APR
2007
25

Imagine!

Manolo says, if only!.

APR
2007
23

The O Henry Moment

Manolo says, one of the Manolo’s internet friends has alerted the Manolo to the following story.

Germany’s militant Red Army Faction considered kidnapping fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld in the 1970s, said a former member of the radical left-wing group that shook the West German establishment.

The comments from Peter-Juergen Boock, who has served 17 years in jail for his role in the RAF, are the latest in a string of revelations which have caused a storm in Germany.

Some of his comments have sparked calls for a re-examination of the 1977 murder of a federal prosecutor.

Boock told Der Spiegel magazine the RAF had a list of possible targets for ransom in the late 1970s when it was trying to raise funds to help the group’s leaders escape from jail.

Lagerfeld was from a rich family and was already a big name in the fashion world, so seemed an ideal candidate.

“We considered kidnapping the owner of the lingerie maker Palmers factory and also Karl Lagerfeld,” Boock told Der Spiegel in an interview. “There were a row of people whom we collected material about and they were all wealthy.”

The Manolo’s immediate thought? The Ransom of the Red Chief.

APR
2007
23

Don’t Forget the Man-Clutch!

Manolo says, what? Is he on his way to the hoedown?

FEB
2007
14

His Favorite Subject



Manolo says, clearly, this article here is not true.

JAN
2007
24
NOV
2006
29

The “Artist” and His Muse

Manolo says, one shudders to imagine the photo shoot.

OCT
2006
11

Trash is as Trash Does

Manolo says, the Evil One speaks of the Project Runway.

From leading ladies to supermodels, designer Karl Lagerfeld has dressed them all. Now, however, the world famous couturier is revealing what he thinks about some of the biggest names in the industry.

[…]

As for German supermodel Heidi Klum’s “Project Runway”, well that he just labels as trash.

“Trash that is funny for five minutes if you’re with other people,” ….

…who are most likely your toadies, henchmen, and lickspittles.

JUN
2006
08

The Dandruff of Evil!

Manolo says, our very own Almost the Girl, she has the close encounter with the Dandruff of Evil!

JUN
2006
04

Nosferatu and the Abyss

Manolo says, what happens when the souleater meets the soulless?

APR
2006
19

The World Gone Mad

Manolo says, the Manolo asks you, perhaps rhetorically, has the entire world gone mad for evil? Does no one but the Manolo see the truth?

It is not as if there is not the evidence.

For the example look at this from the Asian newspaper.

Then a frisson of excitement ripples through the gaggle hovering about the entrance. Lagerfeld is coming! The anticipation is almost schoolgirl-ish.

He comes marching through in boots, lean black trousers, powder-white ponytail and a brocade jacket, like a veteran rock star.

Lagerfeld is also gone in a flash, with his black-clad entourage like a dark plume of smoke.

It is the common trope of the diabolical: first anticipation of the celebrity of evil, then the dramatic appearance in dark clothing, accompanied by the phalanx of toadies, and then, suddenly…poof! Vanishment in the cloud of smoke!

All that is missing is the strong smell of brimstone.

Brimstone? Perhaps brimstone well masked.

Here is more, this time from the Robin Givhan of the recent Pulitzer.

Before the eyes settle on his attire, the nose takes note. Lagerfeld smells vaguely floral, with a hint of powder. He has spritzed himself with Iris Nobile by Acqua di Parma. It is a woman’s fragrance owned by LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the same company that controls Fendi.

Yes, evil, but flowery feminine evil, the scent of mortal decay covered by the cloying smell of the tube roses.

Such evil, it preens, it struts.

He walks chest forward and with short strides. An observer, who happened to catch one of Lagerfeld’s television appearances, describes his walk as a “Prince meets Ron Wood pimpalicious strut.”

Pimpalicioius?

Vampiricious!

Even those who would toady up to the Lagerfeld are “unsettled” by his mere proximity.

“He’s an authentic genius,” says Peter Marx, president of Saks Jandel, who has known Lagerfeld for 20 years. “There’s something unsettling and special about him.”

Meaning, he gives one the impression that one is being fitted for the shroud.

FEB
2006
14

The Day in the Life of the Henchman

Manolo says, Heinrich, komm hier! I must slap you!