DEC
2010
04

What NASA Found at the Bottom of Lake Mono

Manolo shouts, Work It, Strain GFAJ-1! P.S. Yegor Zaitsev! P.P.S. Smorzhoplivanie!

DEC
2010
03

Web Snob Friday

Manolo says, here are the amusing links from the Manolo’s Web Snob friends. Stiletto Jungle reports that the very popular and very sold out Kate Spade Halle Wedge is back in stock. Was Taylor Momsen fired from Gossip Girl? Allie is Wired reports on the rumor. Bag Snob dubs this bag a great gift because of its abnormal fabulous color and great shape. Beauty Snob doesn’t even know how she lived without this for so long! So, are you ready to glow? Coquette loves to cozy up in her Kensie chubby fur belted cardigan. KRISTOPHER DUKES is using Jimmyjane FORM…

DEC
2010
03

Manolo’s Super Fantastic Gifts for the Men!

Manolo says, and now, please allow the Manolo to recommend the few gifts for the menfolk in your life… Above you see the Kindle electronic reader gizmo thingy from the Amazon. Frankly, the Manolo has had no personal experience with the Kindle thingy-gizmo, but, nonetheless, he is devoutly hoping that Santy Claus will bring him one, because it is cool, and he likes to read, and his shoulders hurt from carrying around the sack full of reference books and G.A Henty novels. . This chukka-ish men’s boot from the Gucci, it is swanky and yet perfectly masculine, and green! .…

DEC
2010
03

Holiday Shoes 2010: Oscar de la Renta Cyrstal Snakeskin Slingbacks

Manolo says, sparkly, twinkly super fantastic shoes for the most super fantastic time of the year!

DEC
2010
03

Manolo the Columnist: Tartan Round-Toed Pump from Bettye Muller

Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post. Dear Manolo: I love print shoes, particularly Bettye Muller pumps. But they tend to cost a lot ($300 a pair, gosh), and are hard to match up with my outfits. Can you suggest a lower-priced print pump that’ll work with some holiday outfits —maybe a little black dress, some black tuxedo pants or even jeans? I don’t want any hoochie mama stuff, either – classy is best. Zelda Manolo says, it is always this way, when Non-Specific Winter Holiday Period of Festivities Formerly Known as…

DEC
2010
02

The Perfect Gift for the Shoe Lover

Manolo says, what more needs to be said? It is the brand new book of drawings from our Maestro Manolo Blahnik, with commentary by Suzy Menkes.

DEC
2010
02

Holiday Shoes 2010: Giada from Kate Spade

Manolo says, the Holidays of the 2010, they have arrived! And you will need, as everyone does, the red-colored, velveteen, platform shoes with the sparkly dots… and you have looked everywhere for them, the low and the high, but you could not find them… but then, just as you had given up… ¡mira!… there they are, the Giada from Kate Spade! And, now, all you need is the dress to go with them.

DEC
2010
02

Whose Shoes Wednesday… The Answer!

Manolo asked, whose shoes? Manolo answers, it is the Uma Thurman! Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend Patricia, who was the first to correctly identify this week’s long-toed personage of note. The Manolo must now say that he is quite impressed by what one internet friend has called Uma’s “clarity of style.” Uma has long, elegant feets, which she accentuates with the simple sandals, and she has very long legs, which allow her to wear tall boots when it is cold. Her selection of shoes is well edited and somewhat limited, but very good, overall. The Manolo is also impressed…

DEC
2010
01

Gift Guides for the Holidays!

Manolo says, the Manolo’s friends have been producing the gift guides to help ease the burden of finding the perfect gift… Here are the few… 10 Easy Holiday Gifts for the Home Green Gifts For Everyone on the List Deals for Crafty People on Your List Manly Gifts for Manly Men La Petite Acadienne’s Fantasy Chrismakwanzikah La Petite Acadienne’s Reality-Based Chrismakwanzikah Classic Toy Recommendations for 2010 New Toy Recommendations for 2010 Eight Holiday Gifts for the Bride and Groom At the Manolo for the Big Girl, our friend Miss Plumcake is entertaining us with ‘Tis the Season… the Advent-long series…

DEC
2010
01

Creeping Cloginization

Manolo says, one of the Manolo’s internet friends has asked the Manolo the question. Dear Manolo, I work in Los Angeles in the part of TV no one sees, post-production. It’s where editing, sound, captions and graphics are put together to make the actual programs on the magic box. To say it’s a VERY casual environment would be an understatement. Jeans and sneakers are the order of the day and one can even see flip-flops at the office. I have recently fallen deeply in love with Dansko closed-back clogs and they are now the only shoe I want to wear…

DEC
2010
01

Whose Shoes Wednesday

Manolo asks, whose shoes?