Manolo says, what is not to like about the cork-heeled wedge sandal that is selling for less than $50? Marked down nearly 60% from the usual price? This is the sort of inexpensive shoe that would work well in the closet of the fashionably inclined teenager.
Madonna has the gun. As the Manolo noted, following the debacle of the Super Bowl, the Madonna phenomenon has entered the terminal, fascistic period, in which we are urged to join the Material Girl cult of personality at the point of the gun.
Manolo says, once again, science proves that which we already knew to be true, that shoes tell us much about the person who is wearing them. Researchers at the University of Kansas found that people were able to correctly judge a stranger’s age, gender, income, political affiliation, emotional and other important personality traits just by looking at the person’s shoes. Lead researcher Omri Gillath found that by examining the style, cost, color of condition of the shoe, participants were able to guess about 90 percent of the of the owner’s personal characteristics. And, we are supposed to be surprised by…
Manolo says, for some reason the Manolo has the cork platform sandals on the brain this afternoon. Perhaps it is the onset of the summery weather, that causes his thoughts to turn to such things, for the cork platform sandals bespeak of the summery good times, of the sun dresses, and the iced tea, and the picnics, and the hilarious watermelon-seed-spitting contests. And so, here are three such sandals that the Manolo finds worth the wearing… From the preppy stalwart Jack Rogers comes the Clare Wedge, the sort of limey greenish shoe that would look good at the relaxed garden…