Efendi hopes to light up the Eurovision 2021 stage as she gives life to “Mata Hari” — the famed spy and titular character of her upbeat song. And now she’s got a little extra fuel in her fire with the news that celebrated fashion designer Rufat Ismayil will design her look for the stage.
Rufat has worked with countless celebrities. Among them are Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Paris and Nikki Hilton, Ashanti, Avril Lavigne, and Lil Kim.
As you can tell from his client list, he understands the needs of a variety of women — whether they’re slaying the stage or a high-powered business meeting.
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“Our main goal in creating a costume for Efendi was to convey the spirit of a strong, confident woman,” he says. “In addition, the presence of national elements was an important point for us, and it was challenging to combine all this into one outfit.”
“The most important thing is that Efendi in the costume should feel like a conqueror of hearts, because it is very important how the artist will present the outfit to the audience.”
Apparently Efendi’s costume will be adorned with precious and semi-precious stones. Her team tell us “it will combine national elements in a modern vision.”
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Hopefully Europe will see through it too. No way should this qualify.
Damn!! Baku’s been hiding him! What a cute guy
He’s so cute but it’s ridiculous that even for her outfit they go for a foreign person and not a local artist. They just don’t trust the local choreographers, designers and writers.
Rufat Ismayil is actually Azerbaijani.
He’s Azerbaijani
He’s Azerbaijani
Yes, and I’ll be very disappointed if Cleopatra’s left-over pyramids feature in the staging. There were no pyramids in world war 1 Europe.
Oh Lawd, he sho’ is cute!
I guess another reason for her not to move.
Well, he seems like a good designer.
Like a pro….. (not professional).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xFrv8VFctc This is her performing Cleopatra live on The Voice Kids.
Absolutely this!
they can be inspired by the original Mata Hari look
Nah, they only used this name because it sounds cool
Nah definitely because it sounds cool. They probably think it’s some Buddhist term from the Himalaya’s or something.
I know who was, but I definitely don’t think Efendi and the delegation do lol
I personally very much hope for the opposite. I really, really hope they do not trot out some lazy European stereotype of a hypersexualized Asian harem dancer.
I hope that next to strong, confident and national elements they also took some inspiration out of the outfits of mata hari herself
Sunday will absolutely kick ass with first rehearsals! So many interesting first looks from Azerbaijan, Romania, Ukraine, Belgium etc.
The first rehearsals are not the dress rehearsals so maybe when they will put their first steps on the stage, some singers won’t be dressed like they will be for the shows.
I’m aware of that but excited for things such as stagings, first looks etc.
me too, I’m counting the days….