JUL
2012
09

Manolo’s Late Night Bargain: Lanvin Braided Thong Sandals

Manolo says, this smashingly sophisticated, summer 2012, thong sandal from the Lanvin is now on the sale, selling for nearly 60% off of the regular price! Still costly, but the bargain for something so handsome.

JUL
2012
09

Marc Jacobs, Spring 2011: Who Wore it Better?

Manolo asks, who wore it better? Malevolent crone, or freakish-scary doll girl? P.S. From the Red Carpet Fashion Awards

JUL
2012
09

Manolo’s Monday Miscellany

Manolo says, here are the few things which may occupy the pleasant minute or two… Helen Keller is apparently a staple of China’s school curriculum – an exemplary figure that overcame her disabilities to make a mark – and a socialist to boot. . With more than 150 stamps, this document confirms Colvin as the tireless reporter, always ready to board a plane headed for nowhere nice. . The Fashionable Bureaucrat

JUL
2012
09

Things That Make the Manolo Laugh: Balmain Pricing

Manolo says, from the same people who brought you the $1600 artfully ripped, surplus t-shrt comes the $5,500 rayon, tuxedo jumpsuit. Ayyy! Made of 95% viscose, 2% elastane, 3% polyamide! Almost as entertaining as the Veblen good, aspirational pricing, are the sizing descriptions at the Net-a-Porter. Close fitting style, stretch finish Those with a curvy figure may wish to take the next size up Model is 177cm/ 5’10” and is wearing a FR size 36 The French size 36 = US size 4. Yes, yes, the peoples who can afford this do not care about the price, and the peoples…

JUL
2012
09

TED Conferences: Night School for the Self-Satisfied Rich

Manolo says, the Manolo recently learned that the tickets for the TED Conferences–which produce the YouTubes of the obscure middle-brow “thinkers” and pop-media savants flattering the ricos–cost $7,500 per person! Thus, upon learning this, the Manolo put together this Venn diagram of the average TED Conference attendee…

JUL
2012
09

Jean-Michel Cazabat Metallic Bow Sandals for the Monday

Manolo says, Monday? We do not need no stinking Mondays. Give us Fridays and Saturdays and Sundays, and the occasional Thursdays. Wednesdays, if you must. But, emphatically, no Mondays! (As for Tuesdays, we are somewhat agnostic.) Nothing good happens on those Mondays when you have to go back to work. Yes, you make like your job, or find it not intolerable, but even in such cases is still the great imposition to have to cease the pleasurable activities of the weekend and begin the less-than-pleasurable activities of the work week. Less reclining in the hammock in the back yard, the…