Manolo asked, whose shoes? Manolo answers, the Kathy Griffin! Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend Cat, who was the first to identify whose shoes. The Manolo loves the Kathy Griffin. Yes, she is crude, over-the-top, and somewhat out-of-control with the plastic surgery and the hair coloring, but for all of that she is exceedingly funny and her fashion sense is not bad.
Manolo says, the Plumcake has asked the Big Question: What sartorial staple –the handkerchief hem, puff sleeves, whathaveyou– would YOU like to see die a quick, painful death? For the Manolo, it has recently become the short bubble skirt. But, you must go and add your candidate for the chopping block to the growing list.
Manolo says, it is not often the Manolo feels like slapping someone based solely upon appearances. It is unprecedented that he would feel this way about three peoples at once.
Manolo says, the Manolo is not surprised by this story about the Zappos extraordinary customer service. Zaz Lamarr meant to return some shoes to Zappos, but her mom passed away and, naturally, she just didn’t have time. Zappos arranged to have UPS come pick up the shoes—and then sent her flowers: When I came home this last time, I had an email from Zappos asking about the shoes, since they hadn’t received them. I was just back and not ready to deal with that, so I replied that my mom had died but that I’d send the shoes as soon…
Manolo says, ayyyyy! The Manolo has been in ill most of the day with the bad cold, sleeping and taking the medicines, and so it is only only now that he has remembered that today is the third anniversary of the Manolo’s Shoe Blog!! And so he belatedly shouts… Happy Anniversary!!! It was three years ago, on October 16th, 2004, that the Manolo invented the shoe blog. It is hard to believe, but three years ago, the Manolo could count the number of the fashion blogs on the fingers of the single hand, and now, marvelously, there are thousands of…