Welcome to Christina’s and Blythe’s joint post for Lush Fabrics VS Black Milk!!

Black Milk is a very popular Australian clothing company which creates fashion ‘for people who like to stand out’. Using faux leather from Lush Fabrics, Christina and Blythe took on the challenge to create a faux leather Black Milk piece each.

Christina VS Black Milk

This year I set myself a task of making the majority of my wardrobe (One day everything will be made by me). So when I saw this gorgeous Faux Leather Skirt by Black Milk I set out to recreate it myself.

And I think my skirt is even better! Not only does it look like the BM skirt, I saved so much money by making it myself!

I used gorgeous Faux Leather fabric from Lush Fabrics Australia. As there wasn’t much stretch to the fabric (slight two way stretch) I decided to treat it like woven fabric.

I started searching for patterns and found I already had the perfect pattern in my HUGE stash of patterns. The Ladies Circle Skater Skirt by Pattern Emporium.

I was initially going to add a zip like the BM skirt, but I was very hesitant to iron the fabric, which I’d need to do when adding a zip. In the end, I decided there was enough stretch and room in the skirt to make it without a zip. I was able to use the Faux Leather to make a waistband, and I added some hidden elastic in the waistband casing, so that it would fit perfectly when worn.

Blythe VS Black Milk

I love a lot of what Black Milk creates, but what I love even more is being able to create similar pieces for a fraction of the price! Using faux leather from Lush Fabrics, I decided to copy this lovely fitted boatneck crop available at Black Milk.

The results:

This faux leather from Lush has only a small amount of vertical and horizontal stretch, so I treated it as a woven. This style of top is very, very easy to find in a woven sewing pattern. I had three sewing patterns which I could have modified. I ended up using New Look 6723.