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Do you guys know about Red Carter?

He’s a swimsuit designer who actually lives his work, a surfer and swimmer who grew up in Southern California.

Now his swimsuit label is one of the coolest we’ve ever seen, in part because he takes his inspiration from art and rock n’ roll culture, even as his competitors are just trying to replicate the Pussycat Dolls’ wardrobe.

For summer, Red made this bikini called The Azania.

He says, “Tribal print bikinis get the message across – no smoke signals necessary.”

We say, But will it get the guy to cook us dinner?

See, that’s the thing about bikinis – they actually make your stomach look smaller -

Little known beach babe fact.

Get Red’s stuff at Barney’s, Intermix, or Everything But Water.

xo faran.

PS: did you know our editor-in-chief Marvin once had a magazine called Bikini? It was my favorite one, when I was eight.

I’ve been wondering about yellow nail polish for a while now, but generally avoided it because… well, I’m a little bit, like, “Doesn’t that look like fungus?”

Of course, it also looks like Agyness, so I figured I should go for it.  Plus, unlike a nose job, a tattoo, or virginity, you can undo a poor nail polish choice pretty quickly.

This is a mix of two colors:  Mattese’s neon sunburst (which is actually a matte nail polish – no shine) and Creative Nail Design’s hot pop yellow (which is very, very shiny).

So… good idea or bad idea?

(PS: little sweater buttons by Mark the Cobrasnake…)

How cute are the NYLON kids?

That’s Kate Williams (features editor), Nicholas James (office manager), Laura Vignale (associate art director), and Ariella Gogol (editorial assistant), all camped out in Brooklyn for Luke Crissel (features director) and his big DJ party in Williamsburg.

This morning, we said, “Luke, send us a playlist from your DJ booth so we can share it on the blog!”

And Luke goes, “Okay, cool, I’ll get right back to you.”

And then he got back to his very important phone call with Keira Knightley, to whom he may or may not be secretly engaged.

Oh Luke…

It’s no secret that NYLON girls are a little too obsessed with Miu Miu: Between Rajni’s shoes and Tracy’s bags and my pink sparkly skirts, it’s almost like we were begging Miuccia Prada to ditch Lohan and Dunst and throw us into the campaign.

So when Miu Miu released new photos today, of their first boutique in Taiwan, we pounced.

First of all, none of us have been to the island region of Taiwan, which is both beautiful and unique – it boasts its own dialect, regional cuisine, and wildlife preserves.

Second, it’s always neat to see how fashion translates across cultures, and we bet Taiwanese girls would style their Miu Miu stuff totally different than we would.

And third, we think that Chinese street style will be a huge influence on global fashion in the next decade, and we’re dying to see how that goes.

In the meantime, we’ll have to settle for images of the new Miu Miu boutique, which you can see below. xo faran.

PS: Remember that episode of Friends when Joey goes to Ross, “So you’re going to China and you’ll get to eat Chinese Food!” and Ross goes, “Yeah Joey, but over there, it’s just called food.”

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Yes, this is totally for real.  Yes, we apologize to anyone not in New York for being like, “Huh?”

Cory Kennedy would like you all to know:

You mess with Steve Aoki, and you mess with all of us.

And then, a T-shirt will be made about the whole thing, to further destroy you.

For more details, including what the t-shirt actually says and where to actually buy it, you should hop on over here:

The Steve Aoki t-shirt.

And that is all we have to say about that.

Today on Freebie Friday, we asked everyone for their favorite 90210 episodes.  These were the funniest responses, completely unedited.

•  ”When brenda had slumber party and she invited all the girls to spend the night and they all played truth or dare afterwards when kelly left she dropped her purse and all kinds of pills fell out.”
• “The best moment has to be when Ray Pruet pushed Donna down the stairs. I don’t know whether to laugh or gasp, but it’s a helluva a moment!”
• “My favorite 90210 episode is obviously the one where Donna finally loses her virginity to David because, well, who doesn’t love seeing Tori Spelling in lingerie? Duhhhhh.”
• “My favorite episode is definitely when Brandon takes ecstacy and freaks out.  It was AMAZING!”
• “Donna Martin graduates.  Alright, let’s go get a beer.”
• “Brenda: I like your butt…..I mean, your bike.”
• ” My Fav is when Steve was drinking and drove home and got in a car crash.”

We think this is sooooo funny.  We seriously can’t stop laughing in the office.  xo faran.

Today, Mark came into the office, unannounced, didn’t even tell anybody he was in town.

He smelled pizza and he STOLE IT.

Samantha, our lovely and starving web editor, called him out.She got a t-shirt. Sounds like a fair trade to us.

If you want a t-shirt from Mark, go to www.thecobrasnake.com.If you want pizza, we can’t help you there, because all the pizza in our office got eaten by Mark and Steve Aoki.

That’s why all the NYLON editors are so thin.

So Jinnie’s been wondering why I didn’t love her last site of the day.

It’s simple really:

It’s because her site was about dogs, and as hard as I try, I just don’t like dogs.  I’m so sorry, but it’s so true.  In fact, the only dogs I can actually stand are my friend Ellen‘s dog Piper, my friend Josh‘s dog Hiro, and of course the NYLON dogs Moses and Abe – but those little guys sort of feel like people.

So today Jinnie said, Faran, seriously, give me another chance.  What about this site called Save Polaroid?

And the thing with Save Polaroid is, I love it.  It’s a giant chronicle of people’s memories and experiences with Polaroid cameras and film.  It’s sort of touching and beautiful, and funny, and cool, and everything you’d want in a blog (except there’s no sex, which is sort of a bummer but whatever).

So yes, Jinnie, you win.  Today’s Site is Save Polaroid, and today’s graphic is a Polaroid of Darla Baker, one of NYLON’s favorite faces.

And today’s song?

Obviously, it’s Simon + Garfunkle’s Kodachrome, in homage to the whole crazy theme.

Say cheese!

xo faran.