Manolo's Shoe Blog

MAR
2010 08

Vera Wang Nita Sandal For the Monday

Manolo says, it is Monday and the Manolo feels like death on the small piece of toast. Is this the place where the antibiotics finally kick in? However, do not let the Manolo’s hacking, chest cold dissuade you from enjoying the full range of shoe-based entertainment, indeed, even from his sickbed the Manolo does not stop dreaming about beautiful shoes, does not stop looking at pictures of the beautiful shoes. For the example, the Nita leather sandals from the Vera Wang Lavender Label This is the sweet little summery shoe that will make you think of better weather and wonderful…

MAR
2010 08

Diary of the Shoe Collector

Manolo says, the website Collector’s Weekly has the interview with the super fantastic John Walford, author of the book The Seductive Shoe and shoe collector extraordinaire. Here is the very tasty excerpt. Collectors Weekly: What were women wearing at the beginning of the 20th century? Walford: This was just around the period when hemlines were beginning to creep up. Interestingly, shoes were almost a reaction to the fashions of the time. A lot of the Edwardian turn-of-the-century fashions were dripping in lace and making the most of the feminine figure, with padded buttocks, a padded bosom, and a tight waist.…