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Marisa Miller Covers Our November Issue!

Just when you thought it was safe…Complex is back with the baddest supermodel in the game. You’ve probably gotten a glimpse of Marisa Miller on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Edition or strutting her stuff with the Victoria’s Secret Angels, but you’ve never seen her like this. We took the all-American girl down to NYC’s Lower East Side to shoot our November 2008 cover, and we discovered that she’s one seriously down-ass chick.

Check out the full story now to hear her talk about body paint and boxing skills, or skip straight to the gallery to see all the jaw-dropping photos. As an extra bonus below, we’ve posted the first of our behind the scenes videos from the set of the photo shoot. You’re all welcome!…

Test Drive: 2009 Ford Flex

As the masses turned away from SUVs faster than Patriot fans have abandoned their squad , Ford went back to the drawing board to create a crossover that would appeal to those who need the space of an Expedition but whose wallets are more befitting of a Focus. What came out was the Flex. We took Ford’s new crossover around for a weekend to see if it’s as good as the blue oval hopes it is. Check out our breakdown of the truck below…

5 Reasons To Hate Brett Favre

Favre has a Lion in his pocket…

New York Jets QB Brett Favre is a lock for the Hall of Fame. He’s also a world-class dick. While jock-slobbering media types would have you believe the good ol’ boy gunslinger is the perfect teammate, the truth is #4 is only out for self. According to FOX’s Jay Glazer, the former Green Bay star tried to cock block the Packers by revealing offensive secrets to their week two opponent, the lowly Detroit Lions (who still couldn’t win the damn game).

Favre was apparently bitter because the Pack wouldn’t let him come out of retirement and automatically reclaim the starting QB job from Aaron Rodgers, or go to a division rival, where he could try to punish them twice a year for their mistake. Sadly, snitching isn’t Favre’s only offense. Read on for five more reasons why Brett Favre is a dick…

Wifey or Trifey: Vanessa Hudgens

Before we get poppin’ on this week’s installment of Wifey or Trifey, we think it’d be informative to take a quick look back at previous installments.

The results thus far:

1. Katy Perry, 47% Wifey vs. 53% Trifey
2. Olivia Wilde, 65% Wifey vs. 35% Trifey
3. Anne Hathaway, 73% Wifey vs. 27% Trifey
4. Scarlett Johansson, 63% Wifey vs. 37% Trifey
5. Lauren Conrad, 56% Wifey vs. 44% Trifey
6. Britney Spears, 25% Wifey vs. 75% Trifey

The lesson, as always: Britney’s a ho! Anyway, back to the present and the ever-photogenic, barely-legal star of High School Musical 3, Vanessa Hudgens. Is Vanessa a bring-home-to-mama or a sling-bone-no-drama?

Click here to see the evidence and cast your vote!

Streetwear For The McCain Campaign

If you frequent the streetwear blogs, it’s hard not to notice the overwhelming support for Obama. Undrcrwn and Upper Playground are just two of the many brands who have created popular T-shirts featuring the Democratic candidate, making Barack as big in the label-loving crowd as Hiroshi Fujiwara. But what about John McCain? Old people can’t get down with streetwear?

In order to introduce the Maverick to the limited-edition T-shirt set (and restart his “suspended” campaign) we churned out a set of five McCain T-shirts that might have the Hypebeast crowd switching sides come November. Check the Old G. O.G.’s first range of tees below…

Japanese Airbag Jacket Will Break Your Fall

Crying out “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” is pretty pointless if no one’s around to hear it. But now clumsy old folks (and drunk young people) have a little extra protection when they take the inevitable spill—at this year’s International Home Care and Rehabilitation Exhibition, Tokyo-based company Prop unveiled a jacket equipped with multiple airbags.

When the user begins a backwards descent, the $1,400 strap-on product will inflate a bag behind the head and hips in an impressive 0.1 seconds, cushioning the fall. But be warned: if you collapse face-first, you’re fucked. Watch a demo video of he jacket in action below…

Just The Tips: How To Get The Best Shave Ever

Used to be that growing a nice grizzly bear beard could set you apart from the pack—you know, the classic scruffy artist/revolutionary/don’t-give-a-fuck steez. Well, have you had a look downtown lately? Facial hair is becoming conformist. Shit, we went to a bar the other night and it felt like a meeting of PLO guerillas. In short: It may be time to chop that growth.

For one-stop shave shopping, cop the Travel Kit from The Art of Shaving—or at least get wifey to buy you one. For $200, you get a water-resistant dop kit full of goodies, including the Fusion Razor, Pure Badger Travel Shaving Brush, and get-through-airport-security sizes of Pre-Shave Oil, Shaving Cream and After-Shave Balm.

Once you have the necessary tools in place, it’s time to get to trimming. See our 5 tips for the best shave ever below…

5 Book Adaptations That Shouldn’t Become Musicals

Okay, so for some reason a company has bought the stage rights to American Psycho and is planning to turn it into an ’80s musical. And we’ll be frank: we don’t understand this AT ALL.

Sure, some movies have worked on Broadway–Legally Blond, Shrek, The Producers–but those are all broad comedies. We’re talking about a movie that was adapted from an actual, no-pictures, BOOK. Two severed thumbs down, American Psycho: The Musical. And in case any of you would-be impresarios are considering adapting other books-that-became-movies into musicals, take our advice and don’t do it. Especially not these five book/movies…