Alexandra May

Black Milk Clothing: The newer collections review & Some lower price alternatives if the collections are out of your price budget!
So for a while now I've been a big fan of the australian clothing company Black Milk Clothing. I first noticed them when I spotted a girl on lookbook.nu wearing their galaxy leggings and instantly became addicted to their awesome, out there designs. They soon began expanding their collection and creating more and more different garments from leggings to dresses and bathing suits. My first garment I owned of their's of course had to be the pink and purple nebula design leggings, which I must say I wear lots and lots to both day and night time events. I find that even though their leggings are considered quite pricey for a piece of clothing as simple as a pair of leggings, they are thick, good quality material, durable (i've spilled many a drink on them on a night out and they still are in perfect condition to this day) and i find they fit perfectly, they don't go baggy at the knees like cotton leggings can do and they don't lost their stretch no matter how much you sit, bend, dance in them etc! I think that they are definetly worth the price tag they come with and are a great investment because in the long run you could buy a pair of cotton leggings and be replacing them so many times anyway that you may as well have saved up and bought the black milk ones in the beginning! However I do understand that for some people, like me for example, are students or simply don't have the money to splash out on the products black milk clothing produce no matter how bad they want them, and so my later part of this post will be dedicated to you and what cheaper, nice alternatives there are out there.

However my next part of this post is dedicated to their two new collections, the Star Wars collection and the Lord of the rings/Hobbit collection. I love love love both these sagas, especially Star Wars, so when these collections were released I couldn't believe my eyes! My boyfriend bought me a piece from the Star Wars collection for christmas which was the Boba Fett's Last Stand dress (retail price: $130 AUS) and I must say it is just as perfect in real life as it is in the website's images. I would review it as a 10/10 on quality, it's again made out of the same durable, thick, supportive nylon-like material that the leggings are made out of. It feels great on, I felt like I would feel very concious with it on because of how tight to the body it appears in images, but the way it holds your body doesn't feel clingy at all it just feels fitted and comfortable! I would suggest that if anybody is considering buying one of the dresses from either of these collections (or the galaxy collection etc) then they should because in the long run it will last you a long time and feel great on! And the designs are just the best! I have posted some images below of what I thought were the cutest pieces from these two new collections along with their retail prices from the Black Milk Clothing website.

Price list (In australian dollars as shown on website): All LOTR/Hobbit dresses: $110. All Star Wars dresses: $130. All LOTR/Hobbit leggings: $85. All Star Wars leggings: $105.
The budget buys: How to copy the look!

These galaxy print leggings can be found here and can be bought for only £49.00 so that's $77.

These shiny galaxy print leggings can be bought on the same online store as the previous pair for only £38, that's $60

These red galaxy style leggings can be bought from here for only $35, that's £22.
And lastly,

These "nature" print leggings are very, very similair to black milk's Aurora Skye print leggings and can be bought from this store for only $35, that's £22.

Warning! - These leggings from alternative store's probably won't be as durable or as amazing quality as any of the black milk clothing pieces but if it's for the fashion and trend of the moment that you want these leggings then these cheaper alternatives may work for you if you do't want to spend a huge sum of money on each piece of clothing. Hope you enjoyed this post, let me know what you think or if this gave you any ideas etc in the comments box below (anybody, including non users of blogspot can comment so please let me know what you think)

Stay cute,
Aly xoxo

ps. a note to add, if you are buying from Black Milk they have an offer which means if you buy more than one piece (basically spend more than $200 AUS on their store then you get free worldwide shipping for your order, so at least you don't have to worry about any australia to wherever you live shipping costs