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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Chic on the Cheap
Manolo, I love your shoe recommendations, but, unfortunately, I’m just a poor working girl who struggles each month to get by. Can you recommend a pair of sandals for me tha...
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Dear Manolo
San Francisco Style
For the past month, my husband has been in Silicon Valley working on a business project. Next week, I’ll be joining him for a weeklong vacation in San Francisco and Napa V...
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Dear Manolo
Sandals to Love
I’m getting married again at the end of May. Since this is my second marriage, as well as the groom’s, we’ve opted for an informal wedding with close family and a few ...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
The White Fit
My daughter will soon graduate from eighth grade at Catholic school. All the girls will wear the same style white dress with a fitted bodice, wide straps and full skirt, whi...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Strapping Shoes
From the depths of Snowmageddon 2013, I implore you to show me some fun, sunny, light-hearted shoes to make me feel better. I want to see shoes that will reassure me that th...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Strapped for Style
At the beginning of April I’m supposed to be a bridesmaid for my sister in a long, dove-gray, empire-waist dress. I will then be eight months pregnant, so it will almost cer...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Out With the Old
After many re-heelings and much tender loving care, my favorite pair of super-practical, low-heeled, black leather ankle boots have finally given up the ghost. These are boots...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Shoes That Work
I’ve just landed my first real post-college job as a research assistant with a think tank. (I won’t say which one; I’ll just say that my male co-workers wear bow ties an...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
A Shoe Proposal
I’m a 28-year-old man who’s found the love of his life. I wish to propose matrimony on Valentine’s Day in a traditional, get-down-on-one-knee sort of way. I’ve got a n...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Shoes to Love
Because of past experiences, which I shall not describe, I’ve come to hate Valentine’s Day. This year I’ve got a new boyfriend who’s romantic enough to do right by t...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Loafing Around
What would you recommend for a 32-year-old stay-at-home mother of three preschool boys who doesn’t want to seem old? I’ve managed to avoid mom jeans with running shoes, bu...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Shoes Fit for a Ball
As you know, next week is a big deal here in D.C. I’m on the organizing committee for one of the inaugural balls, and will need to look my best. I’ve already got the gown,...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Hollywood Heels
In March, I’m going to Los Angeles to the wedding of my college roommate. I’m an East Coast girl who’s not spent much time in Los Angeles; my roommate is a native Califo...
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Dear Manolo
The Right Foot
What are the hot shoe trends for 2013? —Kelly Manolo says, from what the Manolo has seen in the spring shoe collections of the major designers, the hottest trends will be th...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Holiday Heeling
I survived Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Now I’m faced with the ultimate holiday test: My husband’s office Christmas party. Not only will my husband’s b...







