JUL
2008 31

Project Runway, Season Five, Episode 3

Manolo says, ayyyyy! It is the season of tulle! The two-in-the-row triumph of the tulle-based outfits would not be so would not be so bad, except that it portends something much more disturbing…the return of the 1980s! The signs of this fashion apocalypse are all there: last week it was the shorty skirts and tulle petticoats; this week, modified big-shouldered “power-bitch” dress. Add to that anything produced by Stella, who has the Ratt/Twisted Sister aesthetic permanently etched into her cortex (where it is always 1983 and bitchin!) and thus you have the beginnings of the trend, one which must be…

JUL
2008 31

The Big Question

Manolo says, our dear friend Plumcake asks the Big Quesiton, what has been your most embarassing wardrobe malfunction?

JUL
2008 31

Whose Shoes Wednesday…The Answer!

Manolo asked, whose shoes? Manolo answers, it is the Farrah Fawcett! Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend Cape Mama who was the first to correctly guess whose shoes.

JUL
2008 30

Whose Shoes Wednesday

Manolo asks, whose shoes?

JUL
2008 29

What the Manolo Is…

Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is… Reading… Watching… Listening to… The workings of the human mind are truly the mystery, no? For several days now two songs have been playing continuously–round, round, baby, right round–in the Manolo’s mind. The first is the marvelously hummable “The Brotherhood of Man,” from the the quintessential 1960’s workplace musical comedy, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. The second is, inexplicably, the opening few chords from Dolly Parton’s “Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That.“. The mysterious brain part is that, as far as the Manolo…

JUL
2008 28

The Elie Tahari Janine Driver

Manolo says, one of the Manolo’s current favorite shoes is this fabulously cute, driving flat from Elie Tahari, known as the Janine Driver. Without fail, everytime the Manolo sees it, it puts the smile on the face of Manolo, and if that is not the recommendation of merit, the Manolo does not know what is.

JUL
2008 25

Manolo the Columnist

Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post. Dear Manolo, The end of the summer is approaching and I’ve been invited by my family to spend a long weekend at the shore. What can you recommend that would be suitably casual, but still stylish, and could make my legs look good in short shorts. Diane Manolo says, as is his customary summer habit, the Manolo has spent the past few weeks in Malibu, enjoying the beach, the marvelous weather, and the lifestyles of the rich and botoxed. While he has been here the…

JUL
2008 24

Project Runway, Season 5, Episode Two

Manolo says, this week’s Project Runway challenge was the example of how putting two good ideas together can sometimes result in one confusing disaster. The first idea, to do the outfit made from the ecologically sensitive “green” material, is excellent. Although the Manolo confesses, that when he first heard the term “green cocktail dress”, he thought literally “green” as in the color, which is also the great idea for the challenge, as green is one of the most difficult colors to make fashionable. (Red = Hot. Blue = Cool. Green = Elf or Comanndo, take your pick.) The second idea,…

JUL
2008 24

Whose Shoes Wednesday…The Answer!

Manolo asked, whose shoes? Manolo answers, it is the Dyan Cannon! Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend Kari, who correctly answered what the Manolo considered to be one of the most difficult whose shoes challenges to date. As the note, this week’s choice of Dyan Cannon was occasioned by the Manolo seeing her in the crowd on Saturday at the Grove, where the Posse Manolo was rolling. Sad to say, girlfriend is getting somewhat Wildensteiny.

JUL
2008 23

Whose Shoes Wednesday

JUL
2008 21

Lilly Pulitzer for the Monday

Manolo says, it is Monday, and you are not at at your desk slaving away. You are not at your desk for the very good reason that you have become that most pitiable of peoples, the business traveler; the pilgrim of commerce, outbound to your corporation’s North-East-Central regional office in the beautiful, lakeside vacation city of Erie, Pennsylvania! (Just like Lake Como, only with more soot!) But before you can do your business and then retire for the evening to enjoy the homey comforts of the Airport Suites Inn, (Ice! Free waffles! The coffeemaker in the bathroom!) you must first…

JUL
2008 20

The Manolo Week in Review

Manolo says, here is the best of the week from the Manolosphere. Plumcake… To celebrate the first of what Iâ€™m sure will be many times Iâ€™m turning 29 I am going to wear head-to-toe French designers, eat as much chocolate mousse as I can decently shove down my gullet and then buy myself a new carrÃ© foulard because if Iâ€™m going to die old and alone with my dessicated ovaries rattling around in my abdomen like maracas, Iâ€™m damn well going to do it in HermÃ¨s. Spirit Fingers… Jessica Biel, languishing backstage… Mr. Henry… Ensure may well be parody-proof, but…