Miley Cyrus' New Line for Wal-Mart Features Groundbreaking Designs Such as T-Shirts and Tank Tops

Let me preface this post by saying that I make a conscious effort not to purchase celebrity-endorsed or designed (and I use the term "designed" loosely) clothing and accessories. I do this for a few reasons, one being the ever-growing pool of talented, creative, innovative clothing designers unable to make a living doing what they do best because they can't even begin to compete with the cheap, mass-produced, foreign-made, celebrity-licensed throwaway clothing that is currently being produced. Not to mention the dumbing-down of fashion itself as a result; it's not terribly difficult to "design" a screen-printed t-shirt.

I usually do, however, try to get a good look at the designs when they're introduced, even if it's just to scoff and roll my eyes. And there was certainly a bit of scoffing and eye-rolling going on this morning as I browsed Miley Cyrus' new line for Wal-Mart.

Full disclosure: Miley Cyrus drives me absolutely nuts. It's primarily a combination of my scorn for tween culture, her happy-crappy music, and the fact that, until she came on the scene, Billy Ray Cyrus was still universally uncool.

With that said, her clothing line isn't really all that bad. It's just not very interesting. (With the exception of the t-shirt/vest combo pictured above, of course; every time I see it, my first thought is that it's a giant black bra.) The majority of Miley's line consists of camisole tank tops, leggings, skinny jeans, more camisole tank tops, screen-printed tees and - I kid you not - a pair of stirrup pants.

To her credit, some of the items are actually cute, and the most expensive item in the collection is $20 (for a pair of skinny jeans), which is more than I can say for the likes of L.A.M.B. or Sean John or whatever, and is something I sure would have appreciated at the young age that most of Miley's fans likely are. But I have a hard time believing that Miley isn't busy lining her pockets with cash regardless of the low retail prices of her products ... which brings me right back to the myriad reasons why I don't buy this stuff.

Juniors Trompe L'Oeil Vest Tee, $10.00
Juniors Graphic Tee, $7.00