests lounged in restaurant-style booths upholstered in colorful Ankara fabric while dining on traditional Nigerian dishes like pounded yam, snail, and egusi. “My whole vision was to create a tent setting that transported you to Lagos for the night—or my very own Nigerian Members Club,” says Temi. Temi changed into an ornate blue-and-red aso oke ensemble by Miss Sohee, and Eazi matched her in an agbada from Jagne by Baba Jagne.

During dessert (which included an Arabic coffee pour), Temi and Eazi snuck off to change. While their first two wedding outfits honored the couple’s Yoruba heritage, their third were a nod to the Igbo roots of Eazi’s late mother. Lisa Folawiyo designed a top and skirt in traditional akwa ocha fabric for the bride, adding hand-beaded fringe as a statement accent. Eazi, meanwhile, wore a coordinating outfit from Mazelle. Together, they danced as famous Nigerian musicians King Sunny Adé and DJ Eude performed. “We didn’t sit down once,” says Temi.

Then, an after-party was held in the Otedola family home’s basement, which was turned into a shisha lounge. Guests were served ginger shots from Republic Bar, the couple’s favorite nightlife spot in Accra, Ghana. Among the festive commotion, the couple managed to do their third and final outfit swap: Temi into a custom gold chain Oscar de la Renta dress and Eazi into a sparkling Toure Designs custom jacket put over a Saint Laurent tank and pants. “All throughout we honored our rich culture but made sure everything felt like us,” Temi says of their second wedding.