Peppermint Magazine

Peppermint is a green fashion magazine, covering eco and ethical style with a fun, fresh, intelligent and positive spin. Encouraging you to get off the trend mill, Peppermint promotes individuality, respect and DIY personal style, by showcasing the best of eco designers from Australia and the rest of the world. Fashion, beauty, art, craft, and culture; all with a twist of lime.

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a new leaf • Showcasing traditional textile techniques on found organic material, American artist Hillary Waters Fayle celebrates our relationship with the natural world in her meticulously handstitched botanical artwork.

making scents • When flower fields are too far away for frolicking, these natural perfumes offer the next best thing.

how to be a thin or body positive ally • Style blogger and fatacceptance advocate, Stephanie Yeboah speaks candidly in her book about navigating life as a black, plus-sized woman in her journey to find truth and self-acceptance.

plant power • The planet-friendly practice of regenerative farming has gained popularity in recent years, due to a growing awareness of the agriculture industry’s impact on the environment. But for some brands, like iconic skincare and holistic health giant Weleda, working with nature has been a priority from the beginning.

out of the closet • Does the thought of having an eco stylist paw through your closet sound terrifying? We threw down the gauntlet of a wardrobe edit in order to question shopping habits, challenge sartorial clutter and give pause for thought about our valuable wardrobe space.

letters to the future • Peppermint is 50! That’s 50 issues sharing the stories of good people working tirelessly to create a better world. And yet, there’s still so much work to be done. We asked a few of our favourite changemakers to pen a letter to (or from) the future. Like a literary time-capsule – it’s a list of hopes, dreams and desires for a world that could be…

stitched together • Sewing, and more specifically hand-sewing, has long been a community activity that serves both functional and decorative purposes. But the act of gathering to sew has deep roots throughout various cultures around the world as it brings together art, community and tradition, one stitch at a time.

business (not) as usual • We find out what drives four purposeful businesses that are using profits to benefit both people and planet.

state of the art • The line between celebration and appropriation has long been blurred when it comes to First Nations art and design. Aboriginal Art Co is rewriting the script and empowering First Nations artists to reclaim space in business, as Wiradjuri, Ngemba and Paakantji writer Gemma Pol finds out.

a matter of fact • Bite-sized quotes, compelling statistics and punchy infographics are some of the most effective persuasion tools in the sustainable fashion movement’s armory.

curl, interrupted • Choosing a hairstyle is so much more than a simple beauty decision for people of colour, especially women, with race-based hair discrimination still deep-rooted in our society.

winter tan • Bring an off-season glow to the cooler months with this lineup of lovely life essentials in neutral tones.

close to home • Onshore manufacturing is often both a marketing tool and a necessity for small indie fashion labels, but is the “Made in Australia” tag even possible for the big players?

high steaks • Meat. It’s a controversial and complex topic for farmers, organisations and eaters alike. But beyond questions of ethics and...