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.

Manolo says, maybe, possibly, if you were nine years old and playing the role of Belle in the production of “Beauty and the Beast.”

And yet, even as the Manolo mocks, he cannot deny that the shoe is made with beautiful materials, and is impeccably finished, even if it excessively childish.

Manolo asks, whose shoes?

Manolo says, ayyyy! Pamela Anderson, flesh-colored is not your friend!

Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is…

Reading…

Listening to…

Watching

What can one say about Lacombe, Lucien except that it is the magnificent and magnificently troubling small masterpiece.

Manolo says, this week, our beloved Spirit Fingers challenges us to identify the St. Paddy’s Day’s movies.

Manolo says, the Manolo’s good friend Linda Grant has pointed us to the article about the surrealist Prada shoes in the Telegraph, which contains the wonderfully brilliant observation, one which accords perfectly with the beliefs of the Manolo.

What, exactly, is the point, you might well ask? You probably won’t be able to walk very far in these shoes, and you certainly can’t run in them; so what is one meant to do with them? Put them on a mantelpiece, like a quirky sculpture? This is always an option – a perverse one, I grant you – but I have a theory, borne out by years of personal practice, that if you love a pair of beautiful shoes, however fantastical, you are miraculously able to dance in them. Thus the right heels – and you know them when you find them – will lift the spirits as well as the feet.

Finally, the statement which sums up the totality of the Manolo’s existence: Beautiful shoes make you happy!

Manolo says, it is not often that the price of the designer shoe can make the Manolo gasp. This Ann Demeulemeester sneaker has occasioned one such response.

Manolo says, here is the best of the last week from the Manolosphere.

Glinda…

So then your child gets the idea that everything they do is this fantabulous piece de resistance that needs to be displayed on the wall or the refrigerator.

Plumcake…

But now I want to know, what would go in a Frog Water Cocktail?

Diablesse…

En ocasiones, el brillo resplandeciente de una estrella fugaz puede causar maravilla y ceguera momentánea.

Mr. Henry…

Mr. Henry’s friend Bernard, superb home chef and coiner of original observations, declared decades ago that although he was giving the kids pizza one night, “Pizza is not food.”

Spirit Fingers…

Everybody knows it’s there but nobody wants to acknowledge it.

Raincoaster…

This would probably be a good place to utilize the internettian expression WTF?

Izzy…

Needless to say, it caused quite a controversy, given that models walked down the runway in yarmulkes and sidelocks.

Never teh Bride…

When I look at this stove, I can’t help doing the Homer Simpson “UGGHHHGHHH” thing.

Twistie…

There are plenty of options out there for bridal headgear. Veils, hats, tiaras, combs, flowers, headscarves, bare hair…whatever makes you feel beautiful and bridal is the proper thing to wear on your wedding day.

Patri…

Lo positivo: el tacón es espectacular, de los tuyos en centímetros, la horma ni te cuento, amarradita por todos lados, plataforma, tus suelas rojas inconfundibles, colores varios, admito incluso la opción de las chicas de Rodarte para la temporada pasada,

Francesca…

But it is the ending that made Francesca cry. This is not a Light Read, but it is a Good Read, a Cathartic Read.

Diable…

Propongo hacer una ‘colecta mundial’ para conseguir donativos, comprar éstos modelitos y entonces mandarlos a gente como Beyoncé, Eva Longoria, Paris Hilton, los Black-Eyed Peas, Jennifer Hudson, Zac Efron, Michael Jackson y demás personalidades que usted considere importantes, para así evitar que la gente siga sufriendo de inflamación en los ojos y dolor de estómago al verlos en alguna alfombra roja o foto de paparazzi.

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

Dear Manolo,

As you know, Easter Sunday is coming up fast, and I need a new pair of shoes suitable for the occasion. Can you recommend something that captures the joyfulness of the season?

Maria

Manolo says, how the Manolo absolutely loves the spring, when the flowers bloom, and the birds sing, and the bees buzz, and the bridezillas rampage.

Truly it is the season of joy and shouting.

And, even better, spring is that season when the young Manolo’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of shoes!

Happily, this year there are many seasonally appropriate shoes about which to think. Indeed, among the hottest trends of this new year are the colorful, bright and shiny shoes. All of the shoe stores are now completely full to the brim with marvelous patent leather shoes in reds, and yellows, and greens, and pinks, truly, the entire rainbow of colors is available.

Of the course, Easter requires something in the pink range, something that allows the toes to run riot in the open air, something like these coral-colored, patent-leather, t-strap, peep-toe pumps, the Ilga from the Bally. Do they not fully express the happiness one experiences during this time of the year?