lemonis: staple, like the chuck taylor. daniel: exactly. this is great. you could play around with the prints all day long. and if you want to create other styles, is it gonna be as successful as the classics, i don't think so. lemonis: okay. what i feel like you're reinforcing for us is we got to just get to our core, basic line, tighten it all down. -daniel: correct. -lemonis: okay. dan's giving us the same advice that i'm giving these guys -- stick to the basics. stick to the things that sell and stop trying to reinvent shoe wear. these basic shoes sell. they turn, they make money, they have margin. don't do anything more than that. we're gonna be coming back to you for some ideas. daniel: absolutely. lemonis: so, and you give free advice, right? do we have to buy a pair of shoes? thank you very much. daniel: thank you. pleasure. pleasure. ♪ lemonis: i wanted to start to think about how to pare down the line. and i really want to land on a more narrow selection of things. does this sell? yes or no? dave: that particular one does not. lemonis: okay, tho

and i was able to sort of purchase some more chuck taylors. [laughter] which are pretty expensive in size 15. [laughter] >> guest: 15? >> guest: 15. >> guest: oh, my goodness. >> guest: my father, you've got to talk to him. >> host: okay, i know he watches book tv, and you've mentioned him three times, so we got dad worked in here now. >> guest: three was the number. [laughter] >> host: dhonielle clayton -- >> guest: yes. >> host: what turned you into a writer? >> guest: i got into the game late. i was a reader, a bookworm. so my dad took me to the bookstore every saturday morning. back when crown books existed, we went every saturday morning to that and to the comic bookstore. i was a big nerd. my dad was a big reader, and i just didn't like what i was reading in college. i was sick of reading old dead men. so i started -- >> host: was it old dead white men? >> guest: yes, it was. >> host: okay. you can say that. >> guest: i got really tired of that, so i returned to when i was reading the most which was my middle grade years. i started readi

erik: chuck taylors. the return trimmed declines for bridgewater's pure alpha ii to about 9%.lost close to 12% through july. that is your business flash update. still ahead, economic data remains mixed. next.discuss expectations this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: this is "bloomberg markets." i'm scarlet fu. erik: i'm erik schatzker. scarlet: investors began 2015 expecting the fence to raise rates 4 times this year. but now the question whether they will see 1 at all. let's join pimm fox and cory johnson on bloomberg radio for more. that may cause people to look outside the united states. i want to welcome our bloomberg television viewers. this is the bloomberg invented straight joining us is heidi richardson, head of investment strategy at ishares to tell us more about markets and money. tell us about the relationship between u.s. interest rates and investments in emerging markets. >> this low interest rate environment we are in in the for and likely to be lower longer has been a great beneficiary for emerging markets. if we think about the dollar being so low for this year that we

you have a brand new pair of chuck taylors on. well, there's a line of sneakers getting a lot of attention online. they're close to $600 a pair because they are worn. they actually take a lot of time and effort to make the sneakers look worn. yes, duct tape included. and the question we were talking would buy those for $600? keep the sneakers looking fresh and clean. >> i haven't bought those sneakers, but i love those sneakers. i have them on my wish list. >> why? >> because i think they're super cute. i don't want to -- >> they fi look worn. the rip in the jean, they're often designer. >> they look cool. but if i bought them for $600, i'd have to go to confession on the back of my motor cycle. >> you got a deal. >> it's like rock star work boots. they come in and have the work boots that look like they had them for 25 years, no, they bought them that way. >> just the right amount of worn. >> all right. >>> we have a bigop star today. let's start with taylor twist. ladiesnd gentlemen, even pop stars have to perform their civic du

brand new pair of chuck taylors on. there's a line of sneakers getting a lot of attention online. close to $600 a pair because they are worn. they actually take a lot of time and effort to make the sneakers look worn. duct tape included. $600? >> can i say that i haven't bought those sneakers. i love those sneakers. i have them on my wish list. >> why? >> because i think they're super cute. i don't want -- >> rip in the jeans. often expensi expensive. >> if i bought them for 600 bucks ild confession. >> it's like rock star work books. they have boots that look like they had them for 25 years. they buy them that way. >> it's hard to make them look just the right amount of worn. >> carson? >> let's get to it. we'll start with taylor swift. ladies and gentlemen, even pop starts have to perform their civic duty which taylor proved when she showed up for jury duty in nashville. to do that. they shared their photos on social media. taylor was called on to be a perspective juror but she was eventually dismissed. a local nbc court reporter say they're asked to explain their line of work.

y'all will pay for my distressed 2010 chuck taylors. >> she's saying if you will pay for that then theat home. >> i would give them 15 bucks for those. >> how about this next one that says thinks poverty appropriation. >> come on. >> another angry post look of poverty should not be seen or sold as fashion. what is wrong with some people. >> um-hmm. >> well, distressed clothing vice popular, but you cannot call it home less chic. >> that is true. >> people walking around they have torn jeans. >> yes. >> kanye west, geezy, it is also distressed look and some of this sells for more than a thousand dollars. >> yes. >> wow, wow, wow. >> some t-shirts are a thousand dollars. >> sweat shirts, that kind of thing, they have holes, it is torn. >> i remember back in the day, this is years ago five or six years ago we had stories about how to take blue jeans, denim, and shoot them with shotguns and then sell them. >> really. >> did you do that to your jeans. >> i have never shot my jeans with gun. >> how much would they pay them for. >> i don't know. >> my story fell flat. >> this is second one. >

in the morning, i had to rock out my joker chuck taylors. i didn't realize i accidentally put on my spock socks, too. so i'm combining universes here with "suicide squad" and "star trek". >> that's illegal in some states. the movie is directed by david air, who also wrote "training day." the concept is you have a group of super villains who were put together by a secret government agency to try to save the world. the movie has been getting some very, very harsh reviews, and i feel like they are overly negative in my opinion. there are some very positive things about this film. but also some very negative things. on the positive side, i think that the cast is incredible. jared leto is amazing as the joker. will smith is phenomenal. as is viola davis. on the positive side, the first act is great. the sound track is great. the cinematography is great. the action is great. on the negative side, the villain, enchant reress is terrible. the third act has some major, major problems. it's a decent film. i gave it a 3.5 out of 5. jared leto, who play