Manolo says, New York Fashion Week, it has returned! And even the better, so has the Maestro Manolo Blahnik’s famous Timberland Bootie.

But, it is only for the brief time, beginning tomorrow during the Fashion’s Night Out, and only at the New York store.

Limited-edition Manolo Blahnik Timberland Bootie ($1,050) is hitting the shelves and will be available through Fashion Week (or until sold out). Exclusively at Manolo Blahnik, 31 West 54th Street

It is iconic!

Manolo asked, whose shoes?

Manolo answers, it is the Veruschka!

Unexpectedly, none of the Manolo’s usually perceptive internet friends identified this week’s super modelesque personage of note.

Manolo asks, whose shoes?

Manolo says, the faux practical shoes, they are all the rage this fall, and what better way to get your rage on than with these high-heeled “hiking” boots by Tapeet from Vicini.

Perfect for communing with nature this weekend in SoHo!

Sancta Angelina, ora pro nobis.
Mater Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox, et Vivienne, ora pro nobis.

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

Dear Manolo,

What is your opinion of office romances? There’s a super cute single guy in my workplace whose attention I wish to attract. At the same time, I need to maintain my professional demeanor. Can you recommend something that is subtly seductive and yet appropriate for work?

Maya

Manolo says, unlike most of the other so-called “career consultants”, the Manolo is very pro office romance.

Yes, there is the strong danger that the affair may go awry leaving you obsessed with the jerky-jerk-face ex-boyfriend whom you will encounter each time you go to the copy machine.

Indeed, you may become so obsessed that you could spend all of your time at the office weeping, eating junk food pilfered from the communal refrigerator, and plotting this man’s return to your embrace and/or gruesome death (as the case may be).

As you spiral downward, you could begin to confide inappropriate personal romantic details with important clients and janitors, your personal hygiene could suffer, and pajama bottoms might begin to seem like the good choice for professional attire.

And, lickity-splitity, you could be out on the street living in the cardboard box, unemployed.

But, these dangers, as real as they are, pale in comparison to finding true love, no?

Here is the Missmadison from Stuart Weitzman, the scarlet suede pump, that when paired with the dark-colored business attire could get the job done.

Manolo asked, whose shoes?

Manolo answers, it is the Yoko Ono!

Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend, the Gemdiva, who was the first to correctly identify this week’s annoyingly annoying personage of note.

Manolo says, it is the Kate Spade Wedge!

Despite the three-inch wedge heels on her black patent leather shoes, after hours of walking, Ms. Saujani, a former hedge-fund general counsel and a successful political fund-raiser, seemed as calmly cheerful as she did at the outset of the day.

Finally, as we returned to her office, I asked: About those shoes?

“They’re the Kate Spade wedges,” she said, sagging slightly, as if she had only just then been reminded that she had feet. “They’re these politician-woman shoes.”

She had gotten the tip from someone who worked for Hillary Rodham Clinton. They are apparently something of an “it” shoe right now for women in politics: Ms. Saujani said that Kathleen M. Rice, who is running for attorney general, also wore them (a photograph on Ms. Rice’s Facebook page bears that out). The chief of staff for a prominent woman in Congress told me that she, too, religiously relied on her Kate Spade wedge heels (though she spoke on the condition of anonymity because she preferred not to be known for her brand of footwear).

“They’re very comfy,” said Annie Mullaly, Ms. Saujani’s finance director. “They’re like Crocs. You’ll see them everywhere once you’ve identified them.”

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But the Kate Spade wedge heels are not just one candidate’s shoes. They seem to be the shoes of a circle of younger women aspiring to power or already in it, women directly and indirectly passing on to one another ways of navigating the particular challenges of being a woman in the public eye. A woman must look put-together, but not as if she is a slave to fashion; she must look groomed, but never be spotted grooming.

That is all well and good if you want to look like the politician, however, if your tastes run to the slightly more aggressive, and you wish perhaps to make the statement on the campaign trail…

Allow the Manolo to suggest these over-the-knee Boots from Belle by Sigerson Morrison as being worthy of consideration.

With these on your feets, you would not ask for the votes, you would command them!

P.S. The Manolo has long been the fan of the Kate Spade shoes, for exactly the reason cited above, they are well-made, reasonably comfortable, and perfectly suitable for the working girl.

Manolo says, after all of the buckles and straps and glittery glam-o-tchotkes, it is pleasant to see more tranquil, classically elegant shoes, such as this Simple Ankle Boot from Christian Louboutin.

Manolo asks, whose shoes?