NOV
2005
24

Happy Thanksgiving!

Manolo says, the Manolo he cannot but wish his many internet friends the most Happy Thanksgiving! There is so much for which the Manolo is indeed most thankful, but chief among these things of thankfullness are the internet friends of the Manolo, who have always been so kind and so supportive of this mildly ridiculous blog and of the Manolo himself. You may be certain that as the Manolo he bows his head in the attitude of thanks before the gobbling of the turkey, that he will remember from whence the Manolo’s many blessings flow, from the many friends who…

NOV
2005
24

The Crocs Go Public

Manolo says, the Manolo he has been quoted in the Colorado Springs Independent regarding the hideousness that is the Crocs, and this on the eve of the company’s offering the public the stock. The shoe may have its B list of celebrity devotees — Graham Nash, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Garner and her main squeeze, Ben “Kiss of Death” Affleck — but there also are plenty of fashionistas decrying the whole plastic-shoe fad and hoping it will go away soon. Crocs are the latest atrocity to be added to Manolo the Shoe Blogger’s “Gallery of the Horrors,” a collection of some…