Manolo says, the Manolo has been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Shoetube TV, the new media venture that combines the shoe blogs with the professionally produced videos.
If you love the shoes, as the Manolo does, you will enjoy much that the Shoetube.tv has to offer.
Manolo asked, whose shoes?
Manolo answers, it is the Diane Keaton!
Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend Sarah, who was the very first to guess the answer.
Manolo says, it is not often the Manolo forcefully decries something from the hand of his muse, Miuccia Prada, but this kitten-heel flex pump from Miu Miu is just such the item.
There is no other way to describe this, except, it is just dumb.
Yes, undoubtedly in the wonderfully original and byzantine mind of Miuccia Prada, there is some sort of conceptual-y, ironic-y, post-modern-y thing going on, but here, in the execution of this idea, there is only dumbness.
This shoe could only be worn by the grossest of congenitally ignorant attention seekers. (Insert name of Hollywood starlet here.) Otherwise it is simply unwearable, and indeed, it pains the Manolo to even gaze upon it.
What is perhaps the most troubling for the Manolo is that only last week, the Manolo was praising one of the most beautiful shoes he has ever seen, the truly sublime Prada Corallo Oro sandals.
How is it possible that the same person could be responsible for both items?
And now, the Manolo must go lay down in the darkened room, the cool compress upon his forehead.
Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is…
Ayyyy! The dogs, they are so beautiful, and the shoes of the handlers, they are so hideous!
Manolo says, one of the Manolo’ s internet friends has asked the Manolo the question.
Dear Manolo,
Please help! I’m beginning to think I’m on an impossible quest. I’m about to start a fabulous new job, and i just found out I have a cracked sesamoid bone in my foot. Which means I have to toss my entire collection of gorgeous stilettos and fun wedges, and start from scratch. According to my doctor, I must only wear flats with rigid soles. And, they must be wide, in order to avoid adding any additional pressure on the afflicted area. In fact, my doctor actually uttered to words “Buy ugly shoes.” To make things even more difficult, I’ve been on the job hunt for a while, and my bank account is showing the ill affects, so I can’t afford to spend much on these new shoes. I’m only 26, please save me from a lifetime of doctor-prescribed “ugly shoes!”
Thanks,
Becca
Your doctor has recommended that you purchase only the ugly shoes?
The Manolo shouts, QUACK!
Clearly, this “physician” is the peddler of snake oils and patent medicines, who needs to have both his gypsy wagon and his medical license confiscated. He has neglected the obvious and important medicinal benefits that accrue to those who wear beautiful shoes, chief among which are happiness, psychic well-being, and the sexier, sexual sex life.
Firstly, the Manolo recommends getting the second opinion, preferably from the doctor whose accreditation comes from somewhere other than the crazy old crone with the herbs, who lives in the shack in the haunted forest.
Second, the Manolo would tell you that there are many beautiful and interesting flats available to the young super fantastic girl with the feets problems.
For the example, here is the Borneo from Stuart Weitzman.
Stuart Weitzman has many such flat shoes of quality and taste, perfect for the young woman who is building the professional wardrobe.
Manolo says, it is again Monday, the most dreaded day of the week, when you return to your desk and face up to the fact that you are still in thrall to “The Man”, and his insidious instruments of oppression, foremost among which is the so-called “paycheck”.
Ah, but even as your labor belongs to AmFaRexCo, Inc. (formerly Consolidated Widgets, until the branding experts stepped in) your mind is your own, and is thus free to spin you away to the fancy ball at the glittering palace of the tall, sensitively hunky prince who lives only in your mind and on the pages of the less tawdry romance novels.
But what will you wear with the silk and satin frou-frou that the Fairy Godmother and her rodent minions conjured up out of curtains and thread-bare bed clothes?
How about these beautiful, simple, elegant sandals from DSquared2?
Manolo says, here is the best from the Manolosphere in the previous week.
There’s an entire segment of parents who will not be happy with what I’m going to write next.
I’m incredibly concerned about celebrity stylist extraordinaire Rachel Zoe.
What advice would you give to people who are looking to be happy? “For starters, learn how to cook.”
Yes, at long last we have a show dedicated to informing brides to be that their lives will be ruined if they don’t lose those extra five or ten pounds before they march down the aisle in their cookie-cutter-inspired strapless gowns.
Oh I’m just so excited I could spit.
This reminds me of those neon ice balls you could buy in 80s-era supermarkets so that your drink wouldn’t get watered down by your cooling mechanism.
Has Brad Pitt ever looked worse?
Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Actually, you might have: six million people have.
