Comments on: Franco Sarto Suede for the Poor Girls

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:03:34 +0000

Hola to the Christina! It actually makes the berserk sense that the bablefish, it will translate “Swedes” in English to “turnips” in Finnish - not that the wonderful people of Sweden are the root vegetable, but the “swede” IS indeed the root vegetable - also known as the “rutabaga,” derived genetically from the cabbage and turnip cross. And yummy mashed with the cream and butter!

In the Scottish, it is the “neep” - and still yummy mashed with the cream and butter!

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Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:13:15 +0000

[…] Wearable shoes from cans! This reminds the Manolo of his own impoverished youth. […]

By: xony

xony — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:23:16 +0000

I have those last Franco Sarto shoes (in brown :D) and they costed around $100 dls ($1000 mexican pesos as I live in mexico)…
They’re seriously beautiful ^^

By: Evelynne

Evelynne — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 02:48:32 +0000

I would like to second sp8cemunky’s question. What qualities can we expect for all that money? I have tried on shoes (Via Spiga, I’m thinking of) that cost $200 that had stiff edges to the suede or leather that dug sharply into my feet. This was true even when I went up a size and the shoe was too loose to stay on. For $200+ I’d at LEAST expect supple materials and a comfortable fit, and yet I find these qualities in expensive shoes no more often than I find it in shoes under $80. What’s the deal? Am I paying for art for the feet, not for practicality? Does leather or suede require some sort of conditioning before wear? Is $200 still not enough to get an all-around fabulous shoe?

By: Jan

Jan — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 06:46:02 +0000

I have always loved the Franco Sarto shoes. Franco Sarto’s styling is solid and, despite the low prices, the leathers always look good. The calf skins are especially supple (I don’t believe Franco Sarto uses much kid skin) and the suedes are short and dense, unlike other suede shoes for the poor girls. I applaud your choices, Manolo!

By: sp8cemunky

sp8cemunky — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 02:39:55 +0000

ok-please! explain to me why shoes can be so unbearably expensive and what you’re getting. Perhaps its a stupid question. But this seemed a good place to ask.

By: anish

anish — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:44:23 +0000

Brilliant Website, Manolo…

One of the most novel way to create an aff site.

truly great…..

Wish you have many such beautiful shoes in the future

Anish

By: Lance de Boyle

Lance de Boyle — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 21:36:43 +0000

The super fantastic Manolo jests of childhood penury when writing of, “super fantastic huaraches out of the coffee cans you have laboriously flattened and shaped with the brick, and tied to your feet with the electrical cords.”

Where I grew up—the marshes and cranberry bogs outside of Bialytok–we were so poor that we couldn’t afford bricks to flatten coffee cans. So, we stuck our feet IN the cans and walked around until we were crippled.

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:34:13 +0000

Babelfish says it means “flavorful”. But sometimes, Babelfish misses little subtleties in language. It’s pretty useful sometimes, at other times, it’ll translate “Swedes” in English to “turnips” in Finnish.
Now, Manolo, what about the super poor hurache/coffee can wearing girl who ALSO happens to have a super sized foot? (Size 12) I love these shoes, all of them only go to 10 or 11.

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:25:08 +0000

It is difficult to say which is more charming: Manolo’s shoe selections or his childhood recollections. No doubt the collected cobblings of little Manolo would rival most modern art sculpture collections.

My only question, as much as I hate to publicly expose my ignorance, is what does “sabroso” mean? As always, I’m wishing I had taken Spanish at school, rather than French.