Manolo's Shoe Blog

FEB
2008 29

Manolo the Columnist

Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post. Dear Manolo, I just purchased a Max Azria jersey knit wrap dress to wear during an upcoming trip to Ireland. It has ¾ length sleeves and is black with a green and white print. My question is, can I wear this dress with knee high boots during the early spring? Leslie Manolo says, Max Azria and Ireland! Truly, this is the combination the Manolo has never considered. But then, the Manolo’s mental image of Ireland is firmly planted in the distant and picturesque past of…

FEB
2008 28

Antonio Bernardi Sans-a-Heel Platforms

Manolo says, the Manolo does not approve. The 5 1/2in creations by Briton Antonio Berardi can hardly be described as high heels, since they lack the most important part – a heel. For the bargain price of £1,800, the wearer will get to totter around with all her weight balanced on a thickened platform sole. Unsurprisingly, fashionistas are jostling to buy a pair. Stars including Gwyneth Paltrow and Uma Thurman invested in a black patent version costing more than £1,100, shortly after they were unveiled in Berardi’s spring/summer collection in Paris. And Victoria Beckham apparently has a snakeskin pair. They…

FEB
2008 28

Separated at Birth

Manolo says, ayyy! Viktor and Rolf meet the Brothers Coen!

FEB
2008 27

Whose Shoes Wednesday…The Answer!

Manolo asked, whose shoes? Manolo says, it is the Hillary Clinton! Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend Molls who was the first person to identify the subject of this week’s Whose Shoes Wednedsday.

FEB
2008 27

Laura K. and Blogging the Project Runway

Manolo says, there is the marvelous article in the Arizona paper about the Manolo’s internet friend, Laura K., who is the founder of the Blogging the Project Runway blog. Laura Kluvo has a big secret. It’s about the winner of Season 4 of Project Runway, the Bravo reality series where rookie designers compete to be the next big thing in fashion. She won’t say who it is or how she knows – until it’s revealed properly on the show’s finale next Wednesday – because she hates spoilers. The stay-at-home Scottsdale mom runs the show’s ultimate fan Web site, called Blogging…

FEB
2008 27

Whose Shoes Wednesday

Manolo asks, whose shoes?

FEB
2008 27

What the Manolo Is…

Manolo says, it is late on Tuesday and thus time to see what the Manolo is… Reading… Watching… Listening to… It had been many years since the Manolo last saw Gone with the Wind, and on viewing it again the other evening, what struck the Manolo most forcefully was how it was both exceedingly melodramatic and yet completely engaging. By rights, this movie should be considered laughable, with each overly dramatic and manipulative incident following so closely on the heels of the previous one. But it is not. Instead, one is irrevocably sucked into the compelling and bizarre world of…

FEB
2008 26

Oscar es nombre de hombre

Manolo dice, en la Manolo Moda, Oscar es nombre de hombre.

FEB
2008 26

Ayyyy! Puzzle Corner

Manolo says, it is once again time for the Ayyyy! Puzzle Corner. This week, it is the celebrity tattoos.

FEB
2008 26

Dolce and Gabbana for the Spring

Manolo says, the Manolo commends to you these marvelous white and navy peep-toe pumps from the Dolce and the Gabbana. Are they not beautiful? What’s that you say, “But Manolo, it is not yet the summer time. I cannot possibly wear the white shoes before the Day of Memorializing.” Ha! The Manolo scoffs as such fashion timidity. Are you not the confident, super fantastic, adult person, one who is fully capable of charting her own way in the world? Indeed, you are fashionable woman, hear you roar! Do not worry what the petty arbiters of outmoded fashion standards say, this…

FEB
2008 25

The Awards of the Academy!

Manolo says, ayyyyyy! This was perhaps the most boring Awards of the Academy ever! All of the ladies were in red, all of the gentlemens in black, all of the Jon Stewarts in tedious. But, fear not, dear friends, there is some small grist for our celebrity mill. For the example… Ms. Wilma Flintsone and her richly deserved award. Vision of the future red carpet, circa 2035 AD, Mr. Tom Cruise and Ms. Katie Holmes. Best Actor Nominee, Mr. Mole. Finally, the Manolo has the suggestion for next year’s master of the ceremony, someone whose lively personality and ready wit…

FEB
2008 23

The Million Dollar Shoes

Manolo says, it is time again for the Academy Awards, and thus also time for the shoe designer Stuart Weitzman to unveil his annual Million Dollar Shoes, which this year will be worn to the ceremony by Diablo Cody. The “Juno” writer, a former stripper, has been chosen to wear footwear designer Stuart Weitzman’s million-dollar shoes to the big event at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The “Retro Rose” shoe features two Kwiat diamond roses, fixed to 1940s-style beige metallic T-strap high heels. More than 1,800 Kwiat diamonds weighing 100 carats were used to make the roses and 400 of…