CAUGHT IN THE ACT!

Just recently, LaShan of #EdwinaLaShan and our friend Kiayni Norwood were caught by Chattanooga Times Free Press at the Riverbend Festival. The article was about the different people you meet at the Festival. Interesting enough, they caught us!! If you would like to check out the article visit www.timefreepress.com and search in one of our names. 

Thank you so much for checking out #EdwinaLaShan #FashionBlog. We asked that you continue to support us and encourage us along the journey. WE LOVE THE SUPPORT!  Lastly, #follow us on #instagram and #twitter @edwinalashan and #like our #facebook page called "Edwina LaShan Fashion Blog".  XOXO
                                                   -EDWINA LASHAN

The WEEKEND OF RIVERBEND: DAY 2

For more summers then we can count, The Riverbend festival has been a tradition. Bringing in great acts such as Brandy, The Isley Brothers, Kid Rock, The Temptations, and many more. The week long festival started in June 1982. As a tradition the festival come to life for one week in June. Of course, fashion takes over the week and many plan for months on whats the perfect outfit they will wear. Here is our style.

Al'leta LaShan of #EDWINALASHAN had a marvelous girls weekend and did not want to miss a moment of the Annual Riverbend festival. Taking a more laid back approach she wore a spaghetti strapped short white bohemian romper (jumpsuit) with woven lace bottoms. Which she bought on sale at +Forever 21 .

To accent the jumpsuit, she added a skinny brown-beaded belt around the waist. Of course, that's not all her accents, she then wore a bronze floral-faced watched around her wrist from JCPenneys. A silver statement necklace with multicolored stones now on sale at Walmart. Lastly, single brown sandals from Forever 21. 

Another Special appearance by #EdwinaLaShan 's friend, Kiayni Norwood. 

She was wearing a tanned-clothed fedora from  Forever 21. With a white simple tank top from Walmart. Then high waisted, pleaded black shorts again from Forever 21. Gold strap with a black buckle flip-flop style from JCPenneys. 

Of course, can't forget the accents!! A tribal arrow gold necklace from Charlotte Russe. A wool long pleaded kimono from JCPenneys, she caught on sale! With a beautiful natural hair twist out that added some ohh lalala to a classic beach Bohemia look. 

The girls spent some of the evening on the beautiful roof tops downtown, taking in the scenario. Of course with every beautiful scenario you need a FABULOUS model to go with it. Check out the girls and let us know you thoughts on how they did?!?!?!?! 

Thank you so much for checking out #EdwinaLaShan #FashionBlog. We asked that you continue to support us and encourage us along the journey. WE LOVE THE SUPPORT!  Lastly, #follow us on #instagram and #twitter @edwinalashan and #like our #facebook page called "Edwina LaShan Fashion Blog".  XOXO
                                                   -EDWINA LASHAN

THE WEEKEND OF RIVERBEND: DAY 1

For more summers then we can count, The Riverbend festival has been a tradition. Bringing in great acts such as Brandy, The Isley Brothers, Kid Rock, The Temptations, and many more. The week long festival started in June 1982. As a tradition the festival come to life for one week in June. Of course, fashion takes over the week and many plan for months on what's the perfect outfit they  will wear. Here is our style.

Al'leta LaShan of Edwina LaShan is rocking a backless open trimmed halter top from Wet Seal. She accompanied the top with black strapless crop top with a boob tube to hold everything in bought at JCPenneys. 

Then some home-made ripped and tailored jeans made by Al'leta LaShan herself. The jeans were bought at a thrift store. The jeans came down to the ankle and held no holes. She reinvented the jeans during her own spare time. 

Let's not forget the shoes! She wore an open-toe scarped sandal from Old Navy. On top of that a bronze, floral, design, face watch from JCPenneys. 

Also, a light brown tassel arm band bag with a long brown sash to wear the bad versatile from Rue 21 to add a BoHo look. Not to mention, she rocked the natural curl fro to add her own flare to the outfit. 

Lastly, some pearl earrings to make the look more classic and playful. 

Joining LaShan of #EdwinaLaShan on the kickoff of Riverbend we have...

Kiayni Norwood @k_woods who was featured in this week's #StreetStyleSaturday . 

Shes wearing a floral print high-low tank top, she bought from Charlotte Russe.  Ripped jean shorts bought from Forever 21 with a black belt to accent it. White single strapped sandals from Old Navy.

Of course, the biggest accessory her natural hair fro pushed in a up-do. She looked absolutely amazing and the wind played her best friend, because the train flowed beautifully in the wind. She gave us a summer beach look that's great for any summer activity. 

The only question that's left is how did the girls do for the kickoff of Riverbend?!?!?!?!?!

Thank you so much for checking out #EdwinaLaShan #FashionBlog. We asked that you continue to support us and encourage us along the journey. WE LOVE THE SUPPORT!  Lastly, #follow us on #instagram and #twitter @edwinalashan and #like our #facebook page called "Edwina LaShan Fashion Blog".  XOXO
                                                   -EDWINA LASHAN

Riverbend 2015!!! Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick!

Summer::: Outside::: Festival Season is Here!!! 

Check out some Festival Pics from Riverbend 2015 and CMT Awards Week 2015 in Nashville from Edwina LaShan and Friends! 

Riverbend 2015 was definitely a blast!!!

This year the main act that caught Our Attention was Doug E Fresh @therealdougefresh and Slick Rick! 

And boy!!! Did we have a ball!!!

Check Out the Street Style and Outfit Details below:

Above: 

Marquita Edwina of Edwina LaShan went for a Mixture of a Hippy, Bohemian, and Chic Look! 

Keeping the Outside Festivals theme going!

Olive Green Jumpsuit: Sienne Bienni

Brown Fringe Knee High Gladiator Sandals: Charlotte Russe 

Floral Headpiece Crown: Charming Charlie

Rose Gold Watch: Betsy Johnson 

Rose Gold Front Back Stud Earrings: 

Hair Store 

Below:

Al'leta LaShan keeping it fashionable trendy with a Pop Rock look wearing...

Gold Chain Necklace: Charlotte Russe

Graphic side-cutout tee of the extravagant Lady GaGa : WetSeal

Light brown tassel arm band bag with a long brown sash: Rue 21

Green high-waisted knee-length pencil skirt: Forever 21

Nude strapped sandals: Old Navy

The look together gives a chic but edgy feel to the festival. 

Which is a good thing because it took the whole idea of the festival attire in a different direction!!! 

Shout Out to these Ladies for Allowing us to feature them on the blog as well, for their Street Style Looks!!!

Check Out Tiffany Sand's Street Style at Riverbend 2015:

We are Loving Her Bohemian Chic look!!!

Our Next Fashionista, had the Opportunity to Attend and Perform with Kenny Chesney, for the Country Music Awards!!!

Kudos to you Christina Starnes! 

Christina brought Country Flava to us in a Beautiful Fuschia Sundress, she finished her look in Signature Cowboy Boots!

Well!!! This Concludes our blog on Riverbend 2015, and The Country Music Awards 2015, until next year, loves!!! 

XOXO!!!😘😘😘

EDWINA LASHAN PRESENTS: OFF TO A CLEAN START

Just recently I (Al'leta LaShan of #EDWINALASHAN FASHION BLOG) came home from college and found myself overwhelmed with clothes and stuff. From my microwave to hair supplies to jackets and peacoats, I mean the list goes on. I brought back even more stuff then I had brought to college. It was awful! I was clearly in over my head. Then it donned on me. What if I wasn't the only one??

    So I decided to get organized and I needed to do it fast! Like many ladies, #Pintrest is the easy place to go and get ideas. The only thing is you never get a full and direct answer. So you began to pin which creates a board. Now you have tons of strategies, but which one is right?! 

    Well look no more because I have the exact tips and directions to follow to get you where you need to be for moving into your own place or going to college.

1. First step, I like to call is...Cleaning out your closet

Yes, its a great way to dive in head first! Here's what it does. It allows you to focus more on the clothing that shapes and molds your style. Also, gets rid of those clothes that no longer serve any interest to you. Just recently I alone got rid of four garbage bags full of clothes and some still had a tag on them. That's something we are all guilty of...SALES! I love saving money and buying clothes and when I can do them both equals #winning. Then here's what happens, I buy a shirt because it is attractive to my eye and its cheap and it has some quality. Then somehow and someway it finds itself back behind your closet never won. 

Why? because at that moment you think it "could be" a great addition to my closet. I mean I can find something to wear with it. If those were your exact words then its okay when all been there and now were fixing the problem.  

Here's another thing, if you can't instantly think of at least three different outfits it could work with, then don't buy it! Most people buy outfits for an occasion not valuing what you already have. That stuff adds up and then suddenly when you find that shirt you bought years ago, you ask yourself why you never wore it. Its time to toss it! 

If you haven't worn it in two months then let it go. Or if you can't remember the last time you wore it, let it go. Still has a tag on it and you bought it some time ago, let it go. Cluttered closets are the worst closets, because you will never have any thing to wear. 

My sister and I together came up with about nine garbage bags of clothes and still working on more. What we did with our old and used clothes is...we gave them away to Charity, our favorite thrift store. They no longer served purpose and our closet went to something great.

                      

2. Second step, Getting Organized.

Now that you have gotten rid of all the clothes you don't want any more, you now should have space. The strategy of  this part is creating more space with containers, storage bins, dressers, and etc. You also have to think about arrangement and buying things that can stack nicely on each other. Plus separating things with labels and categorize. Its easier for me to separate my clothes in seasons and transition seasoning. 

                                                  

                        

Here in Chattanooga, summer is in full effect, but spring rain and wind is still making an appearance. So that means all my heavy coats, scarfs, winter boots, gloves, and all that fall and winter stuff can go into labeled boxes and be put somewhere its not overly taking up space like downstairs, attic, hallway closet, or even a designated room it just all depends on the space you open up. Meaning know what is going where and how long does it need to stay there. Remember when you putting stuff in storage that it needs to follow two key rules:
       1.) Has to be movable, if you find yourself with a bigger pile then you started report back to rule number one. Just because, its going in a storage bin doesn't necessarily mean that its 100% needed. Which pushes me to my next and finally rule
       2.) Safety. Don't move this stuff in front of doorways, windows, heaters, on the floor where people can hurt themselves. Remember the cleanness  house is the safest house. Always practice safety routes. Be cautious of where things are going and how there going wouldn't want things to fall over because they were stacked two high or not stacked properly ({example} over stacking containers).

                                           

3. Third step...Packing the REAL STYLE ESSENTIALS

Of course, college is one of the best times of your life. Why not look good for it? There are tons of events happening that you must look the part for; there's parties, academic events, professor meetings, organization interviews, working out, hanging out with friends and so much more. Here's the crazy and insane thing, you can't bring your whole closet, because moving in and out of dorms are the most annoying things. Being prepared for everything is key, but those who are far from home don't have that privilege. I am currently working on what I'm going to take back to college because space is limited. 

What happen to me after my freshmen year was I have to bring all this stuff back home in what I thought was a decent sized mini van. 

On top of your clothes you have your microwave, refrigerator, TV, laptop, shoes, dish wishing liquid, shampoos, hair products, and lots and lots more with only so much space. 

My goal is to get down to at least 3 suitcases max. How is that possible???!!! Its simple. ARRANGEMENTS! Don't believe me, check the photos below for some great ideas.

                       

                                            

                        

So far my list of clothing consist of :

                       

                       

                        

                          

4. Last step, Moving into your own Place.
     Recently, buzzfeed.com released a step by step guide to safely getting your things were they need to go. We decided to post a link just in case we did not fully cover the "getting own place" part. Go check it out, its free and really hands on.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/brilliant-moving-tips#.qtPagVnl4a

Thank you so much for checking out #EdwinaLaShan #FashionBlog. We asked that you continue to support us and encourage us along the journey. WE LOVE THE SUPPORT! Also we hope that this helped a lot by getting some clarity to how to start a fresh start. Most importantly, we credit  #pintrest for supply great photos and also #google to help you guys get a better understanding to what we mean and #buzzfeed.com for supply great moving into your own place strategies. Lastly, #follow us on #instagram and #twitter @edwinalashan and #like our #facebook page called "Edwina LaShan Fashion Blog".  XOXO
                                                   -EDWINA LASHAN