Vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas
Manolo says, the Never teh Bride, who participated live in the discussion session at yesterday’s launch of the OSM, has the most amusing account of the event posted at the Manolo for the Brides.
We also heard the pseudo voice of The Manolo in pseudo real time - there was a delay of roughly 18 seconds that resulted in much good-natured hilarity.
As it is always the case, the many problems they are caused by the vanity of the Manolo. All of this because the Manolo’s real voice it is squeaky and not at all mellifluous.
November 17th, 2005 at 9:34 pm
Non curate, Magistre Manole! Semper discipuli tui futuri esse!
November 17th, 2005 at 11:25 pm
And yet the use of the word MELLIFLUOUS… it is mellifluous, no?
It is a bit onomatopoetic.
November 18th, 2005 at 4:09 am
Hmmmm, what shall we choose for your penance?
November 18th, 2005 at 2:35 pm
Surely, The Manolo he is being humble. I cannot imagine that The Manolo’s entire being is anything other than completely charming.
November 18th, 2005 at 4:16 pm
A friend suggested a few months ago that the Manolo, he is not really the he at all, but instead the she. I told her that was a ridiculous notion… now I wonder.
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November 18th, 2005 at 4:18 pm
For the doubters, here is the picture of the Manolo, and yes, this it is actually the Manolo.
http://www.shoeblogs.com/wordpress/manolo
November 18th, 2005 at 4:18 pm
No doubt you were taken in by the pool-boy-turned-actor type who looks much like Antonio Sabato, Jr. who convinced you he could make a go of it reading your IMs but was, instead, not up to the task.
November 18th, 2005 at 5:19 pm
I’ve had the same suspicion for some time now, Elayne. All the secrecy regarding identity, to the extent that The Manolo prefers to IM responses and have them read rather than phone in, suggests that The Manolo and the person behind The Manolo may not have all that much in common.
I suppose the other explanation is that the Manolo has some sort of highly respectable day job (surgeon; or CNN anchor–Anderson Cooper, is that you?) in which being revealed as a shoe blogger would be a bit of an embarrassment.
In any case, I also agree with Owlet that anyone capable of creating such a delightful internet persona must be, in real life, charming as well.
November 18th, 2005 at 8:13 pm
Oh, doubtless charming, never a moment’s question about that - not to mention brilliant, gracious, and sophisticated. But… oh well, I suppose I’m not being very charming, gracious, or sophisticated here myself and I don’t want to offend or anger our host, so I’ll can it now.
Rather exciting to think of the Manolo as someone already-famous though, no? Ooh! Ooh! What if he’s an up and coming politician?? I’d vote for him.
I find myself a bit nostalgic for the “old days” though, when there were fewer demands on the Manolo’s time. No one can lay down a zinger like Manolo when he’s in the groove.