M.I.A. has always had one foot in the music world and one heel planted with the fashion crowd: her sense of style is 100% renegade, straddling high and low, combining east and west. At last we have her much mooted collaboration with Versace Versus, the inspiration being—M.I.A. does counterfeit Versace. There's certainly a nod to the sort of rip-off designer tat that's sold down Portabello Road in London (where Maya spent a few of her formative years), but as well as the loud digi-prints staying faithful to Versace's all gold everything logo-madness, these pieces are also totally M.I.A. circa her third record /\/\ /\ Y /\. As a counterpoint, is completely monochrome (and pretty underwhelming compared to his own output).This being for Versace Versus, these threads aren't quite as pricey as Donatella's mainline, but they will still set you back $225 for a t-shirt, $275 for a short dress, $325 for the quilted black sneaks, with the pants hitting $400 plus. Now if we could just get our hands on that fourth album…
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