Fashion Overload

Fashion Flashback: Blading

Please enjoy this momentary escape into the day-glo madness of early 90's West Coast rollerblading garb. It's got great vents and takes off when your dog does.

Nike Launching Family Guy Inspired Sneaker

Old school Michael J Fox movies and now this? Nike is preparing for the launch of its' latest limited edition kicks. The Nike Quagmire inspired by the patter of the shirt worn by the popular, lecherous character. I'd act surprised if I was at all. Getting a sneaker isn't quite on par with accepting a Nobel honor so who am I to judge? What could be more styling than a pair of these, a trucker cap and your ironic porn stache?

Reality Show Alums Care About Scholarly Pursuits?

When it comes to television programming, we've all accepted that the "reality" genre couldn't be farther from its' namesake. The "stars" insistence on portraying one dimensional archetypes, often amidst completely contrived competitions (Seriously? people willingly entered a contest to WIN a date with Flavor Flav? 3 Times?!) makes bearing witness to any of the shows an agonizing experience for me. "Reality" and "Hope" cross the street to get away from crap like Denise Richard's "It's Complicated" or the "Dina Lohan Mom-ager Experience". At best, these programs are a guilty pleasure that offer their viewership a mindless escape into "The Twilight Zone".

Alums of the shows aren't generally the best or the brightest humanity television has to offer, so I was plenty surprised when I discovered that the casts of several of the programs do charitable work.  Case in point, Reality Cares Beach Party Fundraiser for The Point Foundation at the LA Sports Club. Point is a worthy organization that provides financial assistance to outstanding LGBT scholars in all fields of study. The only requirement in accepting the grants is that the students participate in a mentorship program, and that they assist another cause-related organization. Some notable Point Scholars are T.R. Knight's beau, Mark Cornelsen and Charlie David's Brandon Kneefel.

Several of the stars were in swimwear provided by the events sponsor, Aussie Bum. Some of the pictured attendees included: Jackie Warner, Rebecca Cardon, JD Jordan, and Brian Peeler ( all from "Workout"), Ross "The Intern" (The Tonight Show ) Rib Hillis ("Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"), CC Fontana ("The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency") and Jai Rodriguez ("Queer Eye For The Straight Guy").

Images appear courtesy of Brian Putnam and Clinton H. Wallace,  click to enlarge.