NOV
2007 29

Holiday Shoes, 2007

Manolo says, here is something from Christian Lacroix to enliven the dullest of holiday parties.

NOV
2007 29

The Basement of the Bargains

Manolo says, the Manolo reminds you that his internet friend Twistie is blogging up many holiday bargains at the Manolo’s Basement of the Bargains.

NOV
2007 29

Project Runway 4, Episode Three

Manolo says, Ah, the menswear, it looks so simple: the pants, the jacket, the shirt. It is not as if the male fashions have really changed in the past 75 years (other than the deplorable trend toward 24/7 casualness), and yet why is it that so many famous and talented designers produce such utter crap when they turn their hand to the menswear? It is simple. Menswear does not fall under the purview of the fashion designer. It belongs properly and only to the tailor, to men who have devoted their lives to the arcana of button holes and pick-stitched…