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Biography of the Milk & Honey Fashion Label

Australian Native, Gill Milligan partner to Campbell Milligan (co-founder of Monster Children) has a wealth of experience in the surf/street fashion market. After her first successful fashion label, Mermaid Sister, Gill decided to venture into a new design area and in 2003 Milk & Honey was born. Aimed at the young fashionistas of Australia, the label started out will a collection filled with original prints and bold colours, which soon gained the interest of the fashion savvy.

The By 2004, the Milk & Honey collection has been picked up by over 20 fashion boutiques across Australia. From then onwards there was no stopping the womenswear label – in 2005 Milk & Honey was chosen to feature as part of the New Generation Show in the Mercedes Benz Australian Fashion Week and the rest, as they say, is history.

As of 2011, the Milk & Honey collections were available through 80 stockists nationally and internationally – Myer, Glue Stores, Universal, Globalize and other carefully selected boutiques.

Milk & Honey is now owned by Hot Springs, which also owns fashion brands such as 2(x)ist and English Laundry. Gill Milligan has since moved on to work on her new fashion label ‘Toi et Moi‘ (meaning You and Me in French), which launched in late 2009.

Recent Collections from Milk & Honey

The Milk & Honey fashion label is known for its cute, girly aesthetic that emphasises femininity with their free-flowing, yet chic garments. Their seasonal collections always have an element of fun, with trend inspired prints, featured on flirty dresses and quirky tops, to be teamed with a stylish tulip skirt or the brand’s signature embellished tank.

• Autumn/Winter 2011: The collection, entitled ‘Love and Chaos’, is a story of the sweet surrender caught within chaotic moments. It is this contradiction that forms the central theme of the collection, as seen in contrasting textures, prints and colours. The collection is all about juxtaposition; girly floral mini-dresses are teamed with tough utility jackets; digital printed tees are clashed with acid wash animal print jeans; and oversized sweater tops are matched with super skinny jeans. The winter jacket is a key staple throughout the collection, coming in a range of styles, from tuxedo jackets, utility style parkers and distressed leather jackets. Stand out pieces in the collection include the military-inspired ‘Chaos Cape’ and the ‘Tallulah Party Dress’ with its layers of black tulle.

Milk & Honey Autumn/Winter 2011

• Spring/Summer 2011-2012: The collection, entitled ‘Dakota Dreaming’, is inspired by star gazing, revelling in the evening light, south of the border road trips and wandering freedom. The look of this collection is of a Seventies traveller – the musical festival goer, who loves the smell of grass, the feel of the dirt and open fields. With sweet sunflower prints, girly checks and nautical stripes the collection compliments the warm sunsets of summer and the girl who is young, free spirited and just a little bit wild. The collection features cute skater and bodycon dresses, oversized tank tops and micro hotpants. Stand out pieces of the collection include a mini prom dress with a pewter sequin bodice and voluminous pink tulle skirt, and an oversized t-shirt with peace sign motif.

Milk & Honey Spring/Summer 2011-2012

• High Summer 2011-2012: The High Summer offering, entitled ‘We Live Young’is a cheeky, sun-drenched and dreamy collection, perfect for the long, hot days of summer. The super cute collection features tie-dye hot pants, tasselled mini-dresses and girly floral tanks. Key looks of the collection are the sheer fabrics, sexy cut-outs, over-bleached denim and retro-inspired prints which add that extra but of fun to the collection. The stand out pieces of the collection include high waisted aqua blue hot pants with a cheeky banana print, and a nautical striped mini skirt dress with sensual side cut-outs. The bright and breezy lookbook for the collection was shot by teen blogger, Nirrimi Hakanson, who also collaborated on two of the collections t-shirts.

Milk & Honey High Summer 2011-2012

Ruby Rose for Milk & Honey

“I think of fashion as art, not clothing and it’s a way to express yourself without words. So when the opportunity came up to work with Milk and Honey, I was ecstatic. Scrap that – I was ridiculously overjoyed and inspired.” – Ruby Rose.

In June 2010 MTV Host, DJ and Australian icon Ruby Rose revealed she has been working with Milk & Honey to create a capsule collection for the brand, ‘Milk & Honey designed by Ruby Rose’. The first Milk and Honey designed by Ruby Rose range embodied Ruby’s unique and edgy personal style. The collection featured graphic singlets and t-shirts adorned with messages of equality and self expression as well as original art designed by the Milk and Honey team; in a large variety of styles, colours and treatments; and mini dresses with foiling and rock chick biker jackets.

As of the Summer 2011-2012 season, Ruby Rose had created four exceptional capsule collections of Milk & Honey, in their highly successful and hopefully long-running collaboration.

• Ruby Rose Summer 2011-2012: Her fourth collection for Milk & Honey entitled ‘Infinity Tour’ takes us on a journey to ‘Americanville’. Think Harlequin dreams and trashed denim. Wonder Woman silhouettes styled with Miss American Pie influences. The collection features distressed flag motifs, gold chain patterns, Aztec-style prints, acid wash denim and lady-like lace dresses. The colour palette is bright and vibrant – cobalt blue and cranberry pink are combined with washes of ash, flame and off white.

Milk & Honey designed by Ruby Rose Spring/Summer 2011-2012

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