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Raw Edge Boutique's A/W11 Campaign

Raw Edge Boutique's Vintage AW11 Collection is finally here! First lines will be available to purchase on Friday 30th September from 12pm www.rawedgeboutique.co.uk.

 

Creative Director: Toluwa Okunoren (The Raw Edge Team)
Photographer: Karl Slater
Stylist: Rickardo Mattocks-Maxwell
Model: Lamie Alexis 
MUA: Catherine Chatter

For further enquiries email us at info@rawedgeboutique.co.uk.

The Raw Edge Team's LFW S/S12 Diary

Fashion week made its ways across the pond, to a much anticipating set of Londoners... Press passes & invites at the ready, The Raw Edge Team set off.  The Raw Edge Team have been working night and day on the AW 11 Collection, so we made our way to as many shows as we could! These included the opening show of LFW, Paul Costelloe at the BFC show space, Vauxhall Fashion Scout Womenswear Ones to Watch show at the Freemasons Hall as well as the Belle Sauvage show at the Old Sorting Office.


Jimmy Choo front row @Paul Costelloe S/S12

Vauxhall Fashion Scout Womenswear Ones to Watch S/S12

Belle Sauvage S/S12

Once again loved the clothes, loved the show, loved the venue!

Although LFW is arguably not as colourful as other fashion weeks in terms of celeb appearances and after parties all over the gaff.. With the likes of Anna Wintour gracing our front rows and creatively quirky collections gracing the catwalks, this season's LFW further confirms that the British fashion movement is a force to be reckoned with. Check out the rest of our favourite shows from LFW below.

Burberry Porsum S/S12 

Mary Katrantzou S/S12

Johnathan Saunders S/S 12

Holly Fulton S/S 12

Topshop Unique S/S12

Louise Gray S/S12 

Giles S/S12

Source: Dazed Digital

No time for street style watch this time round, but hands down best dressed had to go to the Stylist magazine's Pug we spotted catching rays in a tartan jacket with a press pass! 

By Toluwa Okunoren (The Raw Edge Team)

Blogger Spotlight - Linnea Jacobson

Linnea from Umea, Sweden, is only 14 and already a style star. Recently featured on WhoWhatWear, this red head has a knack for mixing vintage with new. She also likes playing with photography. For camera equipment she uses a Canon eos 60d, with a Canon 50 mm 1.8 and a Vivitar 85mm 1.4. as well has a fujifilm instax 210 and a fujica. Her family takes her daily outfit posts and they definitely do a good job. Linnea's blog is more than just style, the photography is magazine worthy as well.

When asked about her style inspiration she talks about the website lookbook, a website where people can share their daily fashion. To check out her lookbook click here. To join her over 2000 + viewers on her blog click here. Finally, to check out her photography blog click here.

Fall's Hottest Hairstyle

Fall style and get inspired to cut your hair and get new fresh look far fall season. Fall season for Jennifer Lopez with waves rather than pin-straight hair keeps her looking soft and feminine.

Beauty short and sweet hairstyle in fall hair trend. Does the bevy of pixie haired stars like Emma Watson have you wondering whether you should make the cut this fall? Test out the look before you head to the salon by trying on short hairstyles in iVillage’s instant makeover.

Or try this style we said " Blunt Bangs" Can we be blunt? One of the most copied star cuts for the season is a bang-heavy style like Olivia Wilde's. The dynamic style is decidedly bold –but for those days when you crave a softer look, you can always add a dab of product and sweep your fringe to one side.

TREND ALERT: COLOUR BLOCKING

Colour Blocking is one hot trend!

Take solid, bold colours and put them together to form a killer outfit guaranteed to turn a head or two.

The bright colours of Spring takes this trend to new levels that aren't for the faint hearted.

Without a doubt, colour blocking is the hottest trend this season.

AF x

The Raw Edge Team's NYFW S/S12 Diary

Now that New York Fashion Week has come to an end, and the festivities that the week brings are all but memories waiting to be relived again next season, our Media Correspondent, Ngozi Kemjika looks back at Raw Edge Boutique’s highlights from the week.

This season was quite possibly one of our favourite seasons to date, not only did we enjoy the shows, the designs and so on, we revelled in the fact that the city that never sleeps truly lived up to its name. With the shows came back to back after parties and with the after parties came a tremendous amount of fun. In between running to and from shows, meeting designers, changing our flats into our heels, and retouching our make-up, the Raw Edge Team got stuck right into the spirit of fashion week!

The city was jam packed with events and people alike on New York’s third annual ‘Fashion’s Night Out’ also. We found ourselves well and truly lost (in a good sense) in the mayhem on New York’s famous Fifth Avenue.  

Once Fashion’s Night Out was over we could fully concentrate on the shows and boy oh boy were we blessed this season to actually make it to so many. A great yet tiring experience, we don’t know how those in charge do it! 

A designer that particularly stood out to us was Jen Kao; her use of what she terms “happy disillusionment” gave her pieces a dramatic yet very wearable feel. Have a look for yourselves here:

Another one of our highlights was the Vera Wang show. A-lister’s such as Beyonce, Kim Kardashian and Serena Williams came out in full force to see what the new collection had to offer and in true Raw Edge style, we met and spoke with a few of them about the show.

No, the fun didn’t stop there! We rushed back to the next show which was the phenomenal Herve Leger collection by the one and only Max Azria. Amazing! Great choice of girls to match up with his great designs, we were absolutely mesmerised. Check out myself and Max backstage below.

The show that the headquarters of REB were particularly excited to see all week was the Arise show. We had spoken so much about it before-hand that we had butterflies waiting to be seated. It is always a great pleasure for us to support African talent and it felt like going to the show to be spectators that we were doing just that. REB could clearly see the passion and hard work that had went into the show and it was a pleasure to receive an invite. Shout out to Leona Lewis for a great closing performance, she definitely gave us chills.

Ngozi with bloggers THE 4 ACES

All in all we have had a blast in NYC this Fashion Week! Until next year folks 

Stay posted for London Fashion Week updates.

by Ngozi Kemjika (The Raw Edge Team, Media Correspondent) 

Behind the Scenes of Raw Edge Boutique's A/W 11 Shoot

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NYFW S/S 12 so far...with love from Tumblr

NYFW is here... which means LFW is just down the road! So much content on the worldwide web detaiing everything but the seem from each show... so we thought we would give you another perspective of NYFW so far... through the lenses of Tumbr! 

   

Sources: various tumblrs

Alexa's sparkling Miu Miu boot, the greatness of the girl next to Minaj, Minaj next to Wintour, the golden Wang ticket, backstage beauts, catwalk greats, power couple of the moment, front row enthusiasm, body paint, Missoni fag break, cheers to the most cheerful creative director ever and whose derrière? I hope LFW is this colourful.. 

Look out for a full show report on what #therawedgeteamloves from NYFW and LFW this season!

By Toluwa Okunoren (The Raw Edge Team)