Memorial Day
. . In Flanders Field…
Manolo says, here is the best of the week from the Manolo’s Web Snob friends. E! News fashion commentator Giuliana Rancic talked swimsuit season tips with Stiletto Jungle. Allie is Wired has pictures of Lindsay Lohan’s back-to-blonde look. Bag Snob has the most stylish doctor bag ever! Beauty Snob has a great new DIY treatment that quickly tackles a number of beauty issues that is worth trying before checking into a medical spa. Coquette discovers a fresh take on classic chambray, that involve no western-style shirts! The Jet Set Girls recap the Makeup Show NYC and tell the best new…
Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post. Dear Manolo, To celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary, my husband, who is a real outdoorsman, has surprised me with a weekend in New York City, featuring dinner at Daniel, and tickets to see one of my all time favorites, South Pacific. I want to show my appreciation by wearing a really hot pair of shoes in red. Please help. Carolyn Manolo sings… Some enchanted evening, you may see South Pacific you may see at the Lincoln Center, sitting behind a column You got the tickets…
Manolo says, Ms. Plumcake has had the hair emergency… “As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I have violet hair“.
Manolo says, whatever the Lola wants, the Lola gets! This is that rare sort of cage sandal that actually captivates!
Manolo asked, whose shoes? Manolo answers, it is the Lena Horne! Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend, LarkBunting who was the first to correctly identify this week’s much lamented personage of note.
Manolo says, from the Times of London… Something is afoot in men’s fashion. So steady yourselves, because high heels for the heftier sex are making a comeback. Diminutive shoe aficionados including Karl Lagerfeld, Prince, Richard Hammond and Nicolas Sarkozy have long championed the discreet(ish) Cuban heel. Now, though, height-enhancing footwear has begun to permeate across a broader demographic. For the first time since Glam Rock peaked three decades ago, men of average height are discovering the delights of a few extra inches. Well-heeled shoes of all types, from craftily sized “status†shoes to 21st century platforms, are enjoying a new…
Manolo says, old Europe is in trouble: governments teeter on the edge of collapse, unemployment is at the record highs, social unrest grows. Dark days loom! And yet, all of this is the mere sunny walk in the park compared to the true disaster barreling down the road towards the continent…. The Eurovision Song Contest!!!!! Ayyyyy! Yes, it all starts out so innocently… . With bizarre Belurusian human-butterfly genetic mutations! . . To be countered by glittery Maltese bird men, hovering ominously behind Justin Beiber-esque divas. . . But this is the mere prelude to the true atrocity, the one…
Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is… Reading… Watching… Listening to… The Manolo has been all about the art song for the past few weeks, for now it is the Peter Warlock. Soon….?
Manolo said, Ayyyyy! It is the competitive pole dancing… Naturally, the Manolo had no idea that this was so athletic, knowing so little as he does about the modern demi-monde. Nor did he realize that the competitive pole dancing costumes were no less salacious than, say, the women’s beach volleyball, or the Cirque du Soleil. Indeed, this has the strong resemblance to the high-end French Canadian circusry. Although, one does wish they had the better taste is the shoes. Frankly, competitive pole dancing seems antiseptic, and mostly asexual, more similar to the the display of physical culture than the tawdry…
Manolo says, big doings this week in the Manolosphere, our friend Mr. Henry, having announced that he is no longer hungry, has moved from the Manolo’s Food Blog to the Manolo for the Men, where he will now dispense manly, man-based man advice for all who have eyes to read. And, what better way to be begin, than with the basics: Tying the Right Knot.