Attack of the Forehead Redux!
Manolo says, Ayyyy!! Angelina Jolie is developing the dreaded Kidman Chrome Dome!
Manolo says, Ayyyy!! Angelina Jolie is developing the dreaded Kidman Chrome Dome!
Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post. Dear Manolo, In late August I’m attending an outdoor wedding in upstate New York. I’ve settled on a summery sort of wrap dress in a light blue color. What would you recommend in the way of footwear? Rachel Manolo says, the few years back the Manolo attended the late summer wedding in the Catskills. It was the wonderful celebration of love and family and friends. Unfortunately, the weather was unseasonably hot and humid, and so even though the ceremony proceeded flawlessly, it was nonetheless difficult…
Manolo says, compare and contrast the following two shoes from Giuseppe Zanotti. Manolo says, when the Manolo’s shoe-obsessed friend Wayne pointed out these two Giuseppe Zanotti shoes to the Manolo, the Manolo’s initial reaction was to laud the first for it’s combination of classical beauty and sublime construction, while deploring the second for its irrational science-fictiony exuberance. And yet…the longer the Manolo considers the second shoe, the more he has reconciled himself to its over-the-topness. Indeed, the Manolo now believes that the right rock-n-roll girl could make this shoe work for her in the right conditions with the exact right…
Manolo says, the Manolo never ceases to be amazed by the shoe-spotting ability of the Manolo’s sharp-eyed internet friends. For the example, yesterday, while preparing for the Whose Shoes Wednesday the Manolo mistakenly included this fragmentary photograph in his collection of the Lady Gaga shoes. This is not Lady Gaga, something the Manolo in his haste to prepare the post had missed. And yet, even though it was the single image among nearly the score, this did not prevent the Manolo’s readers from identifying to whom they belonged. The first to do so, was the Manolo’s internet friend Jo. Nicole…
Manolo asked, whose shoes? Manolo answers, it is the trying-too-hard-to-be-moderately-outrageous Lady GaGa! Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend Sean who was the first to correctly identify this week’s personage of note.
Manolo says, Mr. Henry on the go. For the past two weeks Mr. Henry has been on the road and in the swamp. He has eaten blueberries in Maine, black raspberries in Massachusetts, corn in upstate New York, and fried soft shell crab in Florida. Needless to say, you must go read the whole thing.
Manolo says, we live in the age of wonders, witness the rise of the Art Shoe. A revolution in shoes is upon us. Suddenly the capital’s most desirable shoes are no longer designed by graduates of craft colleges well-versed in traditional skills. Now architects and product designers are becoming masters of the “last†and they’re pushing the concept of footwear way out into the stratosphere. The ubiquitous Zaha Hadid is the most visible architect to have entered the shoe cupboard recently. Last September, the Pritzker prize-winner designed some enticing and affordable plastic shoes for Brazilian footwear brand Melissa, which by…
Manolo says, why does Manolo love Buenos Aires? Because only in Buenos Aires do people consider it normal to go dancing at age 100! P.S. Many thanks to the Manolo’s internet friend Fausta who found this video for the Manolo.
Manolo says, the Manolo, at the behest of his middle-aged, dance-loving friend Herr Professor Dr. von Korncrake, has been looking at the videos of older male dancers, over the age of 50 (such as the good Professor) who are still capable of cutting the rug in vibrant style. Here is Fred Astaire at age 52. Gene Kelly at age 53. Jimmy Cagney at 56 and Bob Hope at 52… And most amazingly, the great tap dancer Jimmy Slyde at age 71 (trust the Manolo, your really must see this one, especially the section from about 2:10 until about 2:30).