Photo Credit: Juliet Ibrahim/Instagram
Nobody told us that turning 40 looked like this. Then again, nobody told Juliet Ibrahim either — and yet here we are.
Just recently, Adesua Etomi Wellington clocked 40 and had the entire internet doing a double take. Nobody believed the number. Juliet Ibrahim has now joined that conversation, and she came with even more to celebrate. Forty years of life and twenty years in the film industry — two decades of building a name for herself across Ghana and Nigeria — all arriving at the same time, and she marked the occasion accordingly.
She wore a form-fitting, floor-length white gown by Anjy Lumina Couture, covered entirely in pearls, densely packed across every inch of the fabric from the sweetheart neckline all the way down to a thigh-high split at the front. The long sleeves extended to her wrists, and from one arm, long cascading strands of pearl-beaded fringe swept all the way to the ground. Over the gown, she wore a voluminous white faux fur coat draped loosely off her shoulders, its texture sitting in beautiful contrast against the pearl-covered dress beneath it. Stacked pearl bracelets layered over the sleeve, a thin silver necklace sat at her collarbone, and her makeup was warm and rich — a deep red lip against a glowing complexion.
Photo Credit: Juliet Ibrahim/Instagram
Her hair was styled in long, voluminous platinum blonde waves, and she was photographed standing in an open field of tall golden grass against a warm sunset sky. The whole shoot, captured beautifully by photographer George Okoro, has the quality of a high fashion editorial.
Styling was by Swanky Jerry, and if the result is anything to go by, the brief was simply: make it unforgettable.
