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The way I see it, there are two types of girls:

Type 1:

Those who spent hours on end outfitting their Barbie dolls and writing invitations for an upcoming tea party.

Type 2:

Tthose who preferred mastering the art of real estate and venture capitalism.

For all the “twos” out there (myself included), Monopoly’s electronic makeover is definitely going to take some time to get used to.

Credit cards instead of multi-colored money?

Circular board instead of that classic square?

Song effects and song clips?!?

Please say it’s got “Bills, Bills, Bills” on the soundtrack… –ALEXANDRA HOFFMAN

If you were a teenager in America at any point in the mid ‘90s, the Cardigans “Lovefool” shouldn’t be too difficult to recall.

And if you’re as dorky as us, you might have even choreographed a dance to go along.

[Ed’s note: Or, cough, use it as your karaoke song of choice, cough.]

Hence our excitement when hearing the following rumor:

Nina Persson, lead singer of the Cardigans, will be DJ’ing at the Peter Jensen party this weekend.

What’s more, she just might be joined behind the decks by NYLON’s own Rajni Lucienne Jacques.

So we cy, we beg, and we pray…such a rumor is indeed true… –ALEXANDRA HOFFMAN

Attention, Twihards:

Your dreams of seeing the hunky bloodsuckers in nothing but their birthday suits have come true…

Almost.

Kellan Lutz, aka Emmett Cullen, is stripping down to his tighty-whiteys for the Calvin Klein’s latest campaign.

One question remains:

Is he the next Marky Mark?

(Or at the very least, is he about to launch a music career?) –ALEXANDRA HOFFMAN

This weekend, my friends at Burton took me snowboarding for the first time.

The trip - to Hunter Mountain, in upstate New York - was an initiative to get more girls on snowboards, and it was intense.

We got on the bus at 6 am, and two hours - and a DVD of The Devil Wears Prada - later, we climbed into boots, snowpants, helmets, and finally, onto our boards.

I’m not gonna lie, I was so scared when I strapped myself in, my boarding instructor said I was literally shaking.

But after going down the bunny hill a few times - and falling, and falling, and falling - I realized there was nothing to be afraid of, because whether I slipped, slid, tumbled, or boarded - which happened eventually! - I was going to get down the mountain somehow.

It was pretty amazing, and I’m stoked there’s another month of boarding season to go.  Click below to see more pics from the adventure.

xo faran

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It’s almost London Fashion Week, but if you can’t get a ticket to Vivienne Westwood’s show, there’s another way to show your appreciation:

A truckload of her Spring 2010 clothes just hit The Outnet, at discount prices.

Our favorite?

The Sunday Dress, at left.

Besides being lovely, and easy to dress up (with heels) or down (with Doc Martens), it looks suspiciously like the dress Carrie Bradshaw wore in the Sex and the City movie -

Because it basically is, without the giant ball gown train.

“Hello,

I send u a picture of a tag which I found in Warsaw’s Old City.

It reminds me of Love Will Tear Us Apart.

I come from Warsaw and there are lots of great tags but this one is the only one which I took a picture of.

I hope u like it : )

–Ewa”

LOVE it!  If you have graffiti, send it along: faran@nylonmag.com

This week, we showed you perfume and bubbles, in the same package.

Now Comme des Garcons is stepping up with their own novelty scent:

This crazy bottle of glitter and fragrance.

Available at Beauty Habit, it promises to smell and shimmer at the same time.

Which is great -

If you’re going to a very fashionable Nu Rave.

$95 online.

Check out the boots at left, from California designer Thomas Wylde.

Designed by Jean Paul Gaultier’s former model, the boots are pretty basic except for one thing:

They’re covered - or should we say crammed - with tiny black skulls.

This means several things:

1. Black flat boots are perpetually in style.

2.  Skulls refuse to go away.

3.  No really, skulls refuse to go away.

These particular skulls sell for $1925

Which just might be enough to kill you.

It looks like the wait is over:

Tarina Tarantino for Sephora has arrived on their website, trickling in one product at a time.

Arriving today is their pearling primer, which gives skin a dewy glow.

You can also check out the eyeshadow, mascara, and lip gloss already on the site.

And if you want an up-close view of their entire collection…

Well, obviously, we’ve got that, too.

Click here to check it out!