Comments on: Manolo’s Friday Miscellany

By: Your granny

Your granny — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:15:46 +0000

“news of the shoe technology”
This looks an awful lot like boot lacing to me.

And that technology goes back a ways.

http://www.antique-fashion.com/index.htm?2653.htm~midfrm

No one can ever banish friction, but I believe various animal oils did their part, back in the day.

By: The Scarlett

The Scarlett — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:26:39 +0000

I hate opera pumps on men. It makes them look like they are wearing the shoes of the late Julia Child and that is never a good look. I prefer the black patent lace-ups.

By: Gigi

Gigi — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 16:40:52 +0000

Kourtney, I too give cowboy boots a thumbs up! Everyone was horrified when my darling husband wanted to wear cowboy boots when we were married. I found it charming and still do. There is nothing charming about rented, plastic shoes. Blech.

By: Tonya

Tonya — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:54:49 +0000

Ayyyyy Manolo! Please spell “menorah” correctly! My apologies, but I’m obsessive/compulsive about spelling. Now I need to go make sure the oven is off…

By: kim

kim — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 23:50:02 +0000

I love the menorah. I think it says somewhere that after three years, after the Macabees defeated their foes, while they were washing sacrificial blood off the holy Temple walls, they were wearing pumps and strappy sandals so they wouldn’t step in all the detritus from the corpses and miscellany left over from the prostitution and so forth. So, historically accurate!

By: VeddyVeddyBadAng

VeddyVeddyBadAng — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:57:07 +0000

I see the Shangri Law is honoring the Manolo by imitating his writing style.

“The X-Box of Pure Evil” - heh.

By: Atomic Bombshell » Delirium

Atomic Bombshell » Delirium — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:48:18 +0000

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By: Talmida

Talmida — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:04:33 +0000

Kourtney, I’m in Alberta, and I give a thumbs up to black cowboy boots with a tux for a wedding in Sask. Make sure they have a good polish on them, and don’t let him wear a ball cap!! (Stetsons are acceptable).

I actually know a couple of gentlemen who wear evening pumps, but my own Beloved puts a high gloss on his Doc Marten’s and wears those. Unless we are dancing (in which case he wears his ballroom dance shoes), the Docs are perfect for standing around for hours at the black-tie fund-raiser, or the company Christmas party.

By: Manolo the Shoeblogger

Manolo the Shoeblogger — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:50:47 +0000

Yes, the Lagerfeld he own 70 iPods, all of them loaded with nothing but the collected works of the Klaus Nomi

By: Elvira

Elvira — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:45:19 +0000

From the Xbox article: “It’s not a well-known fact, but Karl Lagerfeld happens to be a big-time gadget fan (the man reportedly owns more than 70 iPods).”

Why? What does one man do with 70 iPods? He can only listen to one at a time. There are better media for massive electronic storage, if that is his issue.

The Karl Lagerfeld becomes ridiculouser and ridiculouser by the moment.