Stylee Fridays: MIA Talks Fashion
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We reported on the Okley “the real pirate of the Caribbean” Leslie video, shot by MIA with clothes by MIA earlier this year—watermelon print hoodies, body suits, little dogs shagging on the beach among other moments of awesome. Those designs are now up for sale on her website as well as on the racks at Opening Ceremony. Of course there were several questions that needed to be answered—who is Okley Leslie? Is a full-blown MIA fashion takeover in the works? And will MIA be making baby clothes anytime soon?
We were reminded about these question marks a couple of weeks ago after spotting MIA looking more stylish than ever rocking a gorgeous preggers belly like it was the best accessory on the planet. So last week we emailed her in hopes of getting to the bottom of it all. In the extensive interview MIA talks about the making of the video and designing clothes (at this stage she considers the collection “extended merch” rather than a clothing line), about JA dance crews and flying boats, and the importance of encouraging your kids to learn the truth about life.
Style: MIA’s New Fashion Label
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Like the blonde chick from The Hills there are lots of famous people that should be banned from designing clothes. MIA isn’t one of them. After seeing the video for her first collection of clothing we actually almost wouldn’t be mad if she quit the music business for good and just spent the rest of her days filming skinny teenagers running around the Caribbean in her watermelon-print bomber jackets with little dogs shagging in the background. There’s even an awesome chopped up flag print in there that might as well read United Republic of MIA. Seriously though Maya, how much for the flag print cycling onesie (yes tight cycling onesie to the knee!!)? Where can we buy these clothes?? And is the little dude Okley Leslie your love child with Ryan Leslie??
