Whose Shoe Wednesday
Manolo says, today the Manolo starts the new feature, something he calls “Whose Shoe Wednesday”, in which the Manolo presents the pictures of the shoes of the famous person, and his internet friends guess who this person is.
These shoes all belong to the same beloved woman.
Manolo asks, whose shoes?
March 14th, 2007 at 9:48 am
looks like the queen of england
March 14th, 2007 at 9:49 am
I don’t know why, but I want to say the lady in question is Queen Elizabeth II?
March 14th, 2007 at 9:56 am
It’s the late, great Queen Mum.
March 14th, 2007 at 10:30 am
Marilyn M.
March 14th, 2007 at 10:35 am
Not the Queen, the Queen Mum!
March 14th, 2007 at 10:44 am
I’m going with the Queen Mum. Wasn’t she simply fabulous?!?
March 14th, 2007 at 11:19 am
The late Duchess of Windsor–Wallis Warfield Simpson
March 14th, 2007 at 11:30 am
Obviously not Helen Mirren. And the late Duchess of Windsor was not beloved by anyone (though she did have finer ankles than her sister in law and niece.)
March 14th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Eleanor Roosevelt?
March 14th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Queen Mum.
March 14th, 2007 at 11:51 am
My first instict was QE2, but my second was Princess Di (because I couldn’t see the Queen in the last pair). Isn’t it strange that we’ve all identified the feet as belonging to some member of the British royal family? Is there something particularly British or royal about the feet?
March 14th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Ah, but who else but a British royal would stroll across the turf in shoes like those, on their way to congratulate the winner of the polo match, perhaps?
March 14th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
I don’t think so. Di had better ankles than that. I don’t see QE2 wearing the first pair of platforms and I don’t think the Queen Mum could’ve worn heels like that when those styles were in. Marilyn M. would never have worn the third shoe, IMO, besides she died before platforms were in. I am inclined to say British though, b/c of the man’s shoe in the background of the 3rd picture, so I’ll just take a stab at it and say Fergie, (formerly?) Duchess of York.
March 14th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
I’m going to go with Princes Margaret because I can’t see QEII wearing platforms like in the first picture.
March 14th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
My second guess would be Hillary Clinton b/c she has ankles like that. But would she be called “beloved”?
March 14th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
It’s Jackie O.
March 14th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Of course it’s Jackie O. To think otherwise would be absurd.
March 14th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Andrew’s ex, Fergie perhaps?
And to think anyone would guess those thick ankles belong to Jackie O.–ridiculous.
March 14th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
J. Edgar Hoover
March 14th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
I’m guessing the foot next to Pair #3 belongs to a man in a kilt, which is all the more reason to think it’s one of the royals. The men do like to go tromping around Balmoral in kilts. I’m befuddled. Who would wear Pairs 1 and 4 but also wear the long dresses in 2 and 3? When do we find out the answer?
March 14th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Here’s a picture of Queen goosestepping. Those ankles look familiar to me . .
http://blog.andrewsteele.co.uk/content/queenatchch/goosestep.jpg
March 14th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
I thought QEII at first, but could it be the Iron Lady herself, Margaret Thatcher?
March 14th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
I think Jackie O… the platforms are way too out there for the queen if you ask me
March 14th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
How about Evita Peron?
March 14th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
Helen Keller is my guess!
March 14th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
supercanuck, stole my guess…eva peron.
March 14th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
Darlings, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis wore a size 12 shoe. And her ankles and calves were decidedly more shapely than these. Also, these photos appear to have been taken in the 1940’s, when the lovely (and teenaged) Miss Bouvier would surely have died to be seen in such matronly shoes as these.
I’m going with the consensus here. It’s the Queen Mum.
March 14th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
It is indeed the Queen Mum!
March 14th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Surely it’s the Little Sparrow, Edith Piaf!
March 14th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
Camilla?
March 14th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
My first thought was that it was the Queen, but upon reflection, I don’t see any current pictures there, so I’m thinking that it must be her mother.
Regardless, it’s DEFINITELY a man in a kilt beside her, as they stroll across the lawn!
March 14th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
Tis the Queen Mum -
we’re sure of it.
March 14th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
I agree with Eloise, I think its Eleanor Roosevelt. J. Edgar Hoover….LMAO!!!
March 14th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
I think the shoes belong to Queen Elizabeth. I’ve often noticed she favours platforms, from Gina I think.
March 14th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
I’m going with QE II. People forget that she was a young girl once, so the platforms wouldn’t be too much of a stretch. My second choice would be the Queen Mum.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
Duchess of york.
March 14th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
I think it is The Queen, mostly for the time of the photos (young woman in 1944)
March 14th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
I think it is The Queen, mostly for the time of the photos (young woman in 1944)
March 14th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
I’m getting the British vibe, too. Hard to believe the same worman wore shoes so dowdy and so cool. (Love those platforms.)
Not Fergie or Diana, i think. Both had/have shapelier legs. Not QE2. Not in those fab platforms — unless when she was younger???
It could be Wallis… but I’m going with QE2, back in the day.
March 14th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
God - I wish it was J Edgar - you should get a prize for that answer.
These photos all seem matronly and unfortunately not regal. However, I think it is QE2, it’s the cankles..
March 14th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Marilyn Monroe emphatically did not die before platforms were popular; platforms were huge in the 1940’s (think Rita Hayworth). That being said, platforms were not exactly at their zenith during hers.
I’m not sure who’s wearing the shoes, but I think the British Royal Family Member guesses are likely candidates!
March 14th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
Actually, that’s a total cop-out. I’m going with the Queen Mother.
March 14th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
Of course its the Queen Mother. The idea that it could even possibly be Diana or even Fergie is hilarious. Those photos were taken long ago and are of a short little lady’s feet. The idea that it could have been Jackie Onassis leaves me speechless.
March 14th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
OK, it could be her daughter.
March 15th, 2007 at 8:53 am
One of my dear-departed Mum’s claims to fame is that she actually has a Queen Mum story. During WWII, my mother was a visiting nurse-midwife in Glasgow and was called out to do a delivery. Because Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mum) was touring, to do “the queen’s wave” and make the locals feel a little bit better about being bombed into the ground (sorry, we are anti-monarchists at our house), the police had the streets blocked off so that the queen could drive slowly by in her Daimler (yep - I’ll repeat that…a Daimler..not a British-made car). Well, my mother had business to attend to and was dressed in her nurse’s uniform and veil and so when the policeman stopped her, right in front of the queen’s car and told her she had to just stand there, she told him to bugger off as she was on “official business”, gave the queen a little dip and sailed on with her medical bag et al. She also told me that it was very well known at that time that Queen Elizabeth kept multiple pairs of “court shoes” in the back seat of her car and would change them on a moment’s notice. She was known as a real shoe lover and very fashionable person at the time.
March 15th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
I love those white shoes!!
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March 16th, 2007 at 9:15 am
I don’t know why, but I want to say the lady in question is Queen Elizabeth II?
March 21st, 2007 at 10:55 am
Queen Mum. Might have said Princess Margaret, but I wouldn’t call her beloved.