12 Sustainable Fashion Documentaries You Need to Watch Right Now
Break up your true crime and series-of-the-moment binging and add some ethical fashion to your watch…
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Sewing School: The Peppermint Skye Shorts Are Here!
Collaborating with London-based patternmaker Mandi Bharij from Make With Mandi, we’ve created the Peppermint Skye Shorts to be both glam and practical! Inspired by the dramatic swish of circle skirts, our version of swing shorts walks the line of fun and function with flow aplenty around the legs and hips – and pockets, of course!…
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A Blooming Beauty – Our New Summer Issue Is Here!
Colour your world, dear reader, with our latest issue: blooming to life with stories aplenty to help add a dash of contemplation and creativity to your days. We’re as chuffed as ever to release this issue into the world, packed with in-depth features, easy and fun DIYs and fresh takes on hot topics. It’s the…
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Sewing for the Perfect Fit: How to Do a Full Bust Adjustment
Hello, my name is Mireille and in the immortal words of Kath Day-Knight, I’m a Country Road size 10…
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From Dishes to Dresses: This Sewist Is Transforming Tea Towels for a Good Cause
Sue-Ching Lascelles is a Brisbane-based artist who, like many of us, went through a home sewing kick during lockdown. Combining vintage wedding dress, nightgown and clown costume (!) patterns with vibrant colours and prints, she creates wondrous wares that are works of art in their own right. One particular project, a voluminous tent dress made…
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Here We Go Again: Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About Recycling
Recycling may have its issues, but it’s still an important ‘R’ in the #ReduceReuseRecycleRefuse life goals mantra. So this National Recycling Week (established by Planet Ark in 1996) may we remind you of the importance of recycling, if avoidance isn’t possible or practical. In order to live more sustainably on this planet, we all need…
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Get Your Stitch on with These Beginner-Friendly Embroidery Kits
Ever since Emma Downing of Yarn Industries took us into the magical world of embroidery – you can find four exclusive Peppermint embroidery patterns in Issue 51 or in Sew&Tell Issue 1 – we here at Peppermint have been OBSESSED with getting our stitch on. Hand embroidery can be a meditative practice that creates complex…
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‘Of Spirit & Story’: Take a Peek Inside the 2021 CIAF Fashion Showcase
Moving from its usual August dates, the always-vibrant Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) will return to screens this month with another digital iteration. Attracting thousands of national and international collectors and curators each year, the ethical marketplace and celebration of First Nations art and culture helps to provide cultural exchange and understanding, economic opportunity and…
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Sew like a Bro: Where to Find Cool Men’s Sewing Patterns
There’s nothing inherently gendered about the act of sewing. Almost everyone could probably name a male sewist off the top of their head whether it’s Tim Gunn, Christian Siriano, or that fellow with the moustache from the Great British Sewing Bee (apparently he sometimes goes by Patrick Grant). But the healthy smattering of male sewing…
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Best of the Month: Plogging, True Crime and Solar-Powered Beer
It’s time for another edition of The Monthly Mint – a chance for you to join in the Peppermint office chat about all the things we’re loving and living for each month. Here at Peppermint we’re forever on the hunt for the best in sustainable reads, eats and wears to inspire you all. But have you…
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Calls to Remove the “Damaging and Confusing” 2021 Ethical Fashion Report
Returning this year, after last year’s special COVID edition, the Ethical Fashion Report is back. Compiled by Baptist World Aid Australia, in partnership with Tearfund New Zealand, the report aims to help consumers make informed, ethical shopping choices, and apply pressure to industry players to uphold policies that protect their workers and the environment. This…
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Global Challenge, Global Solution: COP26 “Will Define Our Future Forever”
COP26 will bring world leaders, scientists, activists and business leaders together in an effort to curb global warming…
