JAN
2006
19

Franco Sarto for the Poor Girls

Manolo says, once again the Manolo he is receiving many of the requests from his internet friends like this one.

Dear Manolo, I love, love, love your blog, and I love, love, love most of the shoes you feature, but, sadly, I’m one of the poor girls, and cannot afford most of them. Please help me.

The Manolo his advice on the buying of the shoes it has remained the same since he started his humble shoe blog: the poor girl, she must save her moneys and purchase the most super fantastic shoes she can, as the quality of the best shoes, and the level of the enjoyment they provide, they are far superior to that of the shoes of cheapness.

However, the Manolo he knows what it is like to be poor, so poor that you must construct your own super fantastic shoes out of the gently used pork rinds and Slurpee lids you rescued from the dumpster behind the 7-11.

And so the Manolo he has picked some the inexpensive shoes and the pair of the boots from the Franco Sarto that he does not find offensive, indeed that he thinks would be wearable while you accumulate enough of the moneys to buy the true super fantastic shoes.

Intrigue by Franco Sarto    Manolo Likes!  Click!

This shoe, the Intrigue, it is particularly suitable for wearing to the office.

Jersey by Franco Sarto    Manolo Likes!  Click!
Here is the round toed shoe with the chunky heel that the Manolo finds stylish.

Esquire by Franco Sarto     Manolo Likes!  Click!

Finally, this low-heeled boot, it is, like many of the Franco Sarto shoes, quite handsome. You would get much use out of this boot.

It is not the secret that the Manolo he thinks that the Franco Sarto produces the shoes that have the good price-to-style-and-quality ratio, things the poor girls should consider as they save for something better.

JAN
2006
18

Project Runway 2, Week 5

Manolo says, the Manolo he finally managed to see the last week’s episode of the Project Runway, and even though he knew what the outcome it would be, he was still most amused.

Here then are the few comments about each of the designers and their action in the previous week.

Marla: Good bye to the Marla, your peculiar combination of cluelessness and lack of cluefulness it shall not be missed.

Diana: The Paul Anka he said it best.

I don’t care just what they say
‘Cause forever I will pray
You and I will be as free as the birds up in the trees
Oh, please stay by me Diana

The Manolo he is so sad that the super nerdy Diana she had to go. Yes, she was always confounding the poor Tim Gunn with her futuristic visions of costumes suitable for wearing to the steampunk blimp-ports, and tiny, self-replicating AI robots that keep your jodphurs from falling down, but she was so adorable, like the esoteric, clothes-designing Hello Kitty.

Andrae: The Manolo he is beginning to warm to the Andrae, and his drama queen ways. He has some talent, and he seems very nice, if more than the little spacey/spastic.

Emmett: Is Manolo the only person who has noticed that the Emmett he is beginning to look like the deer in the headlights? The very tall, very well dressed and very polite deer in the headlights.

Zulema: Bravo to the Zulema for designing the beautiful dress in the record time. Mirabile dictu, she does have some talent after all. Of the course, she is still the unpleasant person.

Kara: The Kara, she always seems one sewing machine failure away from having the catatonic breakdown. If this it were the movie Airplane! the other passengers they would be lining up to slap her.

Nick: Manolo he has come to respect the Nick and his talent. He does his best, and it is usually very good.

Chloe: Always good. Boringly good. She will be one of the final three.

Daniel V.: The coolest of the designers. Manolo loves the Daniel V! He is talented, and has his own vision that is fun and youthful. He is confident without being the ego maniac. He is the good listener, and someone who does not panic when the pressure it is on. It is official, the Daniel V he is the Manolo’s new favorite.

Santino: What is there left to say about this unattractive, petty man? He has some wickety-wack talent, although, the more the Manolo sees, the less he thinks Miss Thang is all that. Of the course, any talent the Santino he does have it is almost completely obscured by his insecure, raving meglomania and jealousy.

The Next Carnivale of the Couture

Manolo says, the Shangri Law they are hosting the next weeks Carnivale of Couture. The topic, it is: Fashion Items You Cannot Live Without.

Mid-Winter D & G

Dolce & Gabbana Fall - Winter 2005/06   Manolo Likes!  Click!

Manolo says, the dark brown suede and the gold thread make these pumps from the Dolce and the Gabbana cozy and warm, like the leather armchair next to the fire on the cold mid-winter afternoon. They are both elegant and homey, the most unusual and appealing of combinations.

What The Manolo Is…

Manolo says, here is the list of the media which the Manolo is consuming this week, otherwise known as What the Manolo is…

Reading…

Watching…

Reading…

Listening to.

The Manolo he was completely enthralled by the Capote movie, and the Philip Seymour Hoffman he fully deserves whatever accolades are given to him. It was the sort of movie which the Manolo had come to believe was no longer being made, the movie for the grown up, the movie that requires that the viewer have complex, sometimes contradictory thoughts about the characters and actions on the screen.

JAN
2006
17

The Globes of Gold

Manolo says, in the general, the fashions at the Globes of Gold Awards they were tasteful, decorous, and mostly boring. It is clear to the Manolo that the famosos they are now terribly worried about the ridicule of the television shows and the blogs of fashion. As the result, the Manolo, he was forced to look hard for picutres with which he could amuse his internet friends.

Happily, there were the few moments from the ceremony and the after parties that deserved the comment.

The best word to describe this, it is blowzy.

Doing his own thang.

Ayyyyyy! Chiquitita! The scrawny raccoon baby it is so cute!


Here are the Cathy and Rick Hiltons making the Manolo wish he had the bucket of gasoline.

Fashion Don’ts That Make The Manolo Crazy

Manolo says, from the Vivienne Westwood comes the trio of Fashion Don’ts That Make The Manolo Crazy.

Moobs.

Fascist Chic.

Nazi in the Net.

And here, please allow the Manolo to say the few words about the “transgressive” fashion.

The few words, they are “played out”.

The Manolo he is simply bored with the entire attempt to shock him with the “transgressive” fashion.

Trust the Manolo if the major bending-of-the-gender motion picture starring the James Garner and the Julie Andrews was made in the 1982, no one in the 2006 is going to be shocked by the image of the lady breasts on the man’s shirt. Instead, it is the opposite. Instead if you insist on parading such the item on your runway, most people they will just assume that you are not very bright.

Likewise, thanks to the overuse by “artists”, the material trappings of the mass murdering Nazis they no longer provide the uncomfortable frisson they once did. And now their appearance on the runway can be rightly viewed as yet the thousandth attempt to elicit the cheap reaction, and thus we are forced to conclude that your work it is the product of the shallow and immature mind.

So the number one fashion don’t that makes the manolo crazy, it is the transgressive that no longer transgresses.

Gorgeous Things

Gorgeous Things
Manolo says, the Manolo’s friends at the Gorgeous Things they are having the special sale for the readers of the Manolo’s humble shoe blog.

The Carnivale of Couture #2

Manolo says, here is the second Carnivale of the Couture, in which many of the internet friends of the Manolo contribute their entries on the topic of “Fashion Don’ts That Make You Crazy”

The always cool coolchiq, she gives us the fashion don’ts for the summer of the 2006.

The delightful Pink Mirage, she is made crazy by the muffin top, the lobe-stretching earrings, and the disgusting toes.

The Designer Elle, she cringes at the mere thought of the Dr. Martens.

The I Am the Fashion girls they provide two of the fashion don’ts, don’t wear the distressed jeans and do not bling the bling.

The Manolo’s own Never teh Bride, she gives us her crazy-making wedding fashion don’ts.

The Verbal Croquis, these are the few of her least favorite things, to include the hated man purse.

The Bag Snob, she made the Manolo laugh with the rubric, These Boots Are Made for Dim Wits

The Persiflage
, she explores the repulsive fashion don’ts of the mens.

The legal divas of the Shangri Law, their fashion don’ts include the The Mentally Defective Baby-Tee and the K-Fizzle Chic

The Final Fashion, she wishes the adults to dress like the adults, and not the teenaged slobs.

For the Pet-Pet the pet peeve it is the turning of the puppy into the purse.

For the Pursed Lips, two words: fanny packs!

The Counterfeit Chic chick she expounds upon the fashion don’t of faking it.

The amusingly named blog, the Sense of Soot, they make the arguement that the pink it is not the new cute.

The Manolo’s favorite Italian fashion blog, the Red Apple, they provide us with the Italian fashion don’ts, to include the hat of the cowboy.

The Jack and the Hill, they ask the eternal fashion don’t ask question, Does My Ass Look Fat In These Pants.

The La Dolce Divas they despise the tennis shoe of puffy whiteness.

The Begin Each Day, she rails against the sports shoes in the non-sports context.

The Ditzy Spice she goes off on the Dukes of Daisy.

The Style Tribe, they hate the ugly loco logo wear.

For the Gemma the Catwalk Queen, it is the gaucho pants and the bag dresses, that are the don’ts.

And finally, as the antidote to the don’t, the Almost the Girl, to whom the Manolo owes the debt of gratitude for the idea for the Carnivale, she claims that there is no such thing as the fashion don’t!

If the Manolo he has neglected to include your contribution to this, or you would like to add your crazy-making don’t please email the Manolo.

Manolo the Columnist

Manolo says, the Manolo’s column in the Express of the Washington Post it is now available for the downloading. This week the Manolo gives the sensible advice to the tall girls.

Dear Manolo,

What’s a tall girl who wishes to be super fantastic to do so as to not make her shorter boyfriend feel insecure?

Helena

Manolo says, it is the experience of the Manolo that usually, the problem it is not with the mens who are shorter than their girlfriends, but with the tall girls who wish to have the boyfriends who are of the commesurate height.

Trust the Manolo if the man who is shorter likes you, he does not mind the difference of the height. You are worth the climb.

Yet now, because your man is short, you now wear only the flats. Then you see the beautiful heels you must have, and the next thing you are resenting the tiny little Tom Cruise-like man because you think he will not let you wear the high heels, when in the fact, he has done nothing of the sort, in the fact he likes it that you are tall. You have concocted the scenario of insecurity in your head.

Do not let this happen to you. The man he will like you for who you are, or he will not.

In the spirit of this, the Manolo he recommends to you the Milagro from the Beverly Feldman, so that you may tower over him with style.

Milagro by Beverly Feldman    Manolo Likes!  Click!

JAN
2006
13

Blogging Luminary

Manolo says, the Manolo he has been mentioned in the Voice of the Village.

We’re also rather fond of Manolo the Shoeblogger—no relation to Manolo Blahnik—who concentrates on straight-up footwear fashion, with frequent commentary on celeb style. Recent posts discuss Queen Latifah’s transformation, David Hasselhoff, Season’s Greetings from Trump, and Malibu Barbie Frieda Kahlo.

No Project Runway

Manolo says, profound apologies from the Manolo to his many internet friends, especially to those who are expecting the Manolo’s usual Thursday comments following the Wednesday Night Project Runway.

The Manolo he is travelling this week, in the fact, the Posse Manolo it is rolling in the Chicago (the Manolo he will have the few words about the shopping on the Mile of Miracles). As the consequence, the Manolo he was not able to see the Project Runway, nor has he been able to do much of the blogging.

Do not worry, the Manolo he will watch the episode and post his comments this weekend, after he returns from his trip.