Manolo's Shoe Blog

DEC
2011 02

Bonnie and Clyde, the Musical

Manolo says, two years ago, the Manolo did the little comparison of the real outlaws, Bonnie and Clyde, with the fake movie star outlaws, Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty, in which the Manolo came to the conclusion that the real Bonnie and Clyde were more stylish and elegant than the movie stars, using photos such as they for the examples…. Allow the Manolo to stipulate that you would have to be as tiny as Bonnie to pull off that fascinating blouse with the faux cropped-jacket detailing. It is far more original and impressive than anything cooked up by the talented…

DEC
2011 02

Manolo the Columnist: Cate the Great from Sorel

Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post. Dear Manolo, For Christmas, I’d like to buy my little sister, who’s a first year student at a university in the upper Midwest, a new pair of winter boots. Can you recommend something warm and stylish that won’t break my bank? Chloe Manolo says, each year when the weather turns chilly, the Mediterranean Manolo begins to look for the handsome fur coat. Sadly, the two most readily available styles for the men are best described as the “Yukon Prospector” and the “Euro-Pimp Ski Trash”, neither…

NOV
2011 30

Four New Books Suitable for the Gifting

Manolo says, the holidays, they are upon us like the hungry red-and-green colored lion! Quick, you must make it happy by purchasing gifts of merit! Thus, here are four books published in the past year that are worth giving to the people about whom you care. 1. The duchess of smart Mediterranean cooking books, Claudia Roden, is back with this worthy entry, The Food of Spain. 2. It is no secret that the Manolo is intensely fond of the comic novel, and this book about the pair of sibling hired killers, The Sisters Brothers, is the best comic novel of…

NOV
2011 28

Gift Suggestions for the Cyber Monday

Manolo says, it is Monday and you are back at your desk frantically trying to find the gifts for your beloved ones. Yes, you had the big plans to go out on the Black Friday and fist-fight with the crowds to find things worthy of putting under the trees of Christmas, but then a) you decided that getting up at three in morning to go to the Wal-Mart was ridiculous, and b) in the mid-morning, as you were getting ready to leave, you heard on the radio that there was the 14-mile traffic jam on all the roads leading to…

NOV
2011 24

Happy Thanksgiving!

Manolo says, may you enjoy this day the most happiest of Thanksgivings!

NOV
2011 18

Manolo the Columnist: Svelt from Stuart Weitzman

Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post. Dear Manolo, I’ve got Thanksgiving duties this year, which means I’ll be feeding the whole extended family, twenty-five people at least, maybe more. We like to dress up for the actual meal, and although I’ll be able to change at the last minute, I’ll still want comfortable (and traditional) shoes to wear during the feast. What do you recommend? Marilyn Manolo says, Ayyyyy! The Thanksgiving, it is barreling toward us like the runaway trainload of free-range, heirloom turkeys! And while many of us, like the…

NOV
2011 17

Whose Shoes Wednesday… The Answer!

Manolo asked, whose shoes? Manolo answers, it is the Kelly Clarkson! Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friends Klee and Cat! Klee because she was the first to answer, and Cat who was the second to answer, but because Klee’s correct early answer was held in the spam filter until late last night, Cat appeared to be the first for most of the day. And, if you are confused by the logic behind this, do not fret, so is the Manolo. P.S. Ayyyyyyy! The Manolo has erred! The actually it was the Marjorie who was the first to spot the Clarkson…

NOV
2011 16

Whose Shoes Wednesday

Manolo asks, whose shoes?

NOV
2011 15

Ferruccia Suede Boots from the Brian Atwood for the Tuesday

Manolo says, it is Tuesday, only the second week of November, and already you feel as if you have been sucked into the annual holiday season whirlpool; swirling, swirling, swirling around the giant vortex of seasonal merriment and angst. Any second, you will be dragged down below the surface of normality by the combined forces of heirloom turkeys, two kinds of stuffing, homemade pies, Black Friday shopping, nativity pageants at the church, and the Santy Claus. You will struggle valiantly against it, but it is inevitable. Your holiday fate is sealed. One minute all will be normal, and the next,…

NOV
2011 11

Manolo the Columnist: Case from Kate Spade

Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post. Dear Manolo, I’m just about to turn the Big Five-O, 50 years old. I keep myself in good shape, and I think I still look great, but I am nonetheless somewhat depressed by passing the half-century mark, so I and need a pair of shoes to cheer me up. Can you recommend something youthful and sexy, but not inappropriate? Carla Manolo says, Fifty? Do not despair, for fifty is the new forty-seven-and-the-half! Actually, thanks to the modern medicine, ubiquitous gym memberships, and the superior make-up…

NOV
2011 10

Christian Louboutin at One Dollar Per The Week

Manolo says, here is the article to be filed under the heading, Super Models Say the Darnedest Things. “They make me feel like a woman. I feel they make you look very sexy, the cuts are beautiful, the lines, the colors the embellishments,” Huntington-Whiteley gushed to FOX411’s Pop Tarts column at the Christian Louboutin’s book launch at Barney’s in Beverly Hills last week. “I think he managed to capture something so special for women, every girl should be lucky enough to have them.” Yet amid this cash-strapped economy, the British supermodel has some words of wisdom for women pining for…

NOV
2011 10

Whose Shoes Wednesday…the Answer!

Manolo asked, whose shoes? Manolo answers, it is the Carrie Underwood! Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend, the Lara, for being the first to identify this week’s super-fantastically well-shod young celebrity of note. To which the Manolo must add, who would have suspected that one of the best celebrity shoe collections ever should belong to the country music star?