Don’t Forget the Man-Clutch!
By Manolo the Shoeblogger
Manolo says, what? Is he on his way to the hoedown?
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April 23rd, 2007 at 9:36 am
The shirt and tie combo are making me dizzy!
April 23rd, 2007 at 10:19 am
That gingham-check ensemble would indicate that you are correct. But what of the minion behind him?
April 23rd, 2007 at 11:07 am
I’d compliment him on branching out from his usual attire if he didn’t look like a valet gone bad…
April 23rd, 2007 at 11:18 am
Did you see this???
April 23rd, 2007 at 1:24 pm
What the deuce?
Why is it that hairdressers always have bad hair, and fashion designers always dress like cow-poo?
April 23rd, 2007 at 3:43 pm
It is the festive printemps-in-Paris let’s-have-an-impromptu-picnic look. If Karl was a few years younger, he could whip off his shirt and use it for a picnic cloth, as he and his minions enjoyed a nice sunny day in a secluded corner of the Bois. As he cannot take the shirt off, I suppose that’s why he’s wearing the tie, too – protective coloration. He’ll blend right in to the picnic cloth.
April 23rd, 2007 at 11:30 pm
The thing I have a real disagreement with is the collar. It’s up to his chin, and appears to be causing him some discomfort. Maybe he likes it that way, I don’t know.
April 24th, 2007 at 5:40 am
am I the only one who thinks his hands are a very strange colour?
April 24th, 2007 at 9:00 am
Here’s my theory about both the collar AND the fingerless driving gloves – this is Karl’s attempt to do what Katherine Hepburn used to do with popping up her shirt collars so that no one would see her neck.
If he did not wear gloves, everyone could see his hands. Hands are one of the first parts of you that shows aging. He doesn’t want us to see his hands.
If he wore a regular collar, we’d see his neck, another part that shows aging early — Karl obviously does NOT want us to see his neck.
Karl – you’re getting old. Get used to it.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:54 am
I love Paris in the Springtime…
You know in the movie “Hairspray” (the first, divine one) when John Waters’ psychiatrist spins this crazy-wheel op-art thing to brainwash the Penny Pingleton away from her forbidden love of the Seaweed?
That is what this shirt & tie combo reminds the desertwind of.
(Well, that and the picnic tablecloth. I wonder if Karl deliberately chose a cafe with red chairs to match?)
Should the Karl ever deviate from the Karl Walk and that tie dare to swing, look out Paris!
April 25th, 2007 at 4:58 am
PS — Why does the desertwind have a sudden urge to take apart her kitchen junk drawer in hopes an old Christmas peppermint surely is there?
August 17th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Who are the gorgeous beauties to the left and right? .. yes please!
October 10th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
The only man whom I know can pull off a Man clutch with style isn British fashion Presenter and socialite Emmanuel Ray. I wonder where he gets his clutches from?! Does anybody know? He carries those big old hollywood style vintage ones and they look gorgeous and sophisticated.