Feeling Warm, Looking Cool: A Few of Our Fave Patterns to Sew Your Own Winter Wardrobe
Sew your own winter wardrobe with this quick roundup of a few of our fave patterns for the season. Whether you’re the…
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All Wrapped Up: Our Fave Hacks of This Beloved Peppermint Pattern
Way back when in the olden days of Issue 43, we released the Peppermint Wrap Top. This simple yet infinitely stylish piece was designed in collaboration with In The Folds and features fancy french-seam-finished sleeves to make you feel sleek and on fleek inside and out. (Do the kids still say on fleek? Well, they…
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This IPCC Report Is the Most Sobering Yet – Here’s What You Need to Know
Earth has warmed 1.09°C since pre-industrial times and many changes such as sea-level rise and glacier melt are now virtually irreversible, according to the most sobering report yet by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report also found escape from human-caused climate change is no longer possible. Climate change is now affecting every continent,…
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“We Are Looking Back at the Old Ways”: Meet the 2021 Country to Couture Designers
Shining a light on the incredible Indigenous fashion and design talent we have in this country, the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Foundation’s (DAAFF) cornerstone fashion event, Country to Couture, is a brilliant showcase supporting and encouraging the growth of First Nations peoples within the industry. Born out of DAAFF’s Indigenous Fashion Projects platform, which centres…
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Right to Repair: Everything You Need to Know About the New Movement Fighting E-Waste
Electronic waste (e-waste) is the single fastest growing waste stream in the world. According to the UN’s e-waste…
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Best of the Month: Everything the Peppermint Team Loved Throughout July
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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Grab the Popcorn: Here are 11 Films to Inspire Your Sewing
Sewing is an act of creation, transformation and art – communicating and defining your personal identity to others, and yourself. Damn… that’s some powerful stuff. Real weighty themes. So why aren’t there more movies about the magic of sewing? You’d think Hollywood would be more appreciative of the humble seamstress, given the importance of fashion…
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The Stigma Behind Outfit Repeating Runs Much Deeper Than Fashion
From sexism to consumerism to The Simpsons, the stigma behind outfit repeating runs deeper through our society than…
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So Many Fabric Choices, So Little Time: Have You Made the Peppermint Paddington Top?
Just like Anne of Green Gables before us, we have a powerful longing for puffy sleeves. Luckily our desire has been sated, for now, by the beautiful Peppermint Paddington Top, the culmination of our collaboration with South African patternmaker Sarah Steenkamp of French Navy Patterns. With its romantic sleeve puffs, no-sweat, easy-to-set raglan sleeves and…
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Art Imitates Leaf: Immerse Yourself In Nature at the ‘Entwined: Plants and People’ Exhibition
Plant life: more than just a hashtag, our connections to our leafy pals go way back. Especially as the world continues to change around us, it’s become even more important to pause, breathe and connect with the natural world. Exploring our intrinsic relationship with plants through photography, illustrations, immersive projections and historical objects is the…
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Navigating Eco Overwhelm Through Plastic Free July
Plastic Free July can be a little overwhelming. With messaging flying at us every which way, instructing us…
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Business (Not) as Usual: This Couple Has Plastic Waste All Wrapped Up
Cling film, Glad Wrap, stretch wrap… whatever you know it as, most of us have grown up wrestling the sticky stuff around sandwiches and salad bowls. Also battling with the transparent plastic film (originally called Saran wrap and launched in 1949 with the purpose of preserving food in the fridge), is our poor ol’ plastic-wrapped…
