Fashion Finds: Sunglasses

Its the summertime and you need some great sunglasses to block out those nasty UV rays. Here are two great picks of stylish finds both for guys and girls to rock during the summer.



Guys, you can find these Super W Black & Briar shades ($205) at Ssense, and are favorites of Kanye West and Lil' Wayne.



Girls, you can find these Tom Ford Nikita shades($390) at Barneys and are favorites for Kelly Osbourne, Scarlett Johanson, Kourtney Kardashian, Paris Hilton and Rihanna.

Daily Deed

Today's Daily Deed come from inspiration guru Ralph Marston who posted the following tweet:

"@ralphmarston: Let life come, with all its treasures and all its shortcomings. Let life come, every bit of it, and be truly, gloriously alive."

Let it marinate and breathe. Namaste.

Diana at 50

This week's edition of Newsweek shows a digitally aged Princess Diana at 50, walking with Kate Middleton. She looks older with few wrinkles and has maintained her gaunt shape. They also hypothesize what the late Princess would have been up to if she were around. They say she would have dumped Dodi Al Fayed, her ill-fated billionaire boyfriend, moved to New York, started tweeting and remarried TWICE.
Hmm, while the picture may be a little creepy, the article is very intriguing. There's always been this mysterious obsession of the media and the public with Princess Diana, especially since she only gave us pictures. I think there's always that thought about someone who died young and what they would be doing now if they were still alive, so they're probably airing on that side of things. I just don't know if the world is ready for this. It kinda gives us this funny feeling inside. How about you?

Rod Blagojevich? Throw Away The Key

So former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was found guilty on 17 of the 20 federal corruption charges on Monday after he attempted (and clearly failed) to sell the Senate seat previously occupied by Pres. Obama. CNN reports that after 10 days of deliberation the 11 member jury consisting of 10 women and one man handed down the verdict. While its great to see that justice has been dished, why the hell did it take so long for the trial to start? 

I understand the presumption of innocence until being found guilty, but this man clearly sold himself out. If you can remember back in 2009, when the scandal broke, the state Senate voted to remove him from office and he has been peddling around doing endorsement deals. Have you seen those lame pistachio commercials? Whatever. We hope the judge sets a good example and sentences him to the maximum 300 years in prison. Don't drop the soap buddy. 

Hollywood's Next It Girl

Zoe Kravitz. The girl with the famous last name has a gorgeous face. You might have seen her posing in either Elle or Jalouse, on the Showtime series Californiacation or in the latest X-Men flick. This aspiring model and actress is putting her talent to work and drawing from her parents drive as inspiration. The daughter of crooner Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet, she has definately taken from the two sides physically and professionally. Check out these shots of her as the new face of Wonderwall on Coco & Creme. She seems to have a steady flow of work and stay out of trouble, so keep your eye on her. You heard it here first.

Michael Kors Worth $2 Billion

According to The Hollywood Reporter, word on the stweet is that Michael Kors is looking for an equity partner for his self-branded clothing and lifestyle brand. He has reportedly put a pricetag of $250 million for 25% of the company, estimating its total valuation at about $2 billion dollars.

No doubt that Michael Kors has steadily grown over the past few years but entrepreneurs always have to be wary of ensuring that they don't start to sell too soon or too late. My instinct is that it may be early, as Micheal Kors has potential for growth to become a more established brand, so maybe a better strategy would be to sell a smaller stake at around 12.5% or 10%. Others have said the valuation is too low due to potential of the brand. But who knows, he may be selling to cover expenditure or spur some growth. The $2 bil valuation is double the amount of their reported profits.

Push

Morning. Enjoy this great quote from Ralph Marston that got me pumped for the day:

"@ralphmarston Commit yourself to making one more effort, one more attempt, as often as necessary, and anything is within your reach."

Push a little further today. Also enjoy a blast from the past from Arnie. Namaste

Planking: The How-To Guide

If you've been keeping up-to-speed in the past 12 hours, you must have noticed this new trending topic, planking. It seems that noone really knows where this trend started, but everyone is just posting pics of themselves or they're friends assuming the position.
So you might be asking, how to achieve creating the ultimate planking picture. According to many of twitpics just position yourself horizontally, parallel to the floor and try to pivot your body at no more than two places. Most pics I've seen, people usually balance on their hip or waist, or their head and ankles. So try it out and send us your best planking pics!

Thank BET, Tiffany Green A Worldwide Trending Topic

Tiffany Green, winner of a BET fan award, got the chance to present the Viewers Choice award. This moment has now made her famous. Her 15 minutes of fame started ticking away last night at the BET awards when she slipped up by first announcing that Chris Brown was the award winner, then Rihanna. People are a buzz and have taken to Twitter to making her name a top trending topic worldwide. There have been tweets of encouragement, saying that she should take the embarrassing moment in stride, and try to garner endorsements for companies like Twix or Southwest that use embarrassment to promote their companies. Questlove from supergroup "The Roots" tweeted:

"@questlove: it would behoove Twix to sign Tiffany Green up for their "Need A Moment?" campaign: http://t.co/uZrIiqZ"

She should definitely hop on that fame train as soon as she can because her clock is ticking away and only the craftiest and most business savvy can take advantage of these kinds of moments.