Earning your stripes

Horizontal Stripes may have once been considered a fashion no-no, but these celebs prove that if you’re not breaking rules, you’re not having fun.

Jennifer Aniston sizzles in the Vogue December 2008 issue, wearing a Michael Kors Ladder Stripe Tank Dress. Anna Faris paired hers with Gucci heels while posing for a photo shoot in LA.

Eva Longoria goes casual chic by pairing white shorts and a striped top with a pair of sky-high nude pumps.

ONE WOMAN. WITH CELEB POWER. OUT TO CHANGE THE WORLD.

I came across this new auction that is the brainchild of Eva Longoria (Gabrielle of Desperate Housewives). Link is here: Twitchange. All proceeds go to the efforts in rebuilding Haiti in aHomeinHaiti.org.

Now, instead of bidding for autographs or memorabilia from celebrities, people would be bidding for three things:

1. To have a celebrity follow you on Twitter

2. To be mentioned by a celebrity in a tweet

3. For a celebrity to retweet you

The celebrities who were enlisted and are currently on board include Eva Longoria  (duh), Nicole Richie, Paula Abdul, the Jonas brothers (a lot of fangirl money coming in), Demi Moore, Perez Hilton (is he considered a celebrity?), Gordon Ramsay (haha! I wonder what he tweets about), Cher, Alicia Keys (New Yooooooork!), Ne-Yo, Sophia Bush, and more.

So who will bid? Fans who admire a certain celebrity, businesses who want to be mentioned to a huge audience (this is worldwide exposure we’re talking about here), and people who just want their money to be benefitted by the children in Haiti, especially the ones with severe autism and cerebral palsy.

Shows how the times are changing and the rising power and influence social media brings to the table.

Personally, I think this idea is FUNKAY. Imagine telling people “Yeah, Oprah follows me. We talk on twitter all the time”.

Okay I don’t seriously think that that will really happen. But it would still be funky to say that, no?

Makes me wonder, does Oprah tweet? As in the real Oprah?

Bidding begins on 15th Sept and ends on 25 Sept. It’s worldwide, so I bet there’ll be REAL competition.