Confused About Carbon Offsetting? Here’s What You Need to Know
Click a button, plant a tree – this is what carbon offsetting means to many people. But it’s not always that simple…
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Sleeve It All to Me: How to Extend the Sleeves of Your Peppermint Paddington Top
So you’ve made one Peppermint Paddington Top and you’re itching to make another, right…
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Collar Your World with This Super Simple Detachable Collar Tutorial
If you’ve paid any attention to the fashion world lately, you’ll have seen that the collar is big news…
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“Deadly Every Day of the Year”: Four Lessons to Reflect on This NAIDOC Week
Each July, NAIDOC Week offers an opportunity to celebrate the rich history, culture and achievements…
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June’s Over? Julying! Everything the Peppermint Team Loved Last Month
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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Hanging by a Thread? Here’s How to Make an Upcycled Tassel
Are you an embroiderer, knitter, weaver or crocheter? Do you work with wool, yarn, floss or thread of any kind…
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How to Be a Good Ally All Year Round… Not Just During Pride Month
Pride Month is here, which means it’s time to pop open a bottle of champagne, buy something with a rainbow on it…
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Are Buy Now, Pay Later Services a Friend or Foe to the Ethical Fashion Industry?
Afterpay is having its day in the fashion industry, but are buy now, pay later services fuelling mindful or mindless purchases?
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Meet the Patternmaker Behind the Peppermint Paddington Top
Start your (sewing machine) engines, our latest free pattern, the Peppermint Paddington Top, has landed! It’s a bold blouse pattern with puff sleeves that bring the drama, mama, to any outfit. This exclusive, highly wearable pattern was created for us in collaboration with the lovely South African patternmaker French Navy Patterns and is brought to…
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Business (Not) as Usual: The Aussie Brand Fighting Fast Fashion to Tailor A Better World
How often have you had a garment tailored? Your wedding dress, maybe? A fancy suit for work? Unfortunately it’s not the norm when it comes to the everyday person – perhaps strangely when you consider that fit guidelines vary from brand to brand – and clothes that arrive without fitting properly often lurk at the…
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One Dress, Five Ways – How to #WearTheChange by Making Your Wardrobe Go the Distance
How many times have you stood staring at an overflowing closet, lamenting the fact you had absolutely nothing to wear?! It’s a sad reality that the average woman only wears 20% of her wardrobe – the horror of being labelled an “outfit repeater” often leading to wear-it-once purchases that then stay hidden, collecting dust till…
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Natural Dyeing Tips for Beginners: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started
Part experiment, part craft activity, the magical process of natural dyeing is a fun way to freshen up old wardrobe faves and reconnect with nature in the process. The brainchild of Katie Wilkins, Studio Tinta is a natural dye studio creating sustainable textiles using botanical dyes and natural fibres. With a range of made-to-order silk…
