JUL
2012
10

Manolo’s Late Night Bargain: Cole Haan Air Carma Open-Toe Slingback

Manolo says, what is not to like about this? The Cole Haan Air Carma Peep-Toe Slingback, the perfect patent leather work shoe with the comfortable technology built in, selling at 60% off of the regular price! And here is the closed-back pump version at the same great price!

JUL
2012
10

Manolo’s Tuesday Miscellany

Manolo says, here are the few things which may perhaps amuse… Contemporary figurative painting owes much to Photoshop filters. It’s kind of sad. . A good Emergency Hostess Outfit should be easy and glamorous. . R-A-W SHOES

JUL
2012
10

André Perugia Pumps

Manolo says, here for your midday shoe-viewing enjoyment are the embroidered red and black pumps from the master shoe maestro, André Perugia, shoes which currently reside in the Kyoto Costume Institute. Gorgeous! P.S. If you like looking at the historic clothing you should go to this blog, OMG That Dress, from which this photo comes, and follow the Manolo on the Pinterest.

JUL
2012
10

Shoe Personalities: Zuden-6 from Miss Me?

N.B. Psychologists have proven what we already know, shoes tell us much about the wearer… The Zuden-6 from Miss Me?, $39.99. Manolo says, hi, you’re Courtney, and you are originally from Alabama, from like this little town halfway between Cullman and Gadsden, and you were the salutatorian of your high school class, but now, at Vandy, that doesn’t really count for much. You know, it is just these sorority girls from Atlanta, who all have the blonde hair and drive BMWs. That, or acerbic Northern girls with dark hair, from places you’ve never heard of in New Jersey and Connecticut,…

JUL
2012
10

Our Friend Virginia, Writing About the Shoes

Manolo says, our friend, the Virgina has written the column in the Bloomberg News on what the shoes say about us. Like cars, shoes combine function and aesthetics, the promise of mobility and the pleasures of style. As apparel, they offer not only protection but transformation; as autonomous objects, they serve as “bursts of beauty that defy the mundane,” writes Rachelle Bergstein in “Women From the Ankle Down: The Story of Shoes and How They Define Us.” Unlike cars, shoes are also inexpensive enough to permit people to build diverse wardrobes, changing footwear with season, circumstances and mood. Whether Jimmy…