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Drop 001 · Pre-order

Lagi.

Lagi means the heavens; the sky; the realm of Tagaloa-a-lagi, the creator from whom the title family descends. The first drop, from inside fa'a Samoa — three numbered pieces, 250 of each, no restocks. $10 from every piece funds Tagaloa Connect.

Drop 001 · Lagi 250 of each · No restocks Pre-order
Lagi Drop Tee in bone cream — MATAI LTD. chest mark, dawn watercolour back-print, with neck label and sleeve tag details.
Lagi Drop Tee · Bone
000 / 250 claimed · Ships in 8–10 weeks
$75

$10 from every piece funds Tagaloa Connect.

Pre-order item. Charged today. Ships in 8–10 weeks. Final sale except faulty or incorrect items.

Lagi Drop Tee in black — MATAI LTD. chest mark, sunset watercolour back-print, with neck label and sleeve tag details.
Lagi Drop Tee · Black
000 / 250 claimed · Ships in 8–10 weeks
$75

$10 from every piece funds Tagaloa Connect.

Pre-order item. Charged today. Ships in 8–10 weeks. Final sale except faulty or incorrect items.

Lagi Golf Hat, three marks — the Dawn's Peak, the Lagi Horizon Crest, and the Ascending M — each with an adjustable strap and numbered interior.
Lagi Golf Hat
000 / 250 claimed · Three marks
$95

$10 from every piece funds Tagaloa Connect.

Pre-order item. Charged today. Ships in 8–10 weeks. Final sale except faulty or incorrect items.

Every piece is a numbered pre-order — charged today, ships in the window shown, all pre-orders final. Each ships with a hand-signed card. Pre-order terms.

What You Receive

A numbered piece of Volume I.

You are not buying a graphic tee or a hat alone. You are claiming one numbered piece from Volume I · Drop 001 · Lagi — a 250-piece edition tied to Saoluafata, the Mao title, and the Tagaloa family line.

Each piece ships with its edition number, its product code, and a card from Saoluafata. No restocks, no reissues — when the edition closes, it is closed. $10 from every piece funds Tagaloa Connect in the village.

i.

Your edition number

One of 250. Recorded against your name, marked on the piece.

ii.

A product code

The drop, the piece, the number — the archival record of what you hold.

iii.

A card from Saoluafata

A hand-signed card from the village the title comes from.

Specifications

The details.

Drop 001 is in production. Make, material, and finishing are being finalised with the workroom; fields marked to be confirmed are published here as each is set, before pieces ship.

Lagi Drop Tee · Bone & Black · $75
FitTo be confirmed
MaterialTo be confirmed
Fabric weightTo be confirmed
Print methodWatercolour back-print · method to be confirmed
Embroidery methodMATAI LTD. chest mark · method to be confirmed
Manufacture / finishingTo be confirmed
Numbering methodNumbered edition of 250 · method to be confirmed
CareTo be confirmed
Shipping windowShips in 8–10 weeks from pre-order
Pre-order policyCharged today · final sale except faulty or incorrect (terms)
Lagi Golf Hat · One Size · $95
FitOne size · adjustable strap
MaterialPerformance fabric, perforated panels · detail to be confirmed
Fabric weightTo be confirmed
Print methodTo be confirmed
Embroidery methodThree marks · method to be confirmed
Manufacture / finishingTo be confirmed
Numbering methodNumbered edition of 250 · interior · method to be confirmed
CareTo be confirmed
Shipping windowShips in 8–10 weeks from pre-order
Pre-order policyCharged today · final sale except faulty or incorrect (terms)
The Story

Why Lagi.

In Samoan tradition, Tagaloa-a-lagi — Tagaloa of the heavens — is the creator. The first matter, the islands, the people, all said to descend from his work in the sky. The Mao title sits under the Tagaloa family.

The first drop could have been named for many things — the village, the title, the founder. We named it for the lineage that gave the brand its standing. The Mao title comes from Saoluafata, but Saoluafata's authority comes through the Tagaloa family, and the Tagaloa name traces back to the heavens. Lagi names the source, not the destination.

The Lagi mark carries that arc — the heavens above, the horizon, the village below. It is the brand's cosmology, worn. $10 from every piece sold funds Starlink terminals deployed in Saoluafata first — the brand giving the family back the sky that named it.

Tagaloa Connect

Every piece sends signal home.

$10 from each piece goes to Tagaloa Connect. A sold-out 250-piece edition funds the first terminals — Year One of the program lives or dies on this drop.

Read the Mission Match a Terminal
$10to the program
$2,500per sold-out edition
6+terminals · Year One
The Archive

Next drop.

Forthcoming
002

Drop 002

A distinct name, to be revealed

The next drop. Numbered 002, named when it's ready. The islands and the aiga that carry the title live in the Story.

Read the Story