Contrary to popular belief, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth, or contracted a rare disease resulting in the loss of my fingers so I can't type anymore. I know it's such a cliche for bloggers and YouTubers to take long breaks and constantly apologise for them, which is why I'm not going to apologise for not blogging in 16 months (jesus).

How To Take Part in Fashion Revolution Week 2017

On April 24th 2013, the Rana Plaza complex collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1,138 people were killed and many more were injured. Fashion Revolution is a campaign devoted to demanding change in the fashion industry. It encourages you to ask, 'Who made my clothes?' to demand greater transparency in the fashion supply chain. On 24th April every year, Fashion Revolution Day brings people from all over the world together to use the power of fashion to change the story for the people who make the world's clothes.

How to Turn a Silk Scarf Into a Top - Two Ways

I love silk scarves. I collect them from vintage and charity shops, and I now have quite the collection (a ridiculous amount). I love wearing them in my hair, but other than that I never really wear them. But then I got to thinking, how can I have all of these beautiful pieces of fabric just laying around? I'd seen quite a few pictures of silk scarves as tops and though it looked so gorgeous. I'm a huge fan of the care-free, natural aesthetic recently, and I can just imagine frolicking (frolicking) on the beach wearing this and some shorts. If you have any old scarves gathering dust, I hope you find this useful. Don't let anything go to waste!

Why I Don't Buy Leather

I used to wear a lot of leather. I wasn't even against it until a few years ago. Now I don't buy anything that's made of leather, whether that be jackets, bags or shoes - I don't buy anything that's made of any animal product, actually. Wool, fur, angora, skins, shearling. Pretty much anything that comes from an animal. But why would I even put myself through all that trouble of checking the materials used and 'depriving' myself of 'luxurious' items, and why do I think you should consider doing the same? I'm not going to really get into fur in this post because I think most people know how bad fur is. You can find more information about fur here. For some reason, I feel leather is still not considered to be as bad as fur. People are not really conscious of the implications leather has to the environment, animals, and even humans.

How To Switch to Vegan and Cruelty-Free Beauty Products

It's that time again. Today I'm going to be sharing some of my all time favourite vegan beauty products that I use every single day. This isn't even makeup, this is more skincare, haircare, tooth-care - basically all the necessities I use for taking care of myself and my body! It's also kind of a guide for if you're switching out all your products to be vegan. This is a great way to start and maybe be inspired by some of the products I use, so let's get right on into it!

Societal Norms Kinda Suck

Welcome back everyoneeeee - or if it's your first time on my blog, hey! Today's post might be a bit rambly but I think that it's an important one and I hope that you read on till the end and thank you so much for clicking on this post in the first place!

An Interview With Jamie Windust

All photos are from the amazing Ben Pechey!

When did you start getting into fashion, and why do you love it?

I started getting into fashion around 13/14 and at that age just loved the drama of it all and the fact that it just seemed so extravagant and extra. I've never really been into designing so it was more a love of the passion and the creativity that flows through the industry.

Track Pants

I know this outfit is so basic - especially with the jumper, I feel so plain - but I've honestly worn this so much lately. It's so so warm, and I've given up on the whole 'trying to actually look good in winter' thing. All I want is to feel like I'm wearing a duvet. Also, I'm a bit all over the place with what I'm wearing at the moment - even more than usual. If someone were to ask me, 'How would you describe your style?', the answer would probably be, 'I have absolutely no idea.' But I guess that's the fun of being my age. 'Finding yourself' and all that stuff. 

How To Take Action After the Women's March

I'm sure you've had your instagram feed flooded with pictures of the Women's March on London, and on Washington, and on all 7 continents. I am so proud of the 5 million people worldwide who participated and I feel very emotional thinking about what an amazing experience it was. It was like nothing I've ever felt before: seeing tens of thousands of people marching in solidarity. By remaining loving and strong we will overcome - nasty women are a force to be reckoned with! We all showed Trump who's boss, and that bigoted white men have no right to take away a woman's freedom regarding her own body, something they will never relate to. We showed them that women deserve reproductive rights, that we deserve equal treatment. We showed them that we will not give into the words of hatred that are being spoken. The majority stood up for the minority, and that is a truly incredible thing.

Cruelty Free Make-up Wishlist

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I have majorly fallen out of love with makeup. UNTIL RECENTLY! Honestly, it's scaring me - all of a sudden I'm lusting over so many beautiful products, and I finally understand the hype. I've been doing my eyebrows and applying powder, only, for about a year. Now that I only use cruelty free and vegan beauty products, I initially thought it'd be hard to shop for new makeup. It's basically only Benefit and Mac, in terms of high end makeup, that test on animals. Don't take my word, of course loads of brands still, sadly, use animal testing. 

The Importance of Second Hand Shopping

It was an ordinary day: Edie received two packages in the post (braces and a t-shirt), and decided to use them in an outfit post. She managed to, somehow, squeeze into her jeans she'd lived in since April, and walked downstairs with her camera. Her mum asked where her new top was from - Depop. Then, she realised EVERYTHING she was wearing was second hand... via depop. And the post ideas came flooding in.

Twenty-sixteen and Some Resolutions

LADIES before you read this post, a little warning: it's going to be very very long and rambly, so get a smoothie/tea/coffee/beverage of choice and put on your pjs. Also, you might want to look at my posts for 2015 and 2014 first...

My Favourite Blog Posts of 2016

Hello! I hope you had the most amazing Christmas ever and you have loads of plans for New Year's. Even if you don't, sit home in a bubble bath with some hot cocoa and watch Brooklyn 99 - does it get any better? Anyway, I thought I'd round up some of my favourite posts of this year. I've been kind of rubbish in terms of blogging, but blogmas has really made me fall back in love with it, and I'm super excited and bursting with new content ideas! By the way, the posts aren't in chronological order for the sake of the collages looking nice - shall we take a look... (read that with Jim Carey's voice as Count Olaf)

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

This is just a quick lil post to wish everyone who celebrates it a very merry Christmas. These pictures were inspired by lovely Tolly - I did try to take them on a proper polaroid, but, seeing as it's 20 years old, the pictures came out very dark and blurry. Very sad time for everyone. I hope you've been having/will have a wonderful, relaxing, festive time and stuff yourself with mince pies. I definitely have.

This is also the last official post of blogmas! I don't know whether to feel really sad or really happy and relieved. I've already started planning my 2016 round up post and a few others, so don't think you'll never hear from me again! (not getting away that easy...)

Christmas majorly crept up on me this year, and it feels like December's just whizzed by and I haven't really got a hold of it. Actually, that feels like the whole year. I'm currently in my Christmas pj's, eating - yet another - mince pie and feeling very very very excited. I really hope you can all be with your family and friends tomorrow. I also really hope you can all be grateful together. I've been feeling very grateful recently.

And so, the very final of 2016... see the rest of blogmas here.

Have a beautiful Christmas,

Love Edie x

Borough Market and Southbank at Christmastime

We went on a long walk through Borough Market and then along the river, before seeing Peter Pan at the National Theatre (which was the most insane experience ever ever ever). It made me feel very festive indeed, so I thought I'd share some of the photos if anyone is lacking the Christmas spirit!

The Best Books Of 2016

Let's just imagine Of Mice and Men and The Kite Runner are in there, because I can't find them. I will say that I've never cried so much at a book than I did at the Kite Runner.

I am a big reader. I read so much, I always have and I probably always will, because I really love it. I've read a lot of new things this year, so this is a real mix of genres, themes, fiction and non-fiction etc... I hope you enjoy this and maybe get some super last minute present ideas!

An Interview With Dalal

Why did you start blogging? And why do you still blog?

I've been blogging for nearly 4 years now so if I could go and ask 12 year old me why, then I most definitely would. I honestly have no idea as to what made me want to blog in the first place but I do remember wanting to start youtube but thinking that blogging would be a better way to ease myself into the digital world. I still blog because I see so much potential in the whole blogging business in the future. It's one of my hobbies and keeping it up and creating new content is what I love. I've always been a creative and blogging has allowed me to showcase that. The blogging world is so mundane and so many bloggers are doing the same thing (not sending shots) so I want my blog and its content to somewhat be a breath of fresh air in the blogging community. Great, I've started rambling and this is only the first answer...

Albums I Really Like // Part 2

The Grotto Lives On

If you're wondering which grotto I'm referring to, it's the almost disgustingly Christmassy one that is my room - see last year's post. For anyone who's even vaguely interested, I'm sharing my insanely festive room and where some of the things in it are from!

TV, Film and Fashion

Like all other art forms, fashion has many influences, and one of those I have been thinking about and experimenting with over the last few months is film. Films and tv shows move me emotionally and - i hate to say the word because it's so overused nowadays - aesthetically, and when I watch something that is styled really well and is to my taste, I will go through scene by scene and try to find an outfit similar to that in my wardrobe. Well, not really, but basically. Whether it's the costumes, hair, makeup, setting, each film comes with a certain tone to it. What, I'm trying to say is: film and tv really influence what I wear.