FEB
2006
25

The Tim Gunn Network

Manolo says, the Manolo he is clearly foresighted. From the Blogging the Project Runway comes news of the humorous television show. BPR reader Bethanne has alerted us to this week’s episode of VH1’s ‘Best Week Ever” featuring a segment on what television would be like if Tim Gunn had his own network. Of the course, as the readers of the Manolo know, the Manolo he proposed exactly this thing many weeks ago.

FEB
2006
25

Samba! Samba!

Manolo says, clearly the peoples who say you cannot dance in the shoes of the high heels have never heard of the Samba! It isn’t surprising that shoes are an obsession with the beauties who grace Brazil’s Carnival parades — they’re generally the biggest things they wear below the neck. Dancers at Carnival, the pre-Lenten bash that starts this weekend and ends on Ash Wednesday, say the higher the better for their towering heels, worn with soaring feathered head-dresses and little else but glittery patches, strategically placed. Patches of strategic placement and Samba! Dancers say the platform sandals, preferably with…