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From today’s inbox:

“Hi Guys,

My girlfriend is a HUGE fan of your magazine, so for a project at school I photographed the attached.

Thought I would send it your way

Cheers,

Nick”

(Editor’s Note #1: Look closely and you’ll see Nick’s GF superimposed on Zooey Deschanel’s face on the NYLON cover she’s holding)

(Editor’s Note #2: Thank you, Nick! This is gorgeous!)

There’s a bottle of 1800 Tequila sitting on the mantlepiece in my apartment, instead of being poured into shot glasses, because the artist-designed bottle is just too pretty to touch. (Noticing a trend in my life?)

Now they’re making it even harder to actually get drunk off the stuff, thanks to a new “Design Your Own” feature on their website.

Just upload a photo, sketch, or any other piece of art, and 1800 Tequila will use it to customize the bottle.

Yes, even your favorite cover of NYLON could work. After all, we know a thing or two about getting a buzz…

I’m a sucker for pretty packaging, which might explain the hefty collection of Paul & Joe Beaute products I’ve accumulated over the years.

But it’s not just the brand’s throwback design that has made me a fan; the products are pretty great, too.

Like the new mascara duo. Although the color I tried — “Spruce” — didn’t really show up on my dark brown lashes, it’s one of the best lash-plumping products I’ve used in months.

Why? Because you can pass out and not have raccoon eyes the next morning. It doesn’t flake, it doesn’t rub off, it doesn’t fade.

Yes, a product that looks as pretty in the tube as it does on your face. I’m sold. xxRebecca

Kid tested, NYLON approved

Lily Cole chose the delicate blue dress, at left, for the world premiere of her new film, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.

It’s Chanel Haute Couture, and very cool, but also very familiar:

The fairy-princess quality of the gown mimics Lily’s costumes in the film to a tee.

Of course, it’s happened before:

Kate Winslet’s green velvet Oscar frock in 2000 was a Titanic costume waiting to happen, and Kirsten Dunst’s Chanel ruffles of 2004 were so very Marie Antoinette.

As for this stunner, not only does it remind us of some Imaginarium photos, but it’s also quite evocative of Cinderella, circa Disney, after the little birds and mice make her into a pretending princess.

“Dear Faran,

You wanted graffiti?

Here are plenty of pics I’ve taken of street art in NYC:

[Click here for the whole gallery!]

xoxo

Stephanie Perez.”

Ooh, a graffiti tour! Stay tuned for another one from web designer Kelly Bruce, who shot lots of graffiti this weekend in Montreal. If you have any you’d like to share, send it over: faran@nylonmag.com

The fantasy:

If we had to run away from the office, we’d join the circus that is HAIR, the rock musical currently on Broadway that celebrates sex, drugs, and being young and totally confused.

The reality:

We will be running – running - to Macy’s in Herald Square, NYC, tomorrow at 5 pm, when the cast of HAIR performs live in the junior’s department – that’s the fourth floor.

And if you spend more than $100 on Levis, you get TWO FREE TICKETS TO THE SHOW.

Which is almost as good as being in the show.

Actually, maybe better, because you’ll have new jeans and you won’t have to get naked in front of, like, a thousand people.

Which those fantastic actors, at left, do every night.

But sorry, they won’t be doing it at Macy’s…