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…
Electronic waste (e-waste) is the single fastest growing waste stream in the world. According to the UN’s e-waste…
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…
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…
From sexism to consumerism to The Simpsons, the stigma behind outfit repeating runs deeper through our society than…
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…
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…
Plastic Free July can be a little overwhelming. With messaging flying at us every which way, instructing us…
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…
Click a button, plant a tree – this is what carbon offsetting means to many people. But it’s not always that simple…
So you’ve made one Peppermint Paddington Top and you’re itching to make another, right…
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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