MOVE-ACTIVE

| By Michelle Holt | 23/11/2023

MOVEACTIVE

Founded in 2009 by Melissa Pain, Melbourne-based MoveActive makes accessories, equipment and grip socks for those who know that just because you love practical things like exercise and sustainability, that doesn’t mean you can’t look cute as hell and have a little fun doing it – the team has raised more than $66,000, and counting, through i=Change. Get moving and stay grooving!

BRONZE YOGA FINALIST BASICS + ACTIVEWEAR

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Do these big brands really "care about the environment," or are they just greenwashing? Be honest.

Via @CommonsEarth 🌏

#ClimateActionNow #Accountability #EcoMeme

Big love for this sweet collab!!! ❤️❤️❤️⁠
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We're huge fans of @KowtowClothing, so when we heard the plastic-free label was teaming up with @NatureBabyNZ we were intrigued. Behold the beautiful results! Matching sets for mums and bubs in snuggly organic fair trade cotton. Awwwwwww. ⁠
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#PeppermintMagazine #SustainableFashion #EthicalFashion #PlasticFree

Me-made magic ✨⁠
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Anything that's both floral and functional has our hearts, including this gorgeous #PeppermintValleyJumpsuit 💚 ⁠
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From Amy at @Jasper_Creek: “Day 1 #memademay24⁠
This jumpsuit is a high rotation me make. ⁠
She’s the @peppermintmagazine #valleyjumpsuit made out of @elliewhittakerstudio Lantana print drill from @spotlightstores. I had my horticultural class tonight so she was the perfect start to my me Mades.”⁠
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Get the pattern (created in collaboration with the lovely Raphaëlle from @ready_to_sew) at the link in our bio!⁠
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#PeppermintPatterns #Sewist #IMadeThis #MeMadeMay #MeMadeMay2024 #MeMades #LovedClothesLast⁠

The Queen has spoken 🐝 👑

Words and video via @ford_wardrobe

“Sewing , it’s just a hobby, right?

No, it’s so much more.

Sewing is a skill, it’s a talent, its a trade and a craft. Sewing allows us to link back and pull forward the techniques of a needle and thread throughout history and generations.

Sewing is a skill that we have developed, honed and developed. It is a skill that has allowed us to mend and repair the old and worn.

Sewing links us back generation after generation, it grows and is moulded into different forms and textiles.

Sewing is what ties us together, it is what brings us together as a community and allows us to stand strong in our values for what it offers and provides.

Sewing is so much more than a hobby.

Live, laugh, love, learn to sew.”

Annie @ford_wardrobe

#LearnToSew #Sewing #LoveSewing #LovedClothesLast #Beyonce

ME-MADE-MAY! 🪡

It's always a me-made month around here, but this challenge, created by Zoe Edwards @SozoBlog, brings us joy.

Here's some slides and words from Zoe to explain what it's all about (and what it isn't). We love the emphasis on falling back in love with what you already have. 🫶🏼

"Me-Made-May is the customisable challenge that helps YOU improve your relationship with YOUR handmade wardrobe. By wearing your existing self-made items more and/or in different ways than usual, you’ll learn lots of lessons about those items, your creativity AND how best to expand your handmade wardrobe going forwards.

My pledge for this year’s #MeMadeMay2024 challenge is the same as it has been for the last few years. However, its meaning for me has shifted and deepened somewhat in recent times. It’s probably because I’ve been making @checkyourthread podcast for over 2.5 years now and a lot of the lessons I’ve learned along the way are really sinking in.

Many people claim that they love clothes, and I am certainly one of them. I figured out that I love clothes more than many when I was about 17. My friends and I were discussing what we were going to wear on a night out, and I was still talking about our options AGES after they were clearly bored of the topic!

But in today’s rampantly consumerist society, it’s often forgotten that loving clothes should mean more than loving the acquisition (including making) of new ones. We should be investing energy, love and attention into the clothes WE ALREADY HAVE!!! We owe this to ourselves, the energy and resources that went into their production, the people that made them (and the fabrics/fibres that they’re made from), the planet that can’t handle the rate at which we’re discarding them, and the clothes themselves.

Often people discover during #MeMadeMay which #MeMades they don’t wear anymore. This is a super useful aspect of the challenge. But I’d like to offer up participants an additional challenge: see if you can fall back in love (or at least like) with some of them. It might require a bit of alteration or reworking to get there – I’m working on a podcast episode to offer help and ideas for that."

#LovedClothesLast

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Our fabulous winter issue is on its way and you only have until Wednesday to subscribe to get this beauty in your mailbox. And did you know, subscribers get TWO printed sewing patterns! 😱

We also happen to have a few left of our Mothers Day special, where for only $50 you’ll get a 12-month Peppermint subscription and some gorgeous free goodies sent express!⁠ Option one is sold out, so get your hands on option two while you can!
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An exclusive ‘Peppermint Manifesto’ A5 art card, designed for Peppermint by @lukejohnmatthewarnold printed on recycled paper; one of four divine 10ml perfumes from our friends at @lush_ausnz; and a fat quarter of our exclusive ‘Plant One On Me’ @Spoonflower fabric for sewing, making or gift-wrapping. PLUS: A 12-month biannual subscription to Peppermint – two issues sent every six months over the next year!⁠
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Be quick, this offer is worth $85 and stocks are limited! 🏃🏻‍♀️
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#PeppermintMagazine #SupportSmallBusiness #ShopConsciously #TreatYourself

Missed Issue 60 while it was on-sale? Did you know you can still buy a digital copy from our website? Well, now you do. 🫶🏼⁠
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Inside these beautiful (digital) pages:⁠
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Sew up a storm with the #PeppermintBronteBathers • Making peace with our bodies through life drawing • Say g’day to cover artist @LukeJohnMatthewArnold • Gaze into fashion’s future with @MrsPress • One man’s mission to save the sea lion • A lifetime of twists, turns and lessons learned • @CarlyFindlay rewrites disability representation • Wakame hunting with @Southern_Seagreens • Get stitchy with our summery DIY challenge • A brief history of the bra • @KonKarapanagiotidis invites you to take a seat • AND SO MUCH MORE!⁠
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Download a copy from our website, put your feet up and while the weekend away... 💕⁠
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#PeppermintMagazine #SustainableFashion #EthicalFashion #NaturalBeauty #SocialEnterprise #Regeneration #SocialImpact #ClimateChange #Handmade #BodyPositivity #GiveBack #WorldChangers

We’re with you, @georgias_portfolio 🪡

What are your plans for the weekend?

#PeppermintMagazine #SewingPlans #SewingLove #CraftersGonnaCraft

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