Mintox

I took the opportunity today, after dealing with a mountain of household chores that made my day off feel like a day to be avoided, to browse the local newsagent before heading to my favorite coffee shop to sit and read. I discovered this little joy:

Pepper Mint, a new (only up to volume 03) eco fashion mag. A feast of inspiration, information and ideas, some familiar faces and plenty of new ones, some people I have admired for a good while now, fashion that is inspiring but not (to me at least) unwearable. It's more a life style mag than pure fashion, with profiles of interesting people and projects, all printed up on recycled paper using a waterless printing process. More than I could read through in one coffee break, and plenty of links to go and investigate.

Fashion can be so contrary to sustainability, so it's great to find places and spaces where the two aren't mutually exclusive. In other fashion and sustainability inspiration that has recently come to hand:

• I visited the The Uniform Project which aside from making me think a bit more about how I dress, is raising funds for Akanksha, which I happened to read about just earlier today in Pepper Mint... (don't you love how you hear about something for the first time and then it just keeps on popping up?)
• I joined in the conversation at Uniform Studio about children's clothing because it's something I've been thinking alot about. Some of my parenting peers take a completely different approach to their children's wardrobes (namely the sweet ladies in my Mother's Group, who sweet though they may be, are on a different planet from me in many respects, including many lifestyle choices). It's reassuring to know that there are others out there with similar ideas and ideals, excessive consumption not being one of them.