Manolo’s Shoe Blog

Manolo says, as far as the Manolo could see, this year the theme for the ladies of the Globes of Gold awards was “Fantasy Bride”, as many, many of the famosas appeared in the white dresses.

Here is the partial list of the white-wearing Golden Globe Brides to Not Be…

The jilted Swan Lake non-bride

The comically well endowed Spawn of Trump

The Nastiest Little Mermaid

The beautiful Heidi Klump and Rebecca Romaine Lettuce

The very defintion of zaftig.

White, white, white, white, white, white as far as the eye could see!

Of the course the Manolo cannot ignore the mens…

The deer in the headlights.

Trump and Baldwin: in the truly just world these two men would be nothing more than the neighborhood butchers famous for the quality of their keilbasa.

Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is…

Reading…

Listenting to…

Reading…

The Manolo has to say that he cannot remember when he loved the book on the first reading as much as he loved the Freddy and Fredericka.

Yes, it is the hilarious book, but more than that it is the beautifully written, wonderfully humane and elegaic book, one that celebrates all of those things that the Manolo most admires. It recognizes what the Manolo has long thought, that the greatest philosophy of all is love. It trumps everything.

Sadly, instead of moving straight into the next Helprin novel, the Manolo read the
Christopher Buckley book, which, while amusing, was the thin, watery gruel compared to the feast of the Freddy and the Fredericka. And now the Manolo is determined to read all of the Helprin novels in the coming weeks.

Manolo says, the Manolo would say that these were her mother’s shoes, except the Manolo is not sure if this girl and her sister have the mother. Indeed, sometimes he thinks they were raised by the feral dogs who were good at marketing.

P.S. Many thanks to the Manolo’s internet friend the Elayne for the link to the picture.

Manolo says, the English newspaper the Daily Mail they have written the article about the fashion blogs, entitled The Fashion Blog Stars, and they have mentioned the Manolo!

You see, these days, to have one finger on the fashion pulse, you need to have the other one on your computer mouse, reading (or writing) the latest blogs - derived in true 21st century fashion as an abbreviation of ‘web-logs’ - from Planet Style.

The industry that is all about staying one step ahead is struggling to keep up with the plethora of bloggers who are revealing trends before they’re set, passing on gossip before it’s happened and rapidly diminishing the power of the glossy magazines.

Bloggers can be the harshest critics of hyped-up fads and can pull a look from the reject rail and make it hot: so influential and well-read are these internet diarists that the industry’s biggest brand names are vying for a (positive) mention on their sites, and paying to advertise on the most popular pages – making it a lucrative occupation for those that receive a large number of ‘hits’.

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An anonymous New Yorker, who writes under the pseudonym Manolo (a tribute, of course, to the one and only Mr Blahnik himself), this amusing blog is a must-read for shoe-lovers everywhere. Witty and authoritative, his unusual prose takes some getting used to, but once you’re in the groove, the to-ing and fro-ing between Manolo and his footwear friends is very entertaining.

This week, someone posed the question; “On “What Not to Wear”, the style gurus are always saying ankle straps shorten the line of the leg. Do you agree? Can only the willowy six-footer teenage model pull off the ankle strap? What sayeth the wise one?”.

“The Manolo sayeth, do not get the Manolo started on the frumpity What Not To Wear peoples. All the Manolo will say, is that in this case they are wrong. Unless you have the excessively stout legs and the 18″ inseam, the line of the leg is not appreciably shortened by the ankle strap shoes.”

Also mentioned in this amusing article are the Manolo’s internet friends at the Bag Snob, the Purse Blog, the My Fashion Life, and the Sartorialist.

Manolo says, not often, but sometimes (rarely) the descriptions provided by the on-line shoe sellers are poetic.

Such is the case with this beautiful strappy sandal from the Jean-Michel Cazabat, which the copywriter at the Zappos has described as having the “modern medly of metallics”.

You may be assured that for the rest of the week the Manolo will be attempting to work this wonderful, alliterative phrase into all of his conversations.

Manolo says, here is the latest from the Vivienne Westwood collection.

Sweet Granny’s Cradigan and Dickies Public Safety Pants Combo.

Post-Punk Fred Flintstone Kilt and Busby.

Topsy-Turvey Double-Barrelled Sweater Boy.

Vivienne Westwood: The Bridal Consultant of Frankenstein.

P.S. Truth in Advertising!

Manolo says, it is not the secret that the Manolo counts the Perez Hilton among his oldest internet friends. However, as much as the Manolo likes the Perez, he must object to the periwinkle feetwear!

Manolo says, not just overpriced and ugly, but grotesquely so.

Manolo says, Perhaps this is where the Manolo shall spend eternity.

P.S. Many thanks to the Dr. Nic for alerting the Manolo to this.