A Meat Loincloth? A Def Leppard Cartoon Series? Stuff So Crazy, Even We Couldn't Make It Up.

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Local
· What's inside the mysterious VIP room at Louis Vuitton SCP? [OC Register]

National
· The bacon bra and the decade's most wearable food [City Pages]
· A fast-fashion chain ripping off a respected design house, for real? [The Cut]
· What products will run ads during Def Leppard carton series? [Mediafreak]
· Evidence that the UGG scourge won't dissipate anytime soon [Shophound]