Manolo says, this week the Manolo has been thinking much about the gladiator sandal trend, to the point that tomorrow his column will be dedicated to the topic. However, today he wishes to show you these, the Gladio from Stuart Weitzman, which are undoubtedly the most delicate gladiator sandals ever made.
Manolo asked, whose shoes?
Manolo answers, it is the beautiful Charlize Theron.
Congratulations to the Manolo’s good friend Mr. Henry, who was the very first to recognize the celebrity and her shoes.
Manolo says, these shoes, the aptly named Felicia from the Kate Spade, have made the Manolo happy with their cheerful colors and shiny crystal adornments. What greater praise can be given than this? For as St. Augustine has said, “Felicity, is certainly more valuable than the kingdom.”
Manolo says, this week, Spirit Fingers asks us to identify giant rocks on lovely hands.
Manolo says, it is Monday and you are back again at your desk working away, while outside the spring has riotously sprung.
Suddenly, and unaccountably, you long to be out in the country, riding horses with tall, blond, very WASPy men in rugby shirts, which is exceedingly odd, as you have not ridden horses since the summer you were fifteen, when the only thing on your mind was ponies, ponies, ponies! (At home, somewhere in your parents attic, there are still five cardboard boxes filled with nothing but Breyer models and the collected works of the Pullein-Thompson sisters.)
Then, in September of that year, you discovered boys.
And so, to be now suddenly thinking of riding horses with the blond WASPs can mean only one thing, you passed the Ralph Lauren advertisement at the bus stop on your way to work.
Look! Here is the Velma from Ralph Lauren Collection, the horsey but sexy high-heeled sandal.
Manolo says, here is the best of the week from the Manolosphere.
Porque sólo Anna Wintour es capaz de movilizar a tanta gente, entre diosas y lagartonas, animales y caballeros, en un mismo lugar y a una misma hora con la sola finalidad de vivir la moda por una noche completa.
I’m sure that modern science, once it has sent a middle-aged man to Jupiter supplied with pills ensuring readiness for all the interplanetary nookie he can, ahem, stand, that the fine doctors and scientists will turn their heads to creating a film that is actually glamorous at a molecular or even sub-atomic level.
Primero les muestro una selección que en su día hice buscando por la red del calzado “it” del momento, yo personalmente me quedo con la versión romana de G. Zanotti.
When served fresh, however, boiled with ham hock as Mr. Henry remembers them, they taste creamy, mildly nutty, and divinely sweet. Mr. Henry’s favorite boyhood vegetable, one day about 45 years ago they simply disappeared from the market.
Mmm, Francesca loves a good sale at Nordstrom.
It wasn’t just a chance to gawk at pretty cakes and snark on wedding gowns and decide how I would have done things differently.
It’s a shame that he’s largely been forgotten, even though he’s one of the most intriguing sports figures in American history.
Single ladies, MSN said, should eat their ice cream and have a cat while they still can. Now I found out, compliments of CNN, that married lads better learn to like skulking about in basements and garages.
La bocanada de aire fresco se recibe como un golpe de oxígeno a mitad de la asfixia, los estilos individuales se separan como la tierra que se agrieta para dividir los continentes.
It’s only May and already the always hotly-contested Mother of the Year award is reaching temperatures approaching that of the heart of the sun.
At that age, it is downright adorable to go grocery shopping wearing an orange striped shirt, red shorts, and a superman cape.
The nice lady bodyguard is just protecting Justin from his fans
Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post.
Dear Manolo,
Summer is arriving soon and I’m eager to get me some new sandals. I want something super fun and flirty. Please help.
Jill
Manolo says, as the old medieval song goes, “Sumer is icumen in, lhude sing cuccu!” which may perhaps be best translated as, “Summer is a coming in, sing the cuckoo crazy loud song,” to be traditionally accompanied by the frenzied naked dancings of joy in the nearest meadow. (And to be later followed by the close inspection for hidden lyme-disease bearing ticks.)
Yes, perhaps the Manolo’s interpretation of the 13th Century Middle English lyric is imprecise, but the sentiments expressed in his version are exact, as who could not possibly be filled with joy at the arrival of summer after the long slushy dark winter of cold despair.
Summer is here! You are happy, and your toes, which were confined in the stout boots of unloveliness, now wish to run riot in the warm open air.
Wonderfully, this season you can reward your long-suffering toes with the beautiful and festive adornment they deserve, for the bejeweled thong sandals are very much of the moment.
Here is the Frey from Betsey Johnson, the beautiful pink sandal with the fancy embellishment.
