The Shoe Lover
Manolo says, here is the man after the Manolo’s own heart.
Mykola Belchenko, 69, looks at shoes from his collection in his one-room apartment in Kiev November 18, 2005. The former shoe-maker has over 10,000 pairs of shoes, which he has been collecting since 1992
Only 10,000 pairs of the shoes! The Mykola he is the mere piker compared to the Manolo.
November 18th, 2005 at 2:07 pm
I am inviting you to participate in a fashion blogging event. Next
Friday is Black Friday, the biggest shopping day in America. I am
asking other fashion bloggers to join me in blogging about their own
views on fashion, consumption, individuality, and the importance of
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November 18th, 2005 at 2:12 pm
Only 10,000 pairs of the shoes! The Mykola he is the mere piker compared to the Manolo.
Ah, but he fits them into a 1 room apartment. Forget shoes (pardon the blasphemy), that man is the patron saint of closet organization.
November 18th, 2005 at 3:29 pm
How many do you have?
PS Can you feature some shoes with heels that 2.5 inches (6 cm) and lower? I’m not adverse to flats, but just because a shoe heel isn’t 4 inches high, doesn’t mean that it’s flat. Thanks.
November 18th, 2005 at 3:38 pm
Are those The Crocs I see hanging on his wall?!?!
November 18th, 2005 at 6:54 pm
At last! A photo of Manolo above the ankle!!!
November 18th, 2005 at 7:21 pm
To Lauren,
That’s what I thought at first sight but I don’t think so.
November 18th, 2005 at 7:22 pm
P.S. I want to marry this man.
November 18th, 2005 at 10:43 pm
Lauren, I too noticed that … even if they weren’t the Crocs, those shoes negate the awesomeness of having 10,000 pairs of shoes in a one-room apartment. We all know that in the Manolo’s collection, every pair has to be super fantastic. So even if the Manolo has fewer shoes (and is it possible that there are 10,000 different pairs of super fantastic shoes in the world?), his collection has to be more awe-inspiring.
November 19th, 2005 at 3:43 am
How right you are, Miss Clairol! The Wal-Mart, it has many tens of thousands of shoes, but not the tiniest fraction of class that the Manolo has in his littlest finger.
As an aside, the Crocs, they are becoming a travesty of themselves, seen on the streets of Seattle adorned with stickers on the feet of men old enough to vote.
AskMom must now have a hot bath and a hotter rum toddy.
November 20th, 2005 at 2:10 pm
Re: the travesty of the Crocs, in the Harvard Square, there is a shoe store which is now displaying heaps and heaps of multi-colored Crocs on an outdoor table. They are priced at ten of the American dollars, but I believe they are merely hoping that someone comes along and takes them away.
November 21st, 2005 at 10:56 am
You have to control for the Soviet period, when the availability was so poor. I am amazed he was able to collect as much as he has. The choices were brown boots or grey sandals (in the 80s, I recall those bright blue plastic shoes you can see on the right hand side of the photo). Romanian footwear was considered top of the line! :) Ah, then came the days of perestroika…