SEP
2007 18

Dressing Down Those Who Dress Down

Manolo says, the Manolo’s good friend, the Linda Grant, has written the much needed piece in today’s Guardian about the sloppiness of the modern restaurant patron. Forty or 50 years ago, when a couple went out to dine the men wore suits, ties (preferably regimental) and shined shoes, and the women would be in cocktail dresses, heels and even mink stoles. The dress code of an establishment was directly linked to the numbers of pieces of cutlery at each place setting. Judging by the films of the period, there might also be a small dancefloor, and a band. There was…

SEP
2007 18

The Platforms Are Out

Manolo says, the platforms are out. It must be true, because the USA Today has said so. It took one swift kick from the new shoe trend — ballet flats — to topple platforms from their perch. “Quite simply, customers have had enough of high heels,” says Robert Burke, president and founder of luxury consulting firm Robert Burke Associates. “Flats seem young and fresh.” It certainly helps that they’re easier to wear than the ankle-wrenching wedge, and they can look elegant or coquettish with this year’s empire-waisted dresses, hot pants and capris. And despite a more casual work attitude, flip-flops…

JUN
2007 18

The Beautiful Foot

Manolo says, many of the Manolo’s internet friends have been emailing him the link to this story. It is 8 oâ€™clock on a serene blue morning in Beverly Hills and Dr Ali Sadrieh, a podiatrist, has just performed a 45-minute operation on a client, cutting a section of bone out of her toe to shorten it. She was awake during surgery, watching a film; next week Sadrieh will do the same thing to the second toe on the other foot. There was nothing medically wrong with the toes, but his patient didnâ€™t like the way they protruded over the lip…

JUN
2007 08

2007, The Year of the Fetish Shoe!

Manolo says, here from the Daily Mail is that saucy trollop the Victoria “Posh” Beckham wearing the ridiculous and dangerous looking spikey shoes. And thus, with this picture, the Manolo now officially declares 2007, The Year of the Fetish Shoe. Forget for now the beautiful, elegant, and stylish shoes, and wear only those shoes which emphatically say to the public “the wearer of these shoes may be hired to satisfy your more outrÃ© desires.” Five and the half inch stiletto heels? The height of fashion! Weird dominatrix boots? Wear them to the red carpet! Bizarre and clunky pony-play platforms ?…

MAY
2007 03

The YSL Tribute, Redux

Manolo says, here is yet another article about this year’s Super Duper Hottest-Hippest Shoe!!!!, the Yves Saint Laurent Tribute. (About which the Manolo has already written.) YOU’LL fall head over heels. Maybe literally. The must-have shoe for spring is the “Tribute” from Yves Saint Laurent, adorned with a towering 5 1/2-inch heel. Sold out in most New York retailers, it’s one of the tallest high-fashion shoes ever produced – yet celebrities such as Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez and Gwen Stefani can’t wait to walk at elevations usually reserved for Las Vegas dancers and Vivid Video actresses. And who among us…

APR
2006 07

Toaster Helmet Fever!

Manolo says, from the American Digest comes news of the retrospective of one of the hottest fashion trends of the last half of the century…Toaster Helmets! A magnificent fashion show recreates the colourful history of the toasterhelmet on the catwalk, starting with the early experimental and functional helmets, going through the extravagant models of the 60s and ending with the well known designhelmets of the past decade. As a special feature young and promising designers show their latest creations. Not to be missed for fashionwatchers and others who want to meet the trend for this summer!

JAN
2006 20

Early Friday Miscellany

Manolo says, Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyy! In Paris, it’s Hammer Time! Enough with the Pink Already! Decoding the Body Language of Golden Globe Couples Posh World Domination

JAN
2006 09

More Predictions

Manolo says, many of the Manolo internet friends who made the predictions were late to the Carnivale of the Couture, and so the Manolo he will now provide the links to their websites. The Kim of the I Am Pretty NYC, she predicts that the Blue is the New Black, but does so in the manner that makes the Manolo both think and laugh. The Almost Girl she has posted the usual erudite and very well written pensÃ©e on the topic of the conspicuous consumption, one which predicts the end of the logo brand. The Italian blog the Red Apple…

JAN
2006 06

Carnivale of Couture #1

Manolo says, here, long overdue, is the first Carnivale of Couture! The Manolo he wanted to start the first Carnivale and the new year with the interesting and the timely topic, and what could be better then asking the super fantastic, super smartie fashion bloggers for their fashion predictions for 2006. Manolo loves the shoes, and so what better way to start the first Carnivale of the Couture than with the Shoewawa‘s Spring shoe predictions, which they are the chunky leather, platform moccasins, formal-looking wedges, and white! At the I Am Fashion, the Herrods Girl and the Barneys Girl they…

JAN
2006 03

The Carnivale of Couture

Manolo says, now that the Manolo is back at the blogging it is time to (in the words of the Emeril) “kick it up the notch”, and so the Manolo he would like host later this week the first Carnivale of Couture, the collection of the bloggings from the Manolo’s internet friends the fashion bloggers. And to help his many internet friends to find the topic on which to write, the Manolo he would propose blogging about the topic: Fashion Predictions for 2006 So, if you are the fashion blogger, or the blogger who would like to write about the…

DEC
2005 05

Coolness

Manolo says, the Manolo’s internet friend the Virginia Postrel, she is also purse blogging today! Actually, the Virginia she is cool blogging, posting the article in which the she considers what it is that makes something “cool”, and among the things cited as being cool for her is the most attractive purse from the BCBG Max Azria. Ultimately, however, although the Virginia can point to the items of coolness, she cannot explain exactly what it is that makes them cool. This it is because the “coolness” is more about the emotional than the intellectual. In the past the Manolo he…

NOV
2005 16

The Disscussion

Manolo says, the discussion session it did not work exactly as the Manolo had intended, mainly because the technology it hindered the Manolo, rather than helped, as it was not the Manolo’s voice that you heard, but someone who was attempting to read the Manolo’s IM’ed responses to the questions. However, the Manolo he has the few words of response that he was unable to make known during the session. First the Manolo he would note that the Kim and the Never teh Bride they were wonderfully well-spoken and informed about the importance of the fashion blogging. For the Manolo…