Whose Shoes Wednesday…The Answer!
Manolo asked, whose shoes? Manolo answers, it is the Eleanor Roosevelt! Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend, K., who was the first person to correctly guess the person to whom the shoes belonged.
Manolo asked, whose shoes? Manolo answers, it is the Eleanor Roosevelt! Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend, K., who was the first person to correctly guess the person to whom the shoes belonged.
Manolo says, apparently the conciet at Monday’s Marc Jacobs show was that everything was cuckoo-nutty bass-ackwards, and thus the show began with the designers bow, and went backwards (and/or downhill) from there. Naturally, the perfect shoes for such presentation were those with the “backward heel.” The Manolo’s internet friend at the Cuffington blog suggests that there may be the physics lesson here. Frankly, the Manolo is not feeling these shoes. As for the clothes, this quote from the NY Sun’s Pia Catton made the Manolo laugh. The evening dresses had a peculiar “Beetlejuice” quality: one-third Goth, one-third downtown, one-third cat-loving,…
Manolo says, here is the Rock from Donald J. Pliner, in the black suede and the brown antique “gator”. The Manolo finds this shoe ever so faintly Marie Antoinette-ish, but in the good ball-gowns-and-frippery way, not in the “Let-them-eat-cake” while-being-dragged-to-the-guillotine way.
Manolo says, all of the Manolo’s friends have been emailing the Manolo with the link to this article in the Sun, which expresses outrage about the childishly colorful and futuristic Balenciaga sandal. THE season’s fashion must-have is a £700 shoe that would be more at home in a toy shop. The Sportiletto, from a top designer, is a Lego-like high-heel. The footwear is said to be influenced by snowboarders, but the real inspiration for the crazy child-like design seems to have come from 1980s kiddie favourite the Fisher-Price 1-2-3 Rollerskate. […] Models on the catwalk look bizarre as they wear…