Clever Cookie: Want to Get the Alice Nightingale Look?
The ultimate creative multihyphenate, Alice Veivers channels her love for Australiana into her highly coveted label, Alice…
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How Owning Your Power Can Help Build a Better System From the Inside Out
For International Women’s Day, coach, speaker and author Kemi Nekvapil explores…
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Art and Coffee Collide to Put Women to the Front This International Women’s Day
It feels, at times, like our morning coffee is the only way we can get out of bed; the reason we’re able to put on our ‘functioning member of society’ suits and get on with the day. In the countries where coffee is grown, however, it truly is a life source for the producers and…
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Nominations Open for the 2022 National Indigenous Fashion Awards
Indigenous Fashion Projects, part of the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Foundation, has announced that nominations for the…
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We Will Rebuild: Meaningful Ways You Can Help Those Affected by the Floods
Over the last week of February 2022, South East Queensland and Brisbane (the home of Peppermint HQ) was battered by an unprecedented rain event that has left so far unquantified damage in its wake. At time of writing, the north coast of New South Wales is experiencing the worst floods on record as people lose…
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#StandWithUkraine: A List of Resources to Help From Afar
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, following years of simmering conflict, has sparked outrage across the world. Our hearts feel heavy watching it play out from afar as we stand with Ukraine so we’ve compiled a list for those looking for places to donate and information to read. ARTWORK ABOVE: TEXTILE ARTIST ANDRIA GREEN Learn ‘“Ukraine Deserves…
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Give It Up For Our Glorious Autumn Issue – Out Now!
Drum roll, please… the richly hued, autumnal beauty that is our latest issue is finally here! From the resplendent cover – created in collaboration with photographer, illustrator and proud Aboriginal creator Bobbi Lockyer – to the FREE printed pattern nestled within the pages of the mag for the first time ever, you’ll find so many…
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Cottoning On: Where to Get Your Fix of Fairtrade Cotton
It’s been an immensely challenging 24 months for the fashion industry, but those most vulnerable to market…
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Watch the Trailer For Damon Gameau’s New Film ‘Regenerating Australia’
From his 2015 hit doco That Sugar Film to the ever-inspiring 2040, Damon Gameau returns to the screen to use the creativity of cinema to help us envision, and work towards, a brighter tomorrow. His latest endeavour, Regenerating Australia, follows on from the solutions he explored in 2040 and asks the question, ‘”What would Australia…
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A Stitch in Time: What Historical Sewists Can Teach Us About Slow Fashion
They say those who don’t learn history are doomed to repeat it. And while those who do learn history are largely doomed to repeat interesting historical facts to uninterested loved ones, it is undeniable that the secrets of the past can give us unique and practical insights into the present. Sewing has a lot of…
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The Skye’s the Limit: Have You Made the Peppermint Skye Shorts?
Tired of having to choose between the breezy drama of swishy flowing skirts and the sensible practicality of shorts? Suffer no more! Collaborating with brilliant British patternmaker Mandi Bharij from Make With Mandi, we have created the Peppermint Skye Shorts – the answer to all your problems… or at least, all the pants-related problems! These…
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Sex Positivity – Is It Just Another Social Media Buzzword?
Self-love and self-pleasure are completely normal facets of the human experience that so often come with a mountain of stigma…
