Manolo the Columnist
Manolo says here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post.
Dear Manolo,
I’m about to have lunch with an ex I haven’t seen in fifteen years. Since I last saw him, I’ve come into my own, started a successful business, and have learned how to dress well. I’m thinking of wearing a cute, floaty, little black skirt, something that would work for lunch and a stroll in the park afterwards. What should I wear on my feet?
Nora
Manolo says, here is one of the surprisingly common problems of the modern age, how to induce in the former flame the complicated feelings of remorse, regret, and desire using only conversation, feetwear, and floaty black skirts.
As it is often the case, it is best to take as your model the Audrey Hepburn, whose ethereal beauty and floaty-skirt-wearing ways drove many men to distraction.
Her secret for this was not only in her looks, but in the detached and bemused manner in which she seemed to regard her potential suitors. Such cool indifference, feigned or otherwise, causes men’s emotions to roil and flare, and this is the always point of meeting the old flame, is it not?
What better way to express your inner Audrey than with the Jeweltones from the Stuart Weitzman. Not only are they beautiful, but they have the sturdy low heel so that you will not topple to the ground while pretending to be indifferent in the park.
June 8th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Ah, seeing the ex. That’s the reason I don’t leave the house looking frumpy.
June 8th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
i love those! very nice color.. great pick, Manolo :D
June 9th, 2007 at 10:23 am
These are lovely and just right for the occasion, provided they don’t slap when you walk like a pair of flip-flops. The flopping noise is the bane of my existence and the mortal enemy of elegance. They look as though they would come up high enough on the foot for that not to be a problem, but make sure you take a lap or two around the shoe department before you take them home.
June 13th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
“so that you will not topple to the ground while pretending to be indifferent in the park.”
brilliant!