Manolo’s Shoe Blog

Manolo says, notice in the lower right, the desperate maternal hands.

Manolo asked, whose shoes?

Manolo answers, it is the Gwyneth Paltrow!

Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend, Curly Q who was the first to arrive at the correct answer.

Manolo says, the Manolo has long been of the opinion that the tall girls should be free to wear the heels, that they should not, either through timidity, or the desire to protect the fragile egos of shorter mens, avoid wearing the super fantastic shoes.

Here, now, is the special case of the tall girl, her short man, and the flat shoes.

Left to right, you see before you, Prince Philip, Carla Bruni, the hotty-ish first French lady, Queen Elizabeth, and Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of France.

And here is the reason for Ms. Bruni’s flat shoes…

The Telegraph explains all.

But the biggest gulf between the newlyweds is that the French president is just 5ft 6in tall, while his former model wife stands at a willowy 5ft 11in.

Accordingly she has been wearing flat heels constantly, according to French media reports, and forsaking potentially more fashionably shoes for the sake of Mr Sarkozy’s public image.

The president has, in turn, been wearing a pair of stacked shoes made to make him look two inches taller.

Normally, the Manolo would deplore acquiescing to the societal conventions that say the man should always be taller than his woman, especially when the tall woman in question would be absolutely stunning in beautiful high-heeled shoes.

In this case, however, one can argue that that the flat shoes are almost the matter of state.

P.S. Here is the super fantastic 6′4″ girl who sometimes rocks the heels.

Manolo asked, whose shoes?

Manolo answers, it is the Katie Couric!

Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend Jennifer in GA who was the first to correctly identify this personage.

Manolo says, while searching for the photos of Sylvester Stallone, the Manolo came across this picture of Sly and Arnold…

getting ready for their new action/comedy buddy picture, Crazy Eyes and Puffy.

Manolo says, ayyy! Viktor and Rolf meet the Brothers Coen!

Manolo asked, whose shoes?

Manolo says, it is the Hillary Clinton!

Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend Molls who was the first person to identify the subject of this week’s Whose Shoes Wednedsday.

Manolo says, it is time again for the Academy Awards, and thus also time for the shoe designer Stuart Weitzman to unveil his annual Million Dollar Shoes, which this year will be worn to the ceremony by Diablo Cody.

The “Juno” writer, a former stripper, has been chosen to wear footwear designer Stuart Weitzman’s million-dollar shoes to the big event at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

The “Retro Rose” shoe features two Kwiat diamond roses, fixed to 1940s-style beige metallic T-strap high heels.

More than 1,800 Kwiat diamonds weighing 100 carats were used to make the roses and 400 of them have been incorporated into the design of the shoe, which is worth over $1 million.

Shoe mogul Weitzman has also created a ballerina flat with a similar diamond-like design, which Cody will change into after she walks the red carpet and kicks off her high heels.

This is the first time Weitzman has created a changeover pair of shoes with a matching design element for use at the Academy Awards.

The Manolo loves these shoes, they are glamorous and retro and pretty. Perfect for the stripper-turned-screenwriter Cody, who gives off that self-consciously quirky, tatooted, 1940s pin-up girl vibe that is common among the indie alt-rock crowd.

UPDATE: Ayyyy! Maybe Cody Diablo, er Diablo Cody, will wear the shoes, and maybe she won’t wear the shoes!

Manolo asked, whose shoes?

Manolo answers, it is the Miley Cyrus!

Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend, Queenofalot1, who was the first to correctly answer this very difficult challenge.