MAY
2007
29

What the Manolo Is…

Manolo says, it is the Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is… Reading… Listening to… Watching… First the Manolo announces that with the arrival of the summer, he has commenced working on his summer reading list. And it is off to the good start with the very enjoyable Ivy Briefs, written by the Manolo’s internet friend the Martha Kimes, who blogs at The Random Muse. The Ivy Briefs is quite funny, and certain to be enjoyed by anyone who has endured either the law school or the lawyer. In the other words, it could be enjoyed by anyone. Secondly,…

MAY
2007
29

Build the Outfit

Manolo says, because this is the short week for the Americans, the Manolo has decided to not run the Build the Outfit contest this week. It shall return next week, with the new challenge for the Manolo’s amateur stylist friends. In the meanwhile, there are many amusing conversations about outfit building in the Manolo’s Super Fantastic Forums.

MAY
2007
29

White Isaac Mizrahi for the Post-Memorial Day

Manolo says, while the Manolo himself long ago shucked off the tyranny of the petty rules which “forbid” the wearing of the white shoes during seasons other than the summer, the Manolo is nonetheless sympathetic to those who still adhere to this outmoded rite. And so, in the spirit of comity between the warring sects, the Manolo offers to his dogmatic No-white-shoes-before-Memorial-Day friends this fun pair of the summery white Isaac Mizrahi sandals!

MAY
2007
29

Manolo’s Tuesday Miscellany

Manolo says, here are the few links which may perhaps amuse… The Transformation of Marc Jacobs What your shoe say about you. Not that the shoes are by any means naive or childish looking but those over-prounounced features are bringing out the need to wear something similarly exaggerated with them

MAY
2007
29

902-Wonderful!

Manolo says, look at this bit of news from the Postal Service of the United States. Saks Fifth Avenue says its new shoe department is so big and fancy it’s getting its own ZIP code. The quintessential Manhattan store is revamping its shoe department, and when it moves from the fourth floor to the eighth floor in August customers will be able to send mail to 10022-SHOE. “We believe it’s such a big move for us it deserves its own ZIP code,” Saks spokeswoman Lesley Langsam Kennedy said Thursday. “We wanted to make it a destination.” The U.S. Postal Service…