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September 12, 2008

M.I.A. Launches Her Clothing Line Now your dreams of looking like walking seizure bait can finally come true: Maya's got a clothing line, and it is officially available for purchase. The first run's called the KALA Tour/Okley run collection. Check it out here.

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yay for that description.

Posted by: me; us. we all three who ride at 09/12/08 11:27 AM  | Reply
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really, $75 for a t-shirt?

Posted by: nick at 09/12/08 11:29 AM  | Reply
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jesus buttfuck those are expensive duds!

Posted by: seannn at 09/12/08 11:34 AM  | Reply
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Puke.

Posted by: oh. at 09/12/08 11:54 AM  | Reply
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The purple shirt definitely looks like Che....0mg!!1 c0nsp1racy!!1

Posted by: HoopaJoop profile link at 09/12/08 12:50 PM  | Reply
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Elementary school anyone? (circa 1987) -- Gotcha, LA Gear, Hypercolor, Body Glove. I swear, at least the average working family could afford such clothes at J.C. Penny back then. $75? Seriously, "fashion" is getting out of hand.

Posted by: Mikey at 09/12/08 12:56 PM  | Reply
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the pullovers are pretty nice, but no way am i paying 180 for them. and maybe it's just me, but i don't really want to walk around with m.i.a on my chest.

Posted by: drab at 09/12/08 1:22 PM  | Reply
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Why is her clothing line most just things with her face on them? Who is she, Paris Hilton?

Posted by: jneslo profile link at 09/12/08 7:25 PM  | Reply
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how enterprising. and ridiculous.

Posted by: sarahspy profile link at 09/12/08 8:38 PM  | Reply
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i have never, nor will ever, support terrorism.

Posted by: corey at 09/13/08 1:57 AM  | Reply
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she is the worst.

Posted by: grace6697 profile link at 09/13/08 8:10 PM  | Reply
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she is selling these clothes for less than half price on the tour merchandise part of her website. same clothes. WTF?

Posted by: Joe at 09/14/08 6:47 PM  | Reply
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Ok, $85 for leggings. What happened to 20 dollars?! Anyone? Is this money going to charity? What a hypocrite!

Posted by: Anna Lech at 09/14/08 7:04 PM  | Reply
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thats pretty expensive i mean come on the most ive ever spent was $50 on some ecko jeans

Posted by: aaaa at 09/22/08 8:04 AM  | Reply
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Wow, it's funny how much people are haters these days.
so what her clothes are expensive, no one is telling you that you have to buy them.
It's great that growing up you could buy 50$ worth of fucking jeans! we're talkin' about a girl who came from litterally *nothing*.
& NO she's not fucking paris hilton, she doesn't go & spend "daddy's" money, she works for what she has.
who the fuck are you people anyways?
some of you guys really need to educate yourself about this whole terrorism thing 'cause THAT is what is getting out of hand. Having her face screen printed on a tee is like her logo for her t-shirts & it represents more that just a whole bunch of fucking colors. It's more than walking around with her face on your chest, it's understand everything she's been through and what other kids are going through EVERYDAYYYYY in Underdeveloped countries. she wants her story to be heard so people like YOU don't go around talking shit about her.
She's not taking the money & wiping her ass with it! Maya is actually doing GOOD things.. she's building a school in Liberia which is a lot better than you people wasting your time and bringing her down.
my goodness.

Posted by: Kayla at 10/09/08 11:45 PM  | Reply
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I love M.I.A's anti patriarchial (fat old white men making money off of the poor) message that she asserts in her music. Honestly I am a little saddened from what I have recently learned about M.I.A. She recently posed as a model for ads that appear in Teen Vogue, a magazine that offers a pretty screwed up ideas of femininity for young women. Now I find out that she started her own clothing line which includes $80 tee-shirts and even more expensive jump suites. WTF?

Posted by: Aurora at 10/20/08 6:57 PM  | Reply
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An artist is an artist. Few people become a Brand. Its her job to evolve be on the come up in life. You guys should stop bein assholes get some therapy and choose a job you really like so you dont have to blog about being cheap assholes. Dont criticize a persons will to motivate and cultivate herself. People are born with or without it. People fart that money away.

Posted by: Taylor Lawrence at 10/23/08 1:17 PM  | Reply
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Her clothing line is ugly as hell. but she sexy and her music isnt that bad

Posted by: dave at 11/18/08 4:02 PM  | Reply
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word...mia is sexy. it would be nice if you could actually see pictures of the clothing though.instead of drawins cause i have no idea what the shit looks like.but the girl def. is not selfish with her money

Posted by: kristy at 12/20/08 5:35 PM  | Reply
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So much for pull up the people, pull up the poor-those prices are crazed~

Posted by: KB at 04/29/09 7:57 PM  | Reply
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yeah also kayla she didnt have dadys money to spend anyways, he was (M.I.A.) missing in action durring the war for sri lankas independence thats also y she named her first album arular after him, and her second one kala after her mother

Posted by: reece at 05/06/09 9:14 PM  | Reply
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uhh, those 20$ leggings you mentioned? how much do you think the sweatshop paid the person who made them?

Posted by: lisa at 08/28/09 9:17 PM  | Reply
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