Your edition number
One of 250. Recorded against your name, marked on the piece.
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.
$10 from every piece funds Tagaloa Connect.
Pre-order item. Charged today. Ships in 8–10 weeks. Final sale except faulty or incorrect items.
$10 from every piece funds Tagaloa Connect.
Pre-order item. Charged today. Ships in 8–10 weeks. Final sale except faulty or incorrect items.
$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.
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.
One of 250. Recorded against your name, marked on the piece.
The drop, the piece, the number — the archival record of what you hold.
A hand-signed card from the village the title comes from.
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.
| Fit | To be confirmed |
|---|---|
| Material | To be confirmed |
| Fabric weight | To be confirmed |
| Print method | Watercolour back-print · method to be confirmed |
| Embroidery method | MATAI LTD. chest mark · method to be confirmed |
| Manufacture / finishing | To be confirmed |
| Numbering method | Numbered edition of 250 · method to be confirmed |
| Care | To be confirmed |
| Shipping window | Ships in 8–10 weeks from pre-order |
| Pre-order policy | Charged today · final sale except faulty or incorrect (terms) |
| Fit | One size · adjustable strap |
|---|---|
| Material | Performance fabric, perforated panels · detail to be confirmed |
| Fabric weight | To be confirmed |
| Print method | To be confirmed |
| Embroidery method | Three marks · method to be confirmed |
| Manufacture / finishing | To be confirmed |
| Numbering method | Numbered edition of 250 · interior · method to be confirmed |
| Care | To be confirmed |
| Shipping window | Ships in 8–10 weeks from pre-order |
| Pre-order policy | Charged today · final sale except faulty or incorrect (terms) |
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.
$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.
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