The Column of the Manolo
Manolo says, here is the column of the Manolo that appeared in the Express of the Washington Post.
Dear Manolo,
Please tell me your take on the emergence of the flip-flop as the shoe of choice for any and all occasions.
BubblesManolo says, Ayyyyyyy! Like the Bubbles, the Manolo he is indeed most offended by the ubiquity of the rubber flip-flop. It is as if the whole world it has gone mad for the shower shoe, wearing what is suitable only for the locker room onto the mean and filthy streets of the big city.
Trust the Manolo, this it is the prescription for the disaster. As the genius Jimmy Buffet once sang in his masterwork, “stepped on the poptop, blew out the flip-flop.â€
But fear not, the Manolo he is here to guide you. If you must wear the flat sandal he recommends to you the Kenzo 253157.
This happy shoe it will cheer you with its most unusual and stylish design. Even the better, your feets they will be cool, comfortable, and protected from the most vicious of the urban poptops.
Manolo says, the Manolo he must thank his internet friend the Bubbles for the most amusing and timely question.
And now the Manolo he asks his readers in the Washington of the D.C. if they enjoyed the column of the Manolo to write to the editor of the Express of the Washington Post to tell this person how much they liked reading the Manolo’s humble column.
Of the course, if you are not in the Washington, it cannot hurt to email your local papers to tell them of the Manolo and his many fans.
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Comments
sarah 20 years ago
i’m so glad you posted this! not being in the washington, i was afraid i would be deprived of the column of the Manolo. now i am not!
blackbird 20 years ago
Ayyyy! Manolo! I attended a fancy schmancy wedding last weekend at a big church in a big city…people were wearing flip flops!
Jennifer 20 years ago
Manolo – bless you for your wise words. Also, bless you for quoting Jimmy Buffett and for calling him a genius. I loved you before, but I love you more now.
dillene 20 years ago
Done and done!
“Thank you for putting the Manolo’s words of wisdom in your paper. I have enjoyed reading his blog for some time now, so it was wonderful to see him in the Express. This town needs all the advice that it can get to increase its superfantasticness, so please give us more of the Manolo!”
Now, let’s get you a gig writing about fashion along with Robin Givhan. I mean, the Post has more than one film critic, so surely they need more than one fashion critic as well?
The Charlotte Allen 20 years ago
Here’s what I wrote:
You are so hip to run this guy! He has superb taste and is also incredibly literate. I can’t live without his blog, which is my noon treat to myself for getting my morning work done. More Manolo! More Manolo–please!
Rob-O 20 years ago
I hate to report it, but you’ve transposed those two lines of “Margaritaville”. Blowing out the flip-flop comes first, leaving him unshod to step on a pop-top and cut his heel, forcing him to cruise on back home.
Elvira 20 years ago
The Manolo’s column, it is delicious. Could the Manolo be so kind as to tell those of us who live in the Washington area when future columns will appear?
Sarah 20 years ago
The Sarah, she greatly enjoyed the column of the Manolo. The Sarah looks forward to future installments.
Eliza Wing 20 years ago
Love the shoe blog. What I want to know is when will someone produce a shoe-designer reality TV show, where the designers have to actually wear the shoes? Wouldn’t it be great to see a bunch of shoe designers (probably plenty of guys) wearing spike pointy heels all day for a week — maybe taking Metro through DC?
Rachel 20 years ago
The Express also quoted your “Chimp-on-meth” comment about Tom Cruise in their blog quotes section a few weeks ago. Someone on their staff loves you!
liv 20 years ago
The Liv, she and her mom love the Manolo. We are both writing about the love to send it to the Express of the Washington Post.
We think you should come to the Washington for the Drag Races sometime, in which hundreds of the men, dressed in the drag, they race down the streets. We can enjoy the shoes, and after do the super fantastic shopping!
wichitagirl 20 years ago
But… but…
I think that shoe is ugly.
I know, I know, it’s Japanese. But I still don’t like it. It looks like you’d have to have those traditional white Japanese thong-sock things to go with it –and they’d get very dirty very quickly in the big bad city.
Of course, flip-flops are a real problem. But maybe there are other alternatives?
Agreed on Jimmy Buffett, though. I’m not as crazy about his music as some, but he’s definitely brilliant.