Manolo’s Shoe Blog

Manolo says, here from the Corinna Zappia writing in the Village Voice, is yet another of the meddlesome celebrity podiatrists

We’d like to grimace every time we see our fellow New Yorkers taking the city’s sewer soup in thongs, if only we weren’t wearing the same flimsy shoes ourselves. They’re easy, and with the trend to bejewel every leather flip-flop in existence this summer, only the weakling rubber kind are available in all-purpose black.

However, this is far from a brilliant choice, according to Dr. Louis Galli, a podiatrist at Mt. Sinai Hospital. “If you have a break in the skin, because you’re walking and the dirt gets into your flip-flop, it can actually work its way into the skin and you can develop a virus or fungal infection,” he said. Galli, a board-certified foot-and-ankle surgeon, said he sees an increase in ankle sprains and fractures during the summer months because people are more likely to trip while wearing shoes, like flip-flops, that have no lateral support. Also, he said most women “need a little of a heel, because it brings the ground up to them. The flip-flop, the fact that it’s flat, actually causes your foot to slap down and puts more pressure on the ball of your foot.”

“Ayyyyyy! The flip-flops they are too low!” … “Ayyyyy! The wedges they are too high!” … “Ayyyy! The sky it is falling on your feet!!”

Again, the Manolo he can only say Pah! to the celebrity podiatrists.

P.S. Manolo says, many thanks to the Manolo’s internet friend the Wayne for the link

Manolo says, these shoes they are sublime.

Yes, they are on the sale at the Bluefly, however, sadly, they are only available in the European size 39.

Manolo says, one of the Manolo’s many internet friends has sent the Manolo the link to the article about the wedges.

They’re edgy. They’re wedgy. And they’re sending fashion-forward women tipping and toppling like Star Skater Barbie.

The “wedge” — with cork, wood or woven bamboo elevated soles — is the height of summer footwear. Wedges range from $58 at Nine West to designer Isabel Fiore’s $300 straw platform sandal, which measures in at a staggering 5 inches tall. Women falling for the fad are suffering from sprained ankles and other injuries.

“I’ve had two patients in the last 10 days who have slipped off their wedges,” said Dr. Rock G. Positano, a celebrity podiatrist in New York.

The doctor said both patients were young women who had sustained twisted ankles. He is advising patients who wear the wedge heels to do so for short periods of time, at a pool party or the beach, and not to attempt to stroll for blocks in them.

“And I’m afraid, with vacation time coming up, many women are going to take them for sightseeing. They’re just asking for trouble,” Dr. Positano said. “These shoes affect a person’s ability to know where the ground is. They don’t have that mechanism anymore. There’s no stability.”

“Ayyyyyy!” the media scream, “the beautiful shoes they are too high! The womens they will fall off of their shoes and will break their dangerously fashion-obsessed heads, and all the “celebrity podiatrists” in the world, they will not be able to mend the damage!”

Pah! says the Manolo. Once again, the groundless panic about the shoes of style it has invaded the brains of the reporters during the period of the slow news.

It is obvious to the Manolo that the reporter she does not know the shoes well if she thinks the $300 wedge is most expensive. Here, for the counter example is the slightly more pricey wedge from the Giuseppe Zanotti.

P.S. Manolo says, many thanks to the Manolo’s internet friend the Victor for the link.

Manolo says, no photos. I’m working on my obscurity.

Manolo says, all the Manolo he can say about this shoe from the Christian Lacroix is that it is HOTT!

That, and it is on the super fantastic sale, reduced 73%, the savings of nearly $440 of the American dollars!

Manolo says, at the least occasionally, the keepers of the Hef’s corpse they should change the shirt.

Manolo says, Ayyyyyyyy! Please, the Manolo he begs the mamas, let the little girls be the little girls.

Manolo says, one of the Manolo’s many internet friends has pointed the Manolo to this shoe from the Kimel Design Studio as having perhaps the worst name for the shoe ever.

Manolo says, many of the Manolo’s internet friends they have emailed him the link to the gossip column of the New York Daily News, the column which contains the following item about the Evil One.

Another secret of designer Karl Lagerfeld’s new skinny look is that all his shirts button up the back. “It’s the only way he can get the front sheer the way he likes it,” says a fashion snitch. “But it means he has to have his assistant do him up every day.”

This, of the course, it is not the news to the Manolo…