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The Manolo Week in Review

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Manolo says, here is the best of the week from the Manolosphere.

Raincoaster…

Remember Tang? It’s what we had before we had SunnyD. Old people remember Tang, and the thing we remember best about it is that the astronauts had Tang in their space ships, and so we wanted it.

Patri…

La primera vez que los ví no fueron de mis favoritos, recuerdo que desde el principio los llamé “andamios” porque su tacón me recordaba a esas estructuras que hay en el exterior de los edificios y creo que ha fuerza de verlos decidí cogerles cariño y hasta decir ¡Qué bonitos!

Mr. Henry…

Walt Disney World is America’s #1 tourist destination – a vast Orwellian shining city in the swamp brimming with bratty English schoolchildren spitting insults at cowed, permissive parents, with tattooed teenagers trying desperately to pretend they aren’t walking beside uncool parents, and with grinning sunburned, foot-weary pilgrims of pleasure plodding on and on and on.

Glinda…

There is all this hand-wringing about how computers and video games are ruining our kids, but my son loves nothing more than playing in the mud. I wish I was kidding.

Twistie…

I was in my twenties when I first heard of wedding planners. My first thought was ‘what a ridiculous idea!’ because it never occurred to me that anyone would need someone to tell them how to get married.

Francesca…

The pickup skirt is “in” these days among many designers.

Plumcake…

Last night as I was glamorously soaking my feet in my equally glamorous beige Rubbermaid dishtub full of epsom-salted water and rose oil (ignore the old-folk associations, epsom salt soaks are brilliant)…

Spirit Fingers…

Despite all the attention and service being lavished on him, why does Quentin Tarantino look so unimpressed at his joint birthday bash with Fergie?

Diable…

Es mil veces más chic llevar un Marc Jacobs (de carne y hueso) que un chihuahua


Never teh Bride…

If you, like me, have more books than you know what to do with but aren’t willing to donate them to a books for teachers program, then you may just have more than a passing interest in bookshelves.

Isidore Gallant…

Robert Redford costumed himself as an old-fashioned school teacher…

Diablesse…

Los amantes del trabajo de Scott Schuman, mejor conocido como The Sartorialist, podrán satisfacer sus bajas pasiones y placeres culpables con el suplemento especial dedicado a las modelos dentro de la majestuosa niña mimada de Carine Roitfeld, VOGUE París.


Manolo’s Wednesday Miscellany

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Manolo says, here are the few links which may perhaps amuse…

To me these are perfect for Summer…

Quite simply, they’re either the most bizarre or brilliant shoes to have come from a designer/high street collaboration.

Amsterdam based designer Monique Goossens creates playful, homey art pieces that are delightful in their unexpectedness.


The Manolo Betrayed!

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Manolo says, Miss Plumcake has sad news indeed for the first of April.

P.S. What’s this? Something Fishy?


Manolo’s Monday Miscellany

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Manolo says, here are the few links which may perhaps amuse…

According to the authors, Cinderella’s slippers were NOT made of glass.

THIS spring, nearly every top designer has a ” Cinderella” slipper, a shoe priced so high that it should come with a handsome prince — or an hour with a male escort, at least.

This season, prepare to throw off the shackles of those boring proletarian overalls…


The Manolo Week in Review

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Manolo says, here is the best of the week from the Manolosphere.

Plumcake…

Frankly, if you are not at a beach, in a communal shower or getting your toes did, there is no reason to wear flip flops outside the house. None? NONE.

Patri…

Si todo lo que la prensa conservadora y cerrada pensara sobre Anna Wintour fuera cierto, ella sería la culpable de la anorexia que padecen millones de chicas en todo el mundo, un monstruo destructor de carreras, una retrograda racista y una tirana editorial.

Spirit Finger…

She may enjoy the occasional traipse down Rodeo Drive to pick up diamond-encrusted accessories for her Jack Russell Terrier, but Mariah Carey reassures us that it’s still all about the music (and the tight mini skirts) rather than the money.

Diablesse…

La pelea por el estilo: Deyn vs Moss

Mr. Henry…

Mr. Henry has been roughing it in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, living on Grape Nuts, Eight O’Clock Coffee, bacon, tuna fish, red chard, chips, salsa, and Yeungling Black & Tan.

Francesca…

What is this woman thinking about?

Raincoaster…

Yet another reminder that chores should be closely supervised.

Glinda…

Do you realize that none of the children of any of these women were around when these pictures were taken?

Never teh Bride…

The thing I really like about pulling things out from under cabinets and moving furniture around is that I’m bound to find something interesting or unexpected.

Twistie…

Ever dreamed of a Hollywood wedding?

Isdore Gallant…

By contrast, crazy, exploding hair works just fine with the kilts on caber tossers.

Diable…

Cada que veo un zapato de Pierre Hardy pienso inmediatamente en diseño, arte y sonrisas y más sonrisas en los rostros de la mujeres de todo el mundo que viven maravilladas con sus creaciones.


Manolo’s Wednesday Miscellany

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Manolo says, here are the few links which may perhaps amuse…

I have decided to pen my last words and drip a few drops from ye olde font of knowledge before I shuffle loose this mortal coil before I even get to wear my new Tory Burch wedges.

But when we talk about shoes, it is a serious job…

Cute, comfortable, supportive shoes: Do they exist?


Manolo’s Tuesday Miscellany

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Manolo says, here are the few links which may perhaps amuse…

Oh, Tory Burch flats. We had a good ride. I got you in February of 2007, and was so excited for your very existence that I wrote a story about it. About you, and me, and how we found each other.

Also, I don’t like peep-toes where you only see one toe; it feels too “my talon, let me show you it,” to me.

Across the parking lot the Crab Shack loudspeaker bellowed “Baker, party of six! Baker, party of six!” Even from 100 yards the air was thick with frying oil. He wanted to shout, “Bakers, save yourselves! Don’t do it!”


Cockadoodledoooooo!

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Manolo says, there is much entertainment to be had at Manolo for the Home, such as this…

The truth is that, like the French, I do like a bit of rooster in my decor.


Shoes Lift the Spirits!

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Manolo says, the Manolo’s good friend Linda Grant has pointed us to the article about the surrealist Prada shoes in the Telegraph, which contains the wonderfully brilliant observation, one which accords perfectly with the beliefs of the Manolo.

What, exactly, is the point, you might well ask? You probably won’t be able to walk very far in these shoes, and you certainly can’t run in them; so what is one meant to do with them? Put them on a mantelpiece, like a quirky sculpture? This is always an option - a perverse one, I grant you - but I have a theory, borne out by years of personal practice, that if you love a pair of beautiful shoes, however fantastical, you are miraculously able to dance in them. Thus the right heels - and you know them when you find them - will lift the spirits as well as the feet.

Finally, the statement which sums up the totality of the Manolo’s existence: Beautiful shoes make you happy!







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