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Article: THE RAP ON COOLIO'S NEW COLLECTION.
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- WWD
- Article date:
- January 10, 2007
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Byline: Amanda Kaiser
MILAN - While most celebrities entering fashion at least attempt to come up with a pseudo-psychological design philosophy, rapper Coolio is unapologetically honest about his overtly chauvinistic design aesthetic.
"Women should be barefoot with short skirts on and their breasts should be about to pop out of the top. No, I'm joking," laughed Artis Ivey Jr., aka Coolio, who is in town promoting his new fashion label Gang Star. "I like a woman who takes pride in the way she looks. I like women who aren't afraid to iron. People don't iron anymore. Sometimes you gotta iron."
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