Manolo the Columnist
Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post.
Dear Manolo,In two weeks I’m heading to Los Angeles for a vacation: the beach, Disneyland, Hollywood, the whole thing. My husband has promised me dinner at the Ivy. What should I wear?
Erin
Manolo says, Los Angeles is the only place in the world where you will see the man in the faded board shorts, dirty t-shirt, and the flip-flops getting behind the wheel of the $180,000 Bentley automobile. In the seat next to him is the flashy and artificially enhanced young woman in the giant Dior sunglasses, the Chloe minidress, and the bling-covered Roberto Cavalli high-heeled sandals.
Do not be this couple. Do not drink the Hollywood kool-aid.
The Manolo recommends dressing up somewhat for dinner at the Ivy. This season in Los Angeles it is the slightly-above-the-knee, pretty, white dresses, fancy clutches, and flat sandals.
Here is the Xanadu by Report, the sophisticated and minimalist silver flat sandal that will not leave the paparazzi thinking you are the third Hilton sister.
July 20th, 2007 at 9:29 am
The Manolo has just described the Posh and the Becks to a tee! Fitting right in in La La Land, I’m sure they are.
July 20th, 2007 at 10:18 am
Beautiful sandal!
July 20th, 2007 at 11:54 am
“…the third Hilton sister.” The Manolo has just broken my heart a little bit.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Ooooo, those are gorgeous! Has the Manolo ever been to Austin, Texas? Because here you will also find the man in the faded board shorts, dirty t-shirt, and flip flops getting behind the wheel of the very, very expensive luxury automobile. The woman beside him will look much different from the one in the LA scenario, however.
July 20th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Allow me to play the refuser of festivities here and remind you all that these sandals do not necessarily enhance the figures of their wearers. A woman of amazonesque stature, with long legs and slims calves can certainly benefit from them. But us who need some extra inchage to escape looking like a well-dressed dumpling, should eschew these sandals as though they were the crocs…
July 20th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
“The woman beside him will look much different from the one in the LA scenario, however.”
Unfortunately true. lol
-Another Austinite
July 20th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Lovely sandals, but regarding The Ivy, let me suggest that unless the primary motivation is celebrity sighting, Crustacean is a far superior dining experience.
July 20th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Indeed, there are many superior dining experiences (one need only peruse the LA board on Chowhound to discover but a few of them). But the people-watching, it is unparalleled, and then when one reads the Us Weekly of the next week, one can say one has been there! (Of course, being an LA native, I am more likely to be at the quirky bobo cafe across the street, watching the people-watchers…) ;-)
July 20th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
I live in LA, my sis lives in Austin. I’m guessing the woman beside him would be artificially enhanced as well, but with giant blond hair that will barely fit into the car.
July 20th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
To the roz: Oh, no! You have Austin confused with Dallas. :)
July 20th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
quirky bobo cafe across the street
Had many a nice meal there while my son was in the NICU at Cedars-Sinai.
July 22nd, 2007 at 7:39 am
could the cat and the jenzilla describe the woman of the Austin? I’m curious.
July 22nd, 2007 at 1:08 pm
To the retna: Austin is sort of a laid-back, eclectic, college town with a lot of “granola” elements. It is very different from the rest of Texas. The Sandra Bullock looks like your typical Austin woman:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Leno_sandra_bullock.jpg
July 22nd, 2007 at 1:11 pm
To the retna: Austin is sort of a laid-back, eclectic, college town with a lot of “granola” elements. The Sandra Bullock looks like your typical Austin woman.
I tried to post a link to a photo, but my comment did not show up. Perhaps my link was unacceptable? If you do a Google image search for “Sandra Bullock,” look at the third row, far right photo (Ms. Bullock on the Jay Leno show). This is your typical Austin woman.
July 22nd, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Darn. Sorry for the double post. I see my first response showed up, after all. It was just held in “moderation” limbo for awhile.
July 22nd, 2007 at 6:12 pm
The Austin woman is an improvement on the LA one. The Ms.Bullock, she does not try too hard, and doesn’t need to. Congratulations to the women of the Austin! And thank you, Cat.
July 22nd, 2007 at 11:42 pm
You’re welcome! :)