Frida Kahlo’s Wooden Leg Red boot and bell, Frida Kahlo straps on her wooden leg. “Let the good people stare, while I waltz through the Zócalo.” Clump-jingle-jingle Clump-jingle-jingle The Manolo’s poem is occasioned by the new gallery show from the photographer Ishiuci Miyako
Manolo says, the Manolo wishes all of his super fantastic internet friend the merriest, cheeriest, happiest, most wonderfulest Christmas ever!
Let us stipulate that, despite what Boing Boing tells you, if you are over 10 years old and you are building the Sistine Chapel out of Legos, or are recreating key scenes of Anna Karenina using Barbie dolls, you need to get the life. Our society no longer produces art for grownups, just endless mountains of disposable, derivative, infantile trash, which is then celebrated by disposable, derivative infants on the internet. “Isn’t that cool,” says the manchild from his mancave, as the interweb delivers yet one more piece of trivial flapdoodle. Once, men and women produced serious art filled with…
Manolo says, now that the Manolo has revived his formerly semi-moribund shoe blog, he would like to invite his internet friends to consider contributing the guest post or two. It does not matter if you are the fashion blogger, or the non-blogger, the Manolo would love to see what his internet friends have to say about such topics as shoes, runway trends, shoes, fashion history, shoes, celebrity misadventure, shoes, indeed almost any topic that is not overtly political, or overly controversial. All the Manolo asks is that the contribution be thoughtful and moderately entertaining to his readers. If you would…
Manolo says, the Manolo politely reminds you that he maintains the online presence on several of the most modern social media platforms. For the example… The Manolo would take is as the great favor if you were to “like” his humble shoe blog on the Facebook. Likewise, the Manolo shares some of his more ephemeral thoughts through out the day at his Twitter feed, to which you may wish to subscribe. Additionally, the Manolo sometimes fiddles around with the Tumblr thingy and the Pinterest whatzit, pinning the pictures and tumbling the quotations that capture his fancy. As you may have…
Manolo says, behold! Cold Plasma from Perricone, the greatest and bestest $155 per ounce skin cream of all time! The reviewers all agree, it provides the unforgettable experience! 1. I got this as a sample. I put it on and my face felt so nice right after, I really wanted to like this but the smell!!! It was so bad it was making me gag. I had to wash my face 3 times to get rid of it. Ever walk by a little fish pond on a hot day? And you can smell the fish in the water? Thats what…
Manolo says, and for that we should be thankful. Perhaps it is the power of the modern multivitamins, or has the makeup gotten so much better over the past 40 years? Maybe it is the old-lady hairdos, or are we taking better care of ourselves? Whatever it is, most of the 46-year-old ladies of the Manolo’s current acquaintance look much, much better than this.
N.B. In today’s guest blogging, the Manolo’s talented friend, the omgwtf, explains how high heels and billiards have changed her life. I began playing pool at eighteen. By nineteen, in all my ungainly glory, I had the brilliant thought that I should become a professional player. I had ZERO skills. In fact, I had problems with the first shot of the game, the break shot. The break is where you break the racked object balls apart with the cue ball. When done right, it’s as impressive as one of Tiger Woods’ long drives – all power, accuracy, and grace combined…
Manolo says, the Manolo has been in the ferociously interesting conversation with his internet friend Eliza Wharton about the matters of beauty, style, and what makes someone the modern icon. Over the course of this conversation, the Manolo has stated the few of his beliefs, which he will now deliver as the set of provocative Don Colacho style aphorisms: 1. Beauty is not negotiable. 2. If you are not blessed with beauty, change the game. 3. The best way to change the game is by being very different. 4. Great beauty can make you the icon, but beauty is neither…
Manolo says, our friend, Miss Plumcake gives invaluable advice on how to find beautiful shoes at the great prices. I get a lot of people who ask me how I manage to have the things I do –particularly my shoes– with the job I have. Now ignoring for a moment that it’s kind of a rude question, I do have a bit of wisdom to share as to how I managed to amass a shoe collection worth more than what I earn in a year without hooking, selling my kidneys or getting into credit card debt. While finding thousand dollar…
Manolo says, Queen Ida, because it is the middle of January and the world looks gloomy, therefore we must brighten our day with song.. …and because we hope we can still be this super fantastic when we are in our 80s.