Manolo says, our friend Mr. Henry considers the Sport Jacket. To those interested in the history of fashion, mention must be made that, like so may other fashions originating as actual sportswear, the modern suit jacket originated as a hunting coat for riding to the hounds. The seat vent allows the jacket to drape elegantly astride the saddle. Most sport jackets today appear to have devolved from military uniforms, specifically the flight jacket and the motorcycle jacket.
Manolo says, it is Tuesday and you are back at your desk after what was either the three-day celebration of Cristobal Colon, or not, as the case may be. Of the course, like many times you have returned to work after the short break, you have had the difficult time getting back into the processes of employment. Worse, recently, you have been especially distracted. Thanks to the internet, that insidious purveyor of free pr0n, cross-eyed dreams and LOLcats, you have been thinking of the career change. Well, perhaps not the career change, so much as the work at home business,…
Manolo says, these calligraphically-inspired platform pumps from the Jordanian designer Aennis Eunis are indeed both super fantastic and wonderfully original. They are like nothing the Manolo has seen before. As for what the shoes say, the Manolo is no Hans Wehr, but from what he can tell, these letters do not form the recognizable words, but are just the Arabic letters, which avoids the sort of problem encountered by the Nike peoples the few years back. Of the course, these will be the enormous hit in Dubai and Qatar and Riyad.
Manolo says, it is Friday, and all week you have been thinking about what to wear for the weekend, and now here it is and you have still not decided. At first, you thought that perhaps it was time to give into the return of the 80’s preppy and dig out your pastel colored Izods and sweaters, but they you remembered that back in the day, you were not the prep, but the sort of artsy nerd girl with the off-kilter fashionable pretensions (which you expressed mostly by frequently wearing the same torn Clash t-shirt). But then, maybe you thought,…
Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post. Dear Manolo, At the end of the month, I’m going to my 25th college reunion. The biggest events are on Saturday, with the homecoming parade in the morning and the big game in the afternoon. Can you recommend some stylish ankle boots? Melissa Manolo says, at last it is that time of the year, when peoples of the certain age, who have been expensively coiffed, recently botoxed, and vigorously dermibraded, truss themselves into their foundation garments, and return to the scene of the crime, to…
Manolo asked, whose shoes? Manolo answers, it is the Katy Perry! Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend, Becky, who was the first to identify this week’s benignly ridiculous personage of note.
Manolo says, it is autumn and all you can think about is the new suede boots to wear to all of those autumnal events which require the suede boots. Look! Here is the Prez from Stuart Weitzman, the simple, sexy, suede boot that will be the perfect thing to wear when that broad-shouldered fellow with the cornflower blue eyes asks you to accompany him on the jaunt through the colorfully leafy countryside.
Manolo says, it is Monday and you are back at your desk, doing that thing that you do to earn the crumbs that fall from the table of the economy. Meanwhile, outside of your plastic cubicle, through the tinted window at the other end of the room, you can see that the fall has arrived, bringing with it the cooler weather and the colorful trees. Such thoughts, of the course, make you feel mildly guilty about your arboreal ignorance, as you can only identify the four or so types of the trees: oaks, pines, maples, and the, um, pines. Otherwise,…