OCT
2010
11

Aennis Eunis Calligraphic Shoes for the Monday

Manolo says, these calligraphically-inspired platform pumps from the Jordanian designer Aennis Eunis are indeed both super fantastic and wonderfully original. They are like nothing the Manolo has seen before. As for what the shoes say, the Manolo is no Hans Wehr, but from what he can tell, these letters do not form the recognizable words, but are just the Arabic letters, which avoids the sort of problem encountered by the Nike peoples the few years back. Of the course, these will be the enormous hit in Dubai and Qatar and Riyad.

MAY
2010
06

Christian Louboutin Speaks!

Manolo says, from our friends at NET-A-PORTER (who provided us with the delightful Giuseppe Zanotti interview) comes this most amusing interview with Christian Louboutin. The first thing I really wanted to do was to design shoes for showgirls, because at the end of the day, you know, a showgirl is…is like a bird of paradise. It’s a woman, but it’s a representation of a bird, basically. At the end of my school, I did a big internship at Folies Bergère, and it was very interesting because, you know, if you like high heels, the showgirls are the best to actually…

APR
2010
29

Anglomania + Wing from Vivienne Westwood

Manolo says, one of the Manolo’s internet friends has asked the Manolo the question. Dearest Manolo, I have discovered the cleverly concealed portal to shoe paradise….Zappos Couture My question is, can I wear these shoes and not fall over? Besos, Beth Ayyyyy! The real question is not “could you”, but “should you”! On the one of the hands, this shoe is so wonderfully hilarious and unusual that you would feel bouyant all day long. On the other of the hands, small children and drunken men would point and laugh at you, which you may, or may not enjoy. On the…

APR
2010
12

Miu Miu Spectator Peep-Toe Mary Janes For the Monday

Manolo says, it is Monday and you are back at your desk working like the galley slave pulling at the oar while the boss-man “manages”, using his “motivational” cat-o-nine-tails. Sigh. Well at least there is the internet where your mind can run free, frolicking in the flowery fields of celebrity news! Look! Rene Zelleweger is dating Anderson Cooper! And you think you have problems? Girlfriend has never been the same since the whole debacle with Kenny Chesney, who now admits he put his life into his closet, er box, whatever. And then you cruise to the next site, and the…

FEB
2010
04

Burberry Tonal Check Perspex Sandals…Um…Wha?

Manolo says, behold! Beautiful and unusual platform sandals from Burberry in the handsome dark nickel color, but that name? What does it mean? Tonal…Check…Perspex? It sounds less like something you would wear on your feets and more like the DARPA super secret squirrel project.

JAN
2010
29

Manolo the Columnist: Prive from Calvin Klein

Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post. Dear Manolo, I need some shoes for my big Valentine’s Day night out with my beau. The problem is that I’m a poor college girl and don’t have money to buy the sort of shoes I’d really like to own. Please help. Nicole Manolo says, frankly, the Manolo is surprised to learn that the college girls still have the boyfriends who are willing to escort them out for the Dia de San Valentino’s night on the town. Recently, while travelling, the Manolo dined at the…

NOV
2009
24

Christian Louboutin Feticha Botta Platform Boots For the Tuesday Before Thanksgiving

Manolo says, it is Tuesday and you are back at your desk doing whatever it is you normally do, but very badly, as you are completely distracted by Thanksgiving, which is now barreling down upon you like the runaway freight train full of free-range turkeys. Thanksgiving was not supposed to be crazy this year. It was going to be just you and Gary and the kids and your mother. But then your mother called two weeks ago, and said she’d invited your Uncle Bill to fly out from Buffalo for Thanksgiving. “Okay,” you thought, “one more won’t hurt. Uncle Bill…

AUG
2009
18

Valentino For the Tuesday

Manolo says, the Manolo is feelings slightly down in the dumps this afternoon. And so, what better way to cheery oneself up then with the beautiful pair of the bright red shoes? Here is the gorgeous patent leather peep-toe pump from Valentino, exactly the sort of shoe that would convert any day into the living-on-sunshine festival of good humor.

MAY
2009
01

Manolo the Columnist

Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post. Dear Manolo, After meeting my parents for the first time, my boyfriend of nearly four months decided to break it off with me. I think I’ve finally convinced myself that he was a jerk, but I still need consoling . Can you recommend some shoes that will ease my pain? Roseanne Manolo says, it is clear that the Manolo’s friend understands one of the undeniable truths of life, that shoes are among the most powerful anelgesics known to womankind. Indeed, few things can alleviate romantic…

APR
2008
29

Roberto Cavalli Wedge, Ugly and Expensive

Manolo says, this is the sort of atrocity that makes the Manolo waver between anger and despair, while the price leaves him gasping. P.S. Many thanks to the Manolo’s shoe-obsessed friend Wayne.

MAR
2008
19

Miu Miu Tea Cup Platform Pumps

Manolo says, maybe, possibly, if you were nine years old and playing the role of Belle in the production of “Beauty and the Beast.” And yet, even as the Manolo mocks, he cannot deny that the shoe is made with beautiful materials, and is impeccably finished, even if it excessively childish.

MAR
2008
03

Prada Camoscio Deco Platforms for the Monday

Manolo says, here it is the first Monday in March and Old Man Winter is still battering away at your resolve and sanity. “Any day, now,” you keep saying to yourself, “the sun will break through, the snow will melt, and Spring will be here.” But then you get up in the morning, and leave the house, only to be assaulted by freezing rain, or hail, or snow, or some deadly combination of freakish weather that leaves you cursing the weatherman and his ignorant ilk. Oh for the simpler days, when all that was necessary to make the sun shine…