Manolo says, here is the most desirable Jimmy Choo patent leather slingback sandal for your Monday evening enjoyment. This is the sort of classic shoe that reminds one that simple elegance is frequently better.
Manolo says, in celebration of the season, the redoubtable Bill Cunningham of the New York Times has a marvelous little video about the springtime shoes seen on the street.
Manolo wishes all of his marvelous and beloved internet friends the most joyous of holidays!
Manolo says, they do it differently in the State of the Lone Starredness!
P.S. Undoubtedly, the delightful Raincoaster will be jealous that the Manolo found this first.
P.P.S. From the Manolo’s friends at Scippican Cottage
Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post.
Dear Manolo,
I’m in the market for some fun, flirty, feminine spring/summer shoes. The only problem is that I have hideous feet. They’re fine in anything with a closed or peep toe, but I feel that sandals show something better left covered up. What would you recommend?
Christine
Manolo says, how the Manolo sympathizes with his many friends who have unsightly feets. Truly it is the curse!
When the weather turns warm after many months of frigidity, your toes wish to run free, manumitted from the leathern prisons in which you have confined them these many months.
But if you have the ugly feets, this cannot happen, for fear that your toes will terrorize the townsfolk.
Yes, it is true, your toes have nothing but good intentions, they mean well, and are not harmful to others; they are just misunderstood. But that will not prevent shouting and angry villagers, armed with pitchforks and torches, from chasing your toes back into their dark hiding places!
Better to avoid this embarrassing scene and keep your monstrous shame safely hidden in closed-toed shoes in festive spring colors.
Look, here is the Rona from Donald J. Pliner, the bright pointy-toed mule that is perfect for wearing with the white cropped pants and the summer tan.
Manolo says, one of the Manolo’s internet friends has asked him the question.
Dear Manolo,
I am a young plant ecologist. I generally trudge around the forest in hiking boots whose original appearance is well disguised by a thick layer of mud. But soon I’ll be presenting at several scientific meetings. I am, of course, terrifically nervous and very anxious to make a good impression on future colleagues. If I am particularly impressive, I may be paid for my work (a novel idea after being an undergraduate for so long). I am having quite a lot of trouble choosing a shoe. You see, I don’t quite fit into a gender. I think “soft butch” describes me well. So what shoes should I choose to wear with my lovely, but almost masculine black suit?
Sincerely,
Suz
The Manolo loves the ungendered peoples of indeterminate gendering, with their girls-will-be-boys-will-be-huh? aesthetic. So wonderfully confusing!
And this story of the Manolo’s friend, it is marvelous. Indeed, it sounds like the Hollywood Indie Comedy, with the ambiguously gendered person living in the Edenic wilderness, with the plants and the hiking boots, who is forced by circumstances to emerge from this sanctuary to save the world from ecological disaster and/or deliver the academic paper.
But first, s/he needs suitable shoes for hir feets!
Luckily, the recent fashion trends, in which many of the best designers have shown masculine shoes for the women, means that there are many handsome shoes suitable for persons of ambiguity.
Behold, the beautifully constructed cap-toe oxford from Gravati!. Yes, it is somewhat costly, but this is the sort of shoe you will have your entire life.
Of the course, living in the forest generally does not pay well (just ask the chipmunks and the dryads), so perhaps the Manolos’ friend would require something slightly less costly, like this simple, handsome shoe, the Cloak from Franco Sarto.
Manolo says, there is much entertainment to be had at Manolo for the Home, such as this…
The truth is that, like the French, I do like a bit of rooster in my decor.
Manolo asked, whose shoes?
Manolo answers, it is the Jennifer Aniston!
Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend Patricia, who was the first person to identify the subject of this week’s Whose Shoes Wednesday.
Manolo says, but only if you go now and cast your vote at the Consumerist.
