JAN
2007
23

The Book of the Manolo

Manolo says, for the past few weeks, since the start of the new year, the Manolo the Shoeblogger has been feverishly writing away at his autobiography. Now, after this burst of activity, the Manolo is most happy to announce that he has reached the 120 page mark, and that his agent tells him that he is ready to take this brief sample of the Manolo’s magnus opus to the publishers, so that they may judge its literary worth in the markeplace. Yes, 120 pages sounds like the large portion, but at the rate the Manolo is going, he expects this…

DEC
2006
18

One Thousand Dollars For The Kiss

Manolo says, ayyyyyyyyy! One of the Manolo’s favorite bloggers, the Cindy Bokma, has published the new book! Cindy Bokma, also known as celebrity blogger “distresssedjeans” has released her first novel, a Hollywood satire called A Thousand Dollars For A Kiss. Cindy gained popularity for her award nominated gossip site, Conversations About Famous People where over six million viewers from around the world read the hilarious entertainment reports. She became known for her cutting edge wit and social commentaries on celebrities in the news. Phil Magitti from the satire site, Pug Bus called her a “female Oscar Wilde.” Cindy is also…

JUN
2006
16

Happy Bloomsday!

Manolo reads, Her shoes were the newest thing in footwear (Edy Boardman prided herself that she was very petite but she never had a foot like Gerty MacDowell, a five, and never would ash, oak or elm) with patent toecaps and just one smart buckle at her higharched instep.

MAR
2006
22

Posture!

Manolo says, It is cheating if you strap the book to your head.

FEB
2006
13

Love Me or Go to The Hell!

Manolo says, look! The Manolo’s good friend the Donna Barstow she has edited the new super funny book about the love and/or the going to Hell. Here is the hilarious sample. It is funny because it is so true!

DEC
2005
20

Samurai Suzy Speaks!

Manolo says, the Samurai Suzy she gives the endorsement of the whole heartedness to the Manolo’s favorite book of the 2005. They call it “a photographic conversation,” and the result is a book for every fashionista to lust for in her Xmas stocking. “Blahnik by Boman” (Thames & Hudson), with its shoe trailing a peacock tail through a shrubbery or its purple suede boot spilling over with lilac blooms, has an atomic sexual charge and a luscious sense of decoration. Eric Boman photographed his friend Manolo Blahnik’s work in all its delicacy and intensity. As Paloma Picasso, part of the…

NOV
2005
30

Holiday Gift Books, Part II

Manolo says, the Manolo he continues his suggestions for the books suitable for the holiday giving, here are the few more, given in no particular order. The Indispensible Collection The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson Who does not love the charming adventures of the little boy Calvin and his friend the tiger Hobbes? This theoretical person, who does not love the Calvin and the Hobbes, the Manolo he does not wish to know. Such is the regard the Manolo holds for the oeuvre of the genius Bill Watterson. What The Modern Italian Brides Get on The Day of…

NOV
2005
28

Manolo’s Holiday Gift Books, Part I

Manolo says, many of the Manolo’s friends they have been asking the Manolo for the advice for the holiday giving, saying Manolo, please help us, we are foundering in the sea of gift-giving choices! We do not know what to get the husband, or the wife, and/or the person of the significant otherness! The Manolo says to his many internet friends, be not afraid, over the next week or the two the Manolo he will provide you with the assistance you require to make this the most super fantastic of the holiday seasons. Today, it is the part one of…

NOV
2005
05

Blahnik by Boman

Manolo says, the Manolo he has finally received his copy of the masterful, Blahnik by Boman: Shoes, Photographs, Conversation, perhaps the greatest book for the table of the coffees ever produced. The pictures in this book they are of the shoes of the Maestro Manolo Blahnik set in the whimsical, artistic, striking, visually witty tableaus by the fashion photographer Eric Boman. The juxtapositions of the shoes with the everyday things, or the objets d’art, they point up not just the skill of the photographer, but also, the beauty of these masterful shoes. Also, the pictures they remind the Manolo the…

OCT
2005
05

The Donna Barstow

Manolo says, in the essay contest of the Manolo, one of the super fantastic prizes to be awarded to the Grand Super Fantastic Prize Winner is the original, signed piece of the cartoon art (such as the one above) from the very funny cartoonist and shoe lover the Donna Barstow. Not only does the Donna have the many amusing cartoons about the shoes, but she has also written and illustrated the most super fantastic book What Do Women REALLY Want? Chocolate! Even the title, it makes the Manolo laugh! But, of the course, you cannot win the framable prize from…

OCT
2005
04

The Fifth Winner!

Manolo says, the Sandra A. Willis of the Holly Springs, North Carolina, she is the Fifth Winner in the Manolo’s Super Fantastic Essay Contest! The Manolo he has randomly selected her to receive the copy of the Miss Meghan’s most entertaining book The Perfect Fit: What Your Shoes Say About You. (The Miss Meghan she is of the course, one of the judges of the Manolo’s Super Fantastic Essay Contest.)

SEP
2005
29

The Fourth Winner!

Manolo says, the Martha Garvey of the Hoboken, New Jersey, she is the Fourth Winner in the Manolo’s Super Fantastic Essay Contest! The Manolo he has randomly selected her to receive the copy of the Jane Eldershaw’s most amusing book Heart and Sole : The Shoes of My Life. (The Jane Eldershaw she is of the course, one of the judges of the Manolo’s Super Fantastic Essay Contest.) Only the couple more weeks to enter the contest of the Manolo. The sooner the better, as those who enter sooner stand the better chance to win one of these wonderful little…