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A very solid peacoat has released this week from the Original Fake Fall/Winter 2010 Collection. They kept it close to the original, adding some minor leather details on the pockets and the cuffs, as well as some subtle Kaws X-eye details on the buttons. The jacket is now in stock at L’Intrus.

More detailed images of the jacket follow after the jump.

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I really believe that all most people want is a cup of really rich hot chocolate, a snuggie and some good television. And a hug. A hug, too. And now a homeless man from Oregon has pretty much proven my point.

According to the New York Daily News, Mark Eskelen, snuck into a hot tub and called 911.

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Wondering what you’re going to do this weekend? Craving some pool time, but not sure where you’ll go for it?

Well, fret not! here are 5 ways to get your one friend with a pool to invite you over. They’ll never even know what hit them.

1. Invite them over first. Anyone with a pool is definitely not going to want to come over to your place (unless you have a better pool), but then they’ll be forced to extend the invitation in return.
2. Call and tell them about the delicious [insert their favorite food] that you just finished making and about how you wish you hadn’t made so much because you don’t have anyone to share it with.
3. Find something to cry about. Let them know that you feel really alone. See if they pull through.
4. Tell them their mom told you to go over there and check on them. This works well if your friend is of a culture in which guilt is a legitimate bargaining tool.
5. If all else fails, call them and ask to come over. Promise to only speak when spoken to.

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Yesterday, I regaled you with tales of Brazilian bikini waxes gone wrong. While reading that, you no doubt noticed that I said I had scheduled one for this morning, and you’ve probably been all, “how did it go?!” allllll morning.

Well, it’s done, and I’m here to tell you, that was FUCKING HORRIBLE.

I’m not going to sugarcoat this. 30 minutes ago, someone poured hot wax on the pubic hair on my inner labia (inner labia pubic hair, I barely knew ye) and ripped it out by the roots. This horrible procedure was repeated several times, on both ssides of my poor, aching vagina, then again on my asscrack, which frankly, by that point, felt like a cool sip of refreshing mojito on a hot summer’s day.

I know I’m not the first person to get a Brazilian, and I’m sure I’m not the first to document it. In fact, people probably stopped documenting it about three years ago because the story had reached the point of oversaturation, which makes my tale of woe and wax either adorable in it’s retro naivete, or painfully tardy to the party. I don’t really care. Right now, as I sit on my Pilates ball to write this, my vagina stings and smarts. The aloe gel that I put on it 15 minutes ago is sticking to my underwear. And I’m sure that when I go to hit the pool tomorrow  — the entire point of this modern-day torture — I will have giant splotches of red, angry bumps, my vagina’s way of saying NO MEANS NO.

But here’s something you probably aren’t expecting me to say: I think I’m going to do it again.

The very few times in my life that I’ve had bikini waxes, the same thing always happens. I forget how hideous it is (granted — none of them have ever been as hideous as this one), and I don’t do it again for 3-5 years because I’m like, fuck THAT noise. But any waxer, as you know, will tell you it gets easier with time, and that is a theory I’ve never tested.

Why would I want to test it, you ask? Well — I want to know, living here in Southern California as I do, what it would feel like to be bikini-ready at all times (as we’ve discussed here before). What if a spontaneous invitation to the beach DIDN’T mean a frantic trip to Rite-Aid, followed by cowering in a bathroom stall hunched over my pubic area with a razor and a stick of deoderant (helps relieve razor rash) trying to get under the best lighting possible so that no stray pube went unshaved? Would it be a relief? Or do I actually not get that many spontaneous invivations to the beach?

I think I’m going to find out, ladies. So I’ll check back with you in about a month, after another 15 minutes of hot wax to the ‘gi. In the meantime, I’m off to the pool (after I blog a few more times).

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After years of happily surfing the eBay wave, it’s become apparent that there are some recurring situations that are deserving of a much better descriptor. It would just make communication with other eBay addicts so much easier. We’ve created some slang based off of pop culture. Print this. Stick it on your fridge. Make flash cards. Just learn them, okay?!

You stumbled on a super hot dress and now you can’t stop thinking about it. It’s just perfect. You want to bid on it so badly, even though it isn’t ending for another 6 days. You try to hold in the urge, but you can’t. You blow your load and bid your max 5 days out. You totally Fast Times’d it. And now she’s pregnant!

You knew you were going to win this auction. You had it in the bag. But, then — out of nowhere — some totally random user wins it. They definitely cheated, and you just got Flicked. Tracy Flicked.

You have this really good Nike hookup on eBay. You have a feeling your sweet kicks might be stolen out of the back of a delivery truck while the driver is eating a donut. But you don’t care–high tops for $45 bucks, man! It’s some Blow!

You found a vintage trench coat starting at $10. The title reads, “Old Rain Coat, Comfortable.” You know it’s YSL. It’s a Grandma’s Boy.

You find an amazing Chanel purse. It’s beautiful and guaranteed to be authentic. And then you receive it. And it becomes painfully clear it is not the same Chanel purse that you’ve been admiring all this time, but rather a Channel purse. Not to say that it doesn’t have charms of its own, but it’s a Roxanne.

You and 100 other people are following a super hot item. We’re talking super hot here, like Britney Spears’ used Cheetos bag or something. Of everyone who is following it, you were the winning bidder. You were the Can’t Hardly Wait.

Have you ever won something on eBay that was really cool and trendy? A crop top perhaps, or a tribal print romper? If it just doesn’t look right on you, we’re sorry — but you just bought a Ronald Miller. Can’t Buy Me Love, guys! Come on!

You get an item, and it just doesn’t work. You try to wear it to work — no. You try to wear it out — nope. And then, one magical day months later, you try it on and it magically works. It was a Rudy! The crowd goes wild!!

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We get anonymous tips all the time. But usually when someone tips us off and asks us to include his info, he typically doesn’t still work for the company that he’s narking on.

Reader Warren sent us a link to his eBay page yesterday, revealing that he nabbed an old issue of Vogue with Lauren Weisberger on the masthead while an intern at the glossy. He also said in his email to us:

“If you do decide to post it as a story, my info is below in my signature.”

We assumed that meant he was no longer associated with Vogue. But we were wrong.

Apparently the college student was interning at GQ this semester, and he just got canned when his superiors found out about the stunt. In normal circumstances, we would feel bad for printing his name, but it seems like he might have wanted this to happen? Very strange.

Related:
Start Your Bidding Now: Rare Vogue Hits eBay

Now can officially pimp your car with Damien Hirst art. The artist has come out today with a stainless steel wheel cover.

“Damien Hirst’s bespoke 4×4 wheel cover consists of a high quality stainless steel band covering the tyre tread and a high impact plastic central dish wrapped with the artist’s spin painting design.

The wheel cover features a fully integral stainless steel lock mechanism and are easy to fit and remove once unlocked. The wrapped dish is covered with a UV laminate ensuring protection against colour fade from the sun.”

You can purchase the unlimited edition wheel cover now from Other Criteria.

Another view follows after the jump.

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Paris Hilton tweet pic-ed her new Chanel bag on July 15. Earlier this week, when Paris was arrested for alleged cocaine possession, the cocaine baggie fell out of a very similar purse–one the heiress claimed was borrowed. Looks like she really stuck her tweet in it this time.

And no matter what your ads say, you can’t make me.

[Photo taken on 24th Street and 6th Avenue, Manhattan]

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Yesterday MBB reader Megan emailed with a question about something that I’m guessing all of us have encountered at one time or another but may have been too shy to discuss: eye boogers.

Yep, eye boogers.

Megan writes: I have a problem with eyeliner buildup in the outer wrinkles between my lower and upper lids. What I can I do about it? Also, to be blunt, eyeliner builds up with my eye boogers throughout the day, and it makes me want to stop lining my upper or lower lashes. How do I remove them without messing up my makeup?

Hi Megan!

Ahh, migrating eyeliner… Such a pain, isn’t it? But there’s hope! You didn’t say which liner you’re using, but I’m assuming it’s a pencil or cream because both are rather nomadic and tend to migrate throughout the day.

Here are a couple of things you might try:

Layer a primer beneath your liner

LOL! I just made a rhyme. Seriously, though, if you haven’t tried using an eye primer, give one a try. They’re like makeup magnets, strengthening the hold of eye products that are layered on top of them. I’ve been using Urban Decay Eden Primer Potion ($18) lately and am pretty happy with it, but Too Faced Shadow Insurance ($18) and LORAC Behind the Scenes Eye Primer ($20) work well for me, too.

Set your liner with a coordinating powder eyeshadow

If you’re lining your eyes with pencil, it could help to set your liner by applying a powder eyeshadow directly on top. For black liners, consider MAC Eyeshadow in Print; for browns, try MAC Eyeshadow in Brun ($14.50 each). I like to use an angled brush like the MAC 266 Small Angled Brush ($19.50) for precise application.

Switch to a long-wearing liquid or gel

Liquid and gel liners can take a little more time to apply than pencils do…but they frickin’ stay on like Donkey Kong! The most smudge-proof, user-friendly ones I’ve worn are LORAC Front of the Line Pro Liquid Liner ($22) and MAC Fluidline Gel Liner ($15).
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