Manolo reads,
Her shoes were the newest thing in footwear (Edy Boardman prided herself that she was very petite but she never had a foot like Gerty MacDowell, a five, and never would ash, oak or elm) with patent toecaps and just one smart buckle at her higharched instep.
Manolo says, now available for the downloading at the website of the Express of the Washington Post is the latest column of the Manolo.
Today, the Manolo discusses footwears for the professor who would be stylish.
Dear Manolo,
My husband is an literature professor at a small liberal arts college who insists on wearing the typical professorial uniform, you know, the tweed jacket, the oxford shirt, the khakis, and the dullest brown rubber-soled shoes known to man. What would you suggest?
Lynn
Manolo says, to the Lynn, please whatever happens, do not allow your husband professor to become the scrawny, old-before-his-time elderly man with the faded elbow patches and the grey beard, given to the dour ruminations and and the excessive chin strokings.
The Manolo asks, ubi sunt?
Where are the dapper professors of our youth?
What has happened to those engaging teachers in their elegant clothes and handsome shoes, who could inspire our provincial young peoples with their joyful and obvious conniseurship, their joie de vivre?
If the Manolo were the professor– Professor of the Super Fantastic!—he would perhaps choose as his model of style the architects, who dress in the manner that expresses the creativity and yet remains professional, so as to not frighten the natives in the building and business trades.
This style it is elegant and streamlined, however it allows for the knit ties and the unusual eye-wear, and of the course, the attractive leather shoes.
And so the Manolo he would recommend the Fairfax by the Allen-Edmonds as being the stylish shoe suitable for the professor who would be the envy of the faculty senate.
Manolo says, Ayyyyyyyy! The Christopher Walken he has come to collect our souls!
Manolo says, the next Carnivale of the Couture it will be about at the About Shoes, and the title, it is near and dear to the heart of the Manolo.
While it’s easy to get caught up in the latest trends and the newest offerings from the hottest designers, there are times when even the most devout fashionista will opt for function over fashion.So … it’s not a big night out, there’s nary a potential partner in sight, and there is no office dress code. Which shoes do you reach for when you’re only dressing to impress yourself?
For the Manolo of the informal lounging there is no comparison to the original Rod Lavers from the Adidas, but they must be in the leather and not the nylon mesh.
As for the jaunty man about the town shoes, the Manolo has recently purchased these pair of the Ballys, which he has been wearing frequently.
Simple, handsome, relaxed, they fit the criteria of what the Manolo considers shoes worthy of the wearing, even when no one is around.
Manolo says, here are the few items that will perhaps amuse and entertain.
These Boots are Made For Walpurgisnacht
Manolo says, these they may perhaps be appropriate if you were to be cast as the “2nd Travelling Salesman” in the community theatre version of The Music Man
Manolo says the Manolo he has been mentioned in the Australian newspaper in the article entitled Why Bloggers Blog
Although not on the same level as Salam Pax, a more recent example is that of the anonymous Manolo’s Shoe Blog (http://www.shoeblogs.com), a blog about “fashion, celebrity and Manolo” and comes with the disclaimer that it is not written by revered shoe designer Manolo Blahnik.
Why does the Manolo blog? Because he wishes to share with his many internet friends his love of the shoes! It is as simple as this.
Manolo says, this it is why the Manolo loves the Hasselhoff. Yes, many may mock, and he has had the personal problems, but the Manolo knows that his heart it is in the correct place, and that he uses his great fame and enormous talent for good.
And, what could bring greater joy to the sick child than the acapella rendition of this Hasselhoffian masterwork?
Manolo says, it is once again the Tuesday, time for us to see what the Manolo is…
It is not the secret that the Manolo loves the celebrities, even the most minor ones, and that he frequents those places where they may be seen in their natural habitat.
