Too Many Tights!

NEW COLLECTION OUT MONDAY!

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Good afternoon peeps! 

1. Yes, it's that time again, time for a brand spanking new Black Milk collection. We shot it all day Monday, and I was really happy with it. The team was fantastic - all professional and all did a great job. Great hair, great make up, great photography... and the clothes weren't bad either ;)

Here's a little sneak peek at a few pieces...

2. For those who are wondering why this blog as been ever so slightly neglected.. blame Facebook. It's not that Facebook is more convenient and I'm too lazy to blog or anything like that. I just prefer to talk fashion on Facebook because it allows for a greater level of interactivity with you guys. When you're on Facebook and you see something you like, you can comment without any hassles, and interact with other in (close to) real time.

Here if you want to comment you have to sign in... prove you're not a robot, spammer, blah, blah.  

On Facebook the interaction flows a lot better. You can join up here.

Still, the blog lets me rant for more than 420 characters at a time.

3. The always androgynous Robyn, with some interesting styling.

Is is just me or did her music get all preachy lately? I'm all for changing the world, but doing it according to the personal philosophies of pop musicians? Not so much.

4. Speaking of pop musicians... I have been getting a bit of hassle lately over the fact that a certain pop musician has started wearing Black Milk. Let's call her 'K', (she is who she is, that's all you need to know). So the big questions are

Q1: Is it still cool to wear Black Milk?

Q2: Is Black Milk still underground?

Q3: Is everyone going to be wearing BM now?

Yes, yes, no.

If you doubt the cool/underground/indie cred status of Black Milk, can I just remind you that the girl who designs for them does so out of her garage, and is still up cutting fabric at midnight most nights.

She's amazing.

And no, not everyone at your school, uni, work, club, monastery is going to be wearing BM. It's an acquired taste. Seriously - how many girls do you think are really going to be trying to pull these styles off?

Seriously, we're so underground we regularly strike oil.

5. Okay, this is something I've been thinking for a long time... one gender is getting majorly ripped off in the sartorial stakes. Let me let the pictures do the talking.

Balmain A/W pour homme

Balmain A/W not pour homme (pour the femmes)

See what I mean!?

It sucks to be an homme.

6. Some woman is making Sheer Spartan leggings looking things. I have no idea who she is, but apparently she's famous. De ja vu.

7. Like everyone else, I'm just stunned by the bold new direction taken by Chloe: 

Your grandma's closet.

I warned you that the nannies were taking over the fashion world. Hey, I blew the trumpet, you guys were too busy knitting to pay heed.

Did anyone else notice the skin at the bottom of the legs here? I think it's deliberate.

8. GFY has no idea where to get these leggings. I do. Nevertheless... they still look not-very-good (IMHO).

You may disagree with me on this one but I really feel like knee features cut you off and don't do you any favours in the length department.

Thigh features, Sass + Bide, thigh features! That stretches the leg out visually.

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Anyway, Monday is the big day, see you then. :)  (You'll even get to see the Bat Jacket!)

x

jL

Tonight We're Going Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha Hard

1. Hello leg lovers.

I have through a bizarre twist of fate returned from a little adventure in the wild wastelands of South East Queensland with 100 teenagers. Long story. But the important thing is.. I have returned! And I am seriously ready to get my sew on (does that even make sense?)

Get my fashion on?

Get my nylon on?

You know what I mean. I'm going to be hitting the fashion ha-ha-ha-ha-ha- hard. Just like a supersta-sta-sta-sta-sta-star.

You know that feeling you get when you haven't made any clothes for a week and you need to get some girl bods in some sweet new clothes just to feel human? 

Well, I got that.

2. Just found these pics on Twitter from some girls who are so stylish it just makes you sick. I suppose I can't complain, I mean, if girls this stylish thought  Black Milk sucked, then I would be sad.

And no one wants that. Anyway, check it:

Lace Flares $70.

Essential. 

3. Of course, in the interest of balance, I will give you alternatives. For example, if you want to take an ethical stand on Black Milk (I know for a fact they run a sweat shop - I've seen it), why not buy these from Betsy Johnson?

Betsy Johnson Lace Bell Bottoms $128

Hey, I'm just giving you options.

4. COOLEST. THING. EVER.

From the painfully talented Sapphire Kat. Check out here stuff here. 

I wonder what I would do if I was walking along the street and I saw this. I'd probably do something really inappropriate. It would be worth it though.

6. I get asked this question a lot - "Are you going to do stuff for guys?"

And I always say no - men are boring.

And when you try and make men's fashion interesting... things go bizarro. For example: 

See what I mean? If you saw a girl dressed like this girl you'd think "Well that girl looks nice. What a cool outfit. I think I would like to talk to that girl."

You see a dude dressed like this, you just call the cops.

7. Loving the legs here...

Not so much loving the nana thing going on top. That pink knitted thing has ''Christmas present from granny' written all over it.

8. I need to find this fabric...

Very high cut at the front, this piece. The back would be interesting (and I mean interesting in a 'Oh look, a lady bottom!' kind of way).

The big flaw in this piece seems to be that it is very bust specific. All you C cups and above, just move on, nothing for you here...

9. I've decided that one of my new years resolutions will be to stop dressing like a dag. Seriously. I'm a fashion designer, so I think I need to look the part a little more. The problem has been that I haven't had much money in the past, and I just find shopping for menswear so depressing.

So I'm just waiting for the Black Milk board of directors to approve me an executive bonus. I've told them that I have done a good job as CEO this year (we had a 2000% increase in sales - come on!) and then I'm off to the shops to buy myself some clothes.

This will be interesting. ;)

x

jL

p.s. If you haven't already joined the Black Milk Facebook group - stop being stubborn. You know it's the right thing to do. Look inside, what does your heart tell you?