Comments on: Manolo’s Magazines

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:01:18 +0000

Is the The New Yorker really for your “provincial” friends? I find it to always be a satisfying read. So, the Manolo, can you give me some tips on your latest flip flop finds, if you have any.

Rachel

By: Mollie

Mollie — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:41:56 +0000

There is a great character in the making here: Dominick Donne, the metaphysical gossip columnist of the society set.

“Since so, my mind
Shall not desire what no man else can find;
I’ll no more dote and run
To pursue things which had endamaged me;
And when I come where moving beauties be,
As men do when the summer’s sun
Grows great,
Though I admire their greatness, shun their heat.
Each place can afford shadows; if all fail,
‘Tis but applying worm-seed to the tail.”
[JD, “Farewell To Love”]

By: Angelhair

Angelhair — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:34:01 +0000

Ah, do I detect a bit of snideness in Kiki Belle’s response? I would think that for the most part of I would very much fit into Vanity Fair’s demographic - an educated, sophisticated New Yorker who works in film and television and who has travelled extensively worldwide. Where I probably skew differently from the VF readers is in politics - a lifelong liberal, I’ve drifted into more of a libertarian/conservative/independent position in recent years. Clearly, VF is interested only in preaching the DNC/liberal party line - boring, boring, boring. Wolcott does provide a good laugh, I suppose, but only as the butt of many bloggers’ skewering. Oh well, chacun a son gout……

By: Kiki Belle

Kiki Belle — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 20:50:29 +0000

If I were to ever cancel my subscription to Vanity Fair, it would be for a reason such as seeing Paris Hilton on its cover one more time. Other than that, there are great occassions of brilliance in many articles. A personal favorite of mine is the recent article by Michael Shnayerson concerning Bunnatine Green, Dick Cheney, and Halliburton. This month’s article about the Christian fundamentalists, their great anticipation of the “rapture” and their close ties to the White House is also fascinating. James Wolcott, I find, always provides a good laugh at the expense of the foolish. I suppose if you do not “fit” into the target demographics, then yes, it’s time to find a new monthly to read.

By: Angelhair

Angelhair — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:04:00 +0000

I’ve subscribed to Vanity Fair for many years and I’ve long enjoyed their mix of articles - profiles of celebs du jour, features on the antics of Eurotrash and assorted sleazy Euro Royals, true crime stories and the occasional bit of brilliant journalism (Marie Brenner’s article on the resurgence of anti-semitism in France, for example). But I won’t be renewing my subscription. Graydon Carter’s incessant anti-Bush diatribes are so over the top it’s ridiculous. He’s turned the magazine into a rather lame propaganda tract that is boring and predictable. And any magazine that runs the odious, pathetic James Wolcott is one I want to avoid.

By: Kiki Belle

Kiki Belle — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:40:56 +0000

Dominick Dunne is truly a man of elegance and grace.

By: jill

jill — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:55:40 +0000

The Manolo, he used to be the interesting, but now all he does is pretend to comment on things so he can move merch. I’m all for the Manolo making a living, but I am done with him because he clearly is just a shill and not an interesting commentator on the fashions and the shoes.

By: desertwind

desertwind — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 22:15:12 +0000

The desertwind admits to a certain perverse satisfaction in traveling the two miles down dirt roads to retrieve her New Yorker from the mailbox out on the highway.

Well, gotta go chop some wood!