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Whit Honea is a slacker, a borderline degenerate, and a daydream believer. He's also our resident expert on casual chic. If it's comfortable, and not heinous, he's all over it. He's quite charming, really. He is voting.

If Gene Simmons of KISS knows anything, aside from being a rock god, it's how to make a profit. The guy will put his likeness, or Paul Stanley's apparently, onto anything. That's not a criticism, he's rich and we're sitting here typing our fingers to the bone. We'd like to put our likeness on some stuff, too. Rich looks good.

Speaking of looking good, check out these t-shirts (that, dear reader, is a segue). KISS has taken the popular images of presidential hopefuls John McCain and Barack Obama and given them a bit of a makeover. Or makeup as the case may be.

For a band who's real musical achievements are few and far between, Gene Simmons and company have shown an almost uncanny ability to sell collectible junk. From lunchboxes, to figurines, to KISS-themed footballs and ketchup -- KISS has managed to turn out every bit as much quasi-sickening memorabilia as Elvis' estate, with only about %1 as many hit songs. Well, they've found yet another way to milk every last dime out of their army of admirers.

Now, lead singer and also the band's brand manager, Gene Simmons has teamed up with the ever-trendy skater shoe company gone clothing label Vans to bring you KISS-themed footwear. The Vans x KISS SK8 Hi commemorative t-shirts and sneakers are set to hit stores early this fall. The tongue of these classic Vans high-tops with feature the KISS Army logo and the uppers are decorated with the iconic painted faces of the band. We imagine that Simmons allowed Vans to put their logo on the sneaker somewhere, but don't see it.

[via Adage]

Well, isn't she just pure class? Betsey Johnson is admitting that she once made out with now dead Anna Nicole Smith. She has a strange way of justifying her actions, though.

She's bacccccckkk.

On September 9th, Kate Moss will be dropping her autumn/winter collection at Topshop. Apparently, there will be lots of "printed chiffon, intricate embroidery, mohair knits, and dropped waist dresses" in this winter wardrobe.

Threadless has a reputation among t-shirt fans for putting out creative, quality products, so it should come as no surprise that they are currently featuring a handful of prints that instantly achieve the tag of classic. Simply put, they're awesome. No, I don't own stock in the company.

When I was a kid growing up in the 70's 80's I loved two things, plastic toys painted with lead and t-shirts that showcased my hip understanding of the current pop culture. Basically, I had a bunch of t-shirts that said "Shazbot!" and got beat up a lot.

Some things never change, although these days I only get beat up emotionally. Needless to say, when I came across the Make Love, Not War shirt I was immediately smitten. Yes, smitten. Who could possibly resist the nostalgia that is Rock'em, Sock'em? Who, besides the current administration, could refuse a message as powerful as "make love, not war?" Who doesn't like gay robots? This shirt is a win-win, er, win.

They have a great collection of images on their website. Some examples are included below. Enjoy.



[via GetANewShirt]

I know what you're thinking, why would KISS smell any better than Avril Lavigne? That's a good question and one that I can't readily answer.

In all fairness I've never actually smelled any of them in person, but I do have a bottle of KISS for Him, the him being me, and it actually smells pretty good.

I thought the gift had been a joke. My youth was spent in a shrine to the make-up wearing rockers. If KISS made it, I had it.

Of course that stopped long before they started selling coffee, condoms and caskets- and that's just the "C's," so I laughed when I saw what my wife had bought me.

She wasn't laughing. She also isn't a KISS fan, despite me forcing her to sit through hours of scratched up records, or perhaps because of that. I don't know.

The point is that the fragrance, available for men and women, is actually quite pleasant. I've had numerous compliments on the scent, and most of them weren't from the guy at Hot Topic.

If you are in the market to smell like a rock star you could do a lot worse.

Since we do love our makeup here at Styledash, we certainly can't go without mentioning the band that's as famous for their makeup as they are for their music. I'm talking about KISS, "every kid's dream and every parent's nightmare."

And those "kids" have grown up and apparently cause quite a grown-up scene at the Regency Square Mall in Jacksonville, FL. Apparently, an appearance by KISS front man Gene Simmons, on a world-wide tour to promote a new line of men's and women's KISS fragrances, had hundreds of fans lined up. Forget the mob-scene; scary, crazy metal rock band KISS has a line of fragrances? Yes.

And what exactly does KISS smell like? For the band, sure smells like money.

[via: FlyPaper]