Junko Shimada…Heels?

Manolo says, Here is more evidence for the Manolo’s proposition that we have reached the end of the fashion cycle, and that the designers have begun to grope for something different. The shoes of the Junko Shimada have previously always had the strongly traditional shape and line, even if they have been colorful and girlish and sometimes kawaii. That the Junko would send these down the runway in the prÃªt-Ã -porter collection says much about the current state of the high fashion shoes.

Crippled Beauty or Slouching Beast

Manolo says, the Manolo’s close internet friend, the super fantastic Linda Grant, has the amusing piece in the Sunday Telegraph in which she laments the paucity of the stylish shoes in which one may actually walk. She has also kindly mentioned the humble shoe blog of the Manolo in her article. I love the look of beautiful shoes and so every morning, as soon as I turn on my computer, I click on to the delicious site of Manolo the Shoeblogger (shoeblogs.com), the anonymous New Yorker who combines a fascination for shoes with a witty and erudite writing style. He…