JAN
2008
07

Shoe Trends for 2008, Part Two

Manolo says, over the next few days, the Manolo will be giving his forecast for the coming years shoe trends.

This next trend, which has been developing over the past year, has now fully arrived, and it is the brightly colored shoes. Currently we are seeing shoes which are saturated with color, not the primary color, but rich variations in the purples, the oranges, the yellows, the greens, the blues, and the reds.

In fact, the Manolo goes so far as to call this the “Year of Color”

This trend to color is visible at all levels of the market. Look, here are affordable shoes from Enzo Angliolini in bright orange and yellow.

Maylie from Enzo Angiolini   The color is bright!  Click!Maylie from Enzo Anglioini   Manolo say it is colorful!  Click!

And in the more expensive prices, here is deep purple satin slide from Ralph Lauren.

Purple Satin Slide from Ralph Lauren   Manolo Likes!  Click!

Yellow-ish platform shoes from Bruno Frisoni.

Yellow shoes from Bruno Frisoni Click!

Two varieties of red from the Christian Louboutin.

Red Pump from Christian Louboutin    Manolo Likes!  Click!

So, add some colors to your feets this year.

P.S. Shoe Trends for 2008, Part One.

JAN
2008
07

Find Your Own Sexy

Manolo says, Plumcake has excellent advice for any girl who would be super fantastic: find your own sexy.

JAN
2008
07

Valentino for the Monday

Beautiful, Strappy Sandals from Valentino!

Manolo says, it is the first Monday in January and the party is emphatically over.

You know this because you are back at your desk, and The Man is already breathing down your neck complaining about whatever it is he complains about. The strangely-out-of-character holiday cheeriness your boss had exhibited for the past two weeks is long gone, having been replaced by his usual pinch-penny misanthropy. In other words, it is back to normal at the firm of Scrooge and Marley.

This would not be so bad, but at home the Christmas tree is still standing in the corner, shedding its needles and giving your home the gloomy air of decay.

“Manolo,” you shout silently, “Take me away!”

And so the Manolo does, by showing you the beautiful and strappy sandal from Valentino. And with one look, it is the holiday season again, and your boss is dressed up as Santy Claus taking down your Christmas tree, packing everything away in his sleigh, and leaving behind nothing but good memories and the fat bonus check.

Manolo for the Home

Manolo says, if you are not reading the new Manolo for the Home blog you are missing out on important and amusing pieces concerning living in tiny houses, dealing with clutter, and the novelty toilet seat.

Project Runway 4, Episode Six

Manolo says, ayyyyy! The best challenge yet, to grab the giant fistfuls of second-rate but popular candies and candy merchandises in the candy store and to transform this mass of junk into the fashion.

This was the sort of challenge that made the original Project Runway so delightful, and not something about which Michael Kors could ecstatically shout “super commercial!!!!”

For the Manolo, the best part of the evening was that the likable chubster Chris, over whom the Manolo had begun to despair, showed that he could produce the completely wearable, and yet also sophisticated, mature, and attractive outfit.

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JAN
2008
04

Manolo the Columnist

Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post.

Dear Manolo,

I just broke up with my long-term boyfriend, and I’m again a single college girl. I now need a pair of sassy, confident shoes in which to go dancing. My fashion choices tend to be a bit daring, but my budget is small, under $150. Please help.

Ashley

Manolo says, out with the old boyfriend, in with the New Year!

And what better way to celebrate this transition to something superior than with the beautiful pair of the new shoes?

Of the course, these cannot be any ordinary new shoes, these are the special, empowering, consoling, post-breakup, want-to-look-great-while-shaking-the-groove-thang shoes, the sort of shoes that every woman needs at least once in her lifetime.

Clearly, this is the moment to throw the wind to caution and pick the beautiful and sexy shoes, shoes that express your belief that life has great and exciting things prepared for you, such as your “accidental” encounter at the bookstore with that broad-shouldered member of the heavy crew, the one with the tosseled hair and the angelic face, who sits in directly in front of you in the English 341 class, “Gaskell, Kingsley, Eliot and the Dialectic of Industrial Romance”, otherwise known to you as, the “Boring Class with the Hot Boy”.

Look, here is the aptly named Tryst from Charles David, the perfect post-breakup dancing shoe.

Tryst by Charles David    Manolo Likes!  Click!

JAN
2008
03

Charles David Boots On the Sale

Capture by Charles David   Manolo Likes!  Click!

Manolo says, here is the hot-sexy pointy toed boot from the Charles David that is selling at the greatly reduced 38% off of the usual price, the savings of almost $170 of the American dollars! So, not only would you be sexy-hot in these boots, but you would also be frugal-smart.

Whose Shoes Wednesday…The Answer!

Manolo asked, whose shoes?

Joan Crawford

Manolo answers, it is the magnificent and frightening Joan Crawford!

Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend the Katie, who was the first to identify whose shoes.

JAN
2008
02

The Big Question

Manolo says, the Plumcake has just asked this week’s Big Question, what are you doing to bring the real sexy back?