Comments on: Blog.mode Address Fashion http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/ Manolo Loves the Shoes! Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:20:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Alcina http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565775 Alcina Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:11:02 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565775 Congratulations to the Manolo! The Manolo deserves praise. Thank you for stopping by my blog. Muchos besos back to you, Alcina Congratulations to the Manolo! The Manolo deserves praise. Thank you for stopping by my blog.

Muchos besos back to you,

Alcina

]]> By: long island http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565689 long island Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:35:09 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565689 Ignore the words of the fool What a wonderful Christmas present the Maestro has given! Ignore the words of the fool
What a wonderful Christmas present the Maestro has given!

]]> By: Cris http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565685 Cris Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:37:11 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565685 If the shoe fits, wear it! If the shoe fits, wear it!

]]> By: Maggie http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565677 Maggie Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:41:29 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565677 I'm most vexed that the idiot David Wolfe, with apparently zero understanding of different types of media, has a job and I do not. I’m most vexed that the idiot David Wolfe, with apparently zero understanding of different types of media, has a job and I do not.

]]> By: Tbone http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565674 Tbone Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:48:22 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565674 I am thrilled that The Manolo loves the Manolo! You reaction is how I feel every time our humble little blog is mentioned here. Not only in the world of fashion but in nearly every cultural arena the "amateurs" continue to chip away little by little at the establishment. And surely The Manolo is right when he says that the readers decide whether or not the bloggers become influential. The evidence so far suggests that the old guard, be they in fashion or politics or history or televison or you name it are finding that the independent bloggers cannot be ignored. Indeed they offer an unmatched forum that provides immediate feedback which the mainstreamers used to bay big bucks to receive. And very few do this as well as The Manolo! I am thrilled that The Manolo loves the Manolo! You reaction is how I feel every time our humble little blog is mentioned here.

Not only in the world of fashion but in nearly every cultural arena the “amateurs” continue to chip away little by little at the establishment. And surely The Manolo is right when he says that the readers decide whether or not the bloggers become influential.

The evidence so far suggests that the old guard, be they in fashion or politics or history or televison or you name it are finding that the independent bloggers cannot be ignored. Indeed they offer an unmatched forum that provides immediate feedback which the mainstreamers used to bay big bucks to receive.

And very few do this as well as The Manolo!

]]> By: wannabe http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565673 wannabe Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:35:19 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565673 Yeah for the Manolo! (Both of them). I would loosely define fashion as the intersection of an art form with necessity. Those who prize the art form (and the concomitant high amounts of cash art can bring in), tend to view it as a highbrow pursuit that the uneducated should not attempt while those who prize the necessity of it view the art form as irrelevant frippery bordering on immoral. The majority of your readers (if I may be so bold as to opine broadly upon your community), appear to be somewhere in the middle of that continuum. They admire the Manolo's ability to appreciate the pure artful beauty of shoes and to educate our eyes by sharing the pictures of them, while recognizing that no matter how lovely, these items must still, somehow, be worn. Accordingly, the Manolo has many an amusing post deriding the badly designed shoes which seem to be only artistic statements by people who hate feet. In other words, we enjoy beauty and quality and we will buy it at the right price point. What more could the fashion industry desire? Yeah for the Manolo! (Both of them). I would loosely define fashion as the intersection of an art form with necessity. Those who prize the art form (and the concomitant high amounts of cash art can bring in), tend to view it as a highbrow pursuit that the uneducated should not attempt while those who prize the necessity of it view the art form as irrelevant frippery bordering on immoral.

The majority of your readers (if I may be so bold as to opine broadly upon your community), appear to be somewhere in the middle of that continuum. They admire the Manolo’s ability to appreciate the pure artful beauty of shoes and to educate our eyes by sharing the pictures of them, while recognizing that no matter how lovely, these items must still, somehow, be worn. Accordingly, the Manolo has many an amusing post deriding the badly designed shoes which seem to be only artistic statements by people who hate feet.

In other words, we enjoy beauty and quality and we will buy it at the right price point. What more could the fashion industry desire?

]]> By: Imelda http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565671 Imelda Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:26:01 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565671 www.imelda.com.au Merry Faaarrrrking Christmas, my friend. Halleluiah, I may just start taking in tongues I’m that excited. This precisely the reason I left my last job and started www. imelda.com.au - the democratisation of fashion and providing forum to constructively critique local and international footwear brands. Despite that I spent the last 12 working for EVERY major Australian Footwear retailer/wholesaler, I’ve hit brick wall after brick wall. There are mid market companies (one that I have worked for) that are so imperious it’s disturbing. “Our brands won’t be participating on your site”, it’s like WTF lady - I’m offering you FREE publicity with the opportunity to collect IMMEDIATE feedback on your brand. But hey, I’m just the village idiot - so if you can’t appreciate the value of this information then there are plenty of other brands that can. I’m in this for the long haul but firstly I need to change the perceptions of an entire industry!!! Imelda www.imelda.com.au http://www.imelda.com.au

Merry Faaarrrrking Christmas, my friend. Halleluiah, I may just start taking in tongues I’m that excited.

This precisely the reason I left my last job and started http://www. imelda.com.au - the democratisation of fashion and providing forum to constructively critique local and international footwear brands.

Despite that I spent the last 12 working for EVERY major Australian Footwear retailer/wholesaler, I’ve hit brick wall after brick wall.

There are mid market companies (one that I have worked for) that are so imperious it’s disturbing. “Our brands won’t be participating on your site”, it’s like WTF lady - I’m offering you FREE publicity with the opportunity to collect IMMEDIATE feedback on your brand. But hey, I’m just the village idiot - so if you can’t appreciate the value of this information then there are plenty of other brands that can.

I’m in this for the long haul but firstly I need to change the perceptions of an entire industry!!!

Imelda

http://www.imelda.com.au

]]> By: Joan H. http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565669 Joan H. Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:35:02 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565669 My heartfelt congratulations to the Manolo on the occasion of this most auspicious recognition by the Maestro, Manolo Blahnik. I do so love it when people I adore are singled out for the praise they deserve. My heartfelt congratulations to the Manolo on the occasion of this most auspicious recognition by the Maestro, Manolo Blahnik.

I do so love it when people I adore are singled out for the praise they deserve.

]]> By: Chaser http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565666 Chaser Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:13:58 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565666 Dude! Congratulations! Dude! Congratulations!

]]> By: Teresa http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565665 Teresa Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:54:15 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/2007/12/20/blogmode-address-fashion/#comment-565665 How could he not love you! I come and read here without comment because I'm not good at fashion like your regular commenters, but your blog and the comments are just so fun, that even the fashion impaired (such as I) can have a super fantastic time and maybe learn something along the way. It's great to know Mr. Blahnik sees the value in this. Yay for the Manolo - long may you blog! How could he not love you! I come and read here without comment because I’m not good at fashion like your regular commenters, but your blog and the comments are just so fun, that even the fashion impaired (such as I) can have a super fantastic time and maybe learn something along the way. It’s great to know Mr. Blahnik sees the value in this. Yay for the Manolo - long may you blog!

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