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Split Ends: The Michelle and Barack Obama Hair Clips

By Tina Malred

baret1008.jpgOkay, we admit, we've been kinda overdoing it with all the Obama-related merchandise. But, honestly, most of it is pretty solid. These hair clips of "That One" and "Mrs. That One" may be a bridge too far. As lovely as they both are, we don't want them smiling out of our tresses. Your hair is not a battleground state. (55 Secret Street)

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All Dolled Up: American Apparel Wants to Look Scary in Their Clothes

By Max Berlinger

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As they did last year, those frisky kids who work over at American Apparel are getting a jump-start on the Halloween spirit with a featured build-an-outfit page on their website. This years' uninspired ideas include dressing up as the rainbow, a raver, a gold digger, or a painter. Boring! What about using this shirt paired with some glasses for some "Where's Waldo" action? Or using this shirt to pose as a TV with bad reception for the evening? Those are just a few we came up for ourselves. You should see the gorgeous shade of lipstick our pit-bull is going to be wearing for her Sarah Palin costume.

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Foot in Your Mouth: The Fashionista's Novelty Phone

By Max Berlinger

phone0930.jpgTechnology is ever attempting to make itself more fashionable and chic. This high-heel shoe phone, however, takes that pursuit a tad too literally. This no-frills wall-plug unit (how quaint) is shaped as an uber-feminine pink high-heel (bordering on stiletto, wouldn't you say?) for shoe-obsessed fashionistas. This kitschy little gem will only set you back about $20, but imagine all conversations it will start (or end). We'll pass until Rachel Comey comes out with a model. (Gadget4all)

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Crack is Wack: The New Hair Trend That Isn't

By Tina Malred

thecrack.jpgYou're probably looking at the photo to the left and wondering, "What the fuck is that? No, really, what the fuck is that?" Well, ladies, that is new trend in hairdressing posited by representatives of Asha SalonSpa in Chicago, an otherwise classy and reputable looking enterprise. Either a skin-bearing slash or, as pictured here, a contrast-dyed mini-hawk, "The Crack" is a small channel carved out of the back of a perfectly innocent head of hair. ("1-inch wide and three inches long right at a woman's hairline," according to the detailed, instructive one-sheet). Says SalonSpa stylist, Andres Malverez, "This look is going to be big because due to its subtlety of being hidden under the hair, when the crack is exposed, it offers a complete surprise. It's like a woman dressed in a business suit, you'd never know if she was wearing sexy lingerie underneath her clothes." We prefer to think of it as like a man dressed in a soiled trench coat—you'd never know that he was wearing nothing underneath. But, whatever.

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Stiletto Stompers: Dr. Marten's High Heeled Oxbloods

By Gabriel Bell

boots0827.jpgMy name is Rena. I'm 16 and I just lurve Nine Inch Nails. I go to the Scared Heart School for Girls in Heartsdale and all the nuns and the other girls are always giving me shit about my hair and my clothes and the Ministry patches on my backpack. I mean, really, if I want to dye my hair green or wear blood on my face for International Animal Rights Day, who's fucking business is that? Oh, and it's totally not like that was real blood anyways. Gross. Anyways, fuck it—my parents gave me $500 for prom this year—"dress like a lady," mom said—so I'm gonna do it up. I'm gonna buy a wig, pigment dye this old wedding dress I found at the Goodwill, and top it off with a pair of these. It's gonna be the best prom ever! (Trashbag Aesthetics)

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Whoah, Baby: Not So "Heelarious" Baby Booties

By Nicole Schlomann

babyhighheels.jpgMatching clothes, cleaning your face with a hanky, pimping you out to the lawyer next door—seems like parents are always thinking of great new ways to humiliate their kids. The sassy gals at Missbehave have brought our attention to a new line of baby shoes called "Heelarious, " promoted on the brand's website as being the "first high heels" for babies. The soft faux-stilettos for itty bitty socialites or tramps in training are a "funny" way for moms to create spitting images of themselves—or just make everyone point and laugh. In our book, this is just one horrific step behind baby ear piercing. There outta be a law. (Missbehave)

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