Manolo the Columnist
Manolo says, the Manolo’s column in the Express of the Washington Post it is now available for the downloading. This week’s topic, it is the not boring shoes for the super fantastic professional girl.
0Dear Manolo,
The new year is almost here, and I’ve resolved to be more fabulous in my choice of footwear for the coming year, especially for what I wear to work. I’m an accountant, so I need lots of help.
Susan
Manolo says, Every year, the Manolo he makes the same resolutions he has always made, to be ever more super fantastic than he was in the preceeding year. This it is not easy, especially as the Manolo he has grown into the age of the middle, when the battle against the forces of nature must be fully engaged.
However, this it does not mean you should not make the valiant attempt to achieve super fantasticness, even if, unlike the Manolo, you toil in the professions that are perhaps not known for their fabulousness.
Indeed, the problem for those in the occupations of respectablitiy, such as the accountants and the lawyers, it is that you must maintain the gravitas suitable to the job, so that the clients they will not be frightened away by your taste for the avant garde.
Sadly, the hot pink Puccis on the accountant they do not make the smiles in the person facing the IRS audit.
And so, the Manolo he must counsel his seriously-employed friend to express her office-based super fantasticness with the shoes that are conservative in style and color, but have the luxuriousness of the first-rate material and workmanship,
Thus, the Manolo he would recommend this smart suede shoe from the
Christian Lacroix as something that embodies the qualities the Manolo has mentioned.Likewise, if the friend of the Manolo wishes to “sex it up†the bit the Manolo would have her consider the “Christiana Desk to Disco†from the Donna Karen.
Comments
Lesley from Fashiontribes.com 19 years ago
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diana 19 years ago
Actually, there’s another way to wear hideously expensive super fantastic shoes in a conservative industry (I work in one). Wear tailored clothes in conservative colors, severe (but not boring — think fitted, classy, stylish, no frou-frou).
Then wear the bitch heels.
Generally, as long as the toes are covered, you’re in the clear. Safe shoe: Blahnik’s classic Carolyne (avoid the kid which scuffs easily and looks unprofessional). Slightly more adventurous: Caovilla’s swarovski ribbon-trimmed number (the man is my God of shoes) or Sunflower shoe. Fabulous: Versace’s gold python pump. To be worn with all black, very, very understated jewelry, and a completely straight face.