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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Loafing Around
Next week, I’m going back to college to finish my degree. Sixteen years ago, before I quit school and started working, I never had any doubt about what to wear. Now, I’m i...
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Fashion
Face Time: John Fluevog
Vancouver shoe designer John Fluevog has never met a curlicue, cone or swirl he couldn’t adapt into a funky heel. The enduring, punky-gone-pretty sole man just opened a new ...
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Fashion
My Blog, My Self
Call them the clotheshorse sirens of cyberspace: fashion bloggers who post photos of themselves swanning in their latest outfits, often daily. In a sort of online high school ...
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Fashion
Hot Spots
Blame it on Minnie Mouse’s speckled skirt or Comme des Garçons’ consistently dot-heavy collections, but circle prints have popped back into the, er, spotlight this fall. ...
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Fashion
Face Time: Emily Spivack
On Threaded, the Smithsonian Institution’s nascent-yet-fascinating fashion blog, editor Emily Spivack unearths “You don’t say!” facts about some of the collection’s ...
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Fashion
Nina Garcia
As a judge on Lifetime’s “Project Runway,” the fashion director of Marie Claire and the author of four books on dressing your best, Nina Garcia is no stranger to voicing...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Flops They’re Not
Gaah, the summer is already half over and I need a pair of flat sandals for the home stretch, something not too expensive, because in a few weeks, I’ll have to be back in re...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Get the Boot
Yesterday, after five days of derecho-induced darkness, the power in my neighborhood was finally restored. The first thing I did, after turning on the air conditioner, was boo...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Commercial Appeal
My older sister booked a plum role in a local commercial and is heading to New York City to film it. She’s bringing me as her plus one so I need something that’s stylish y...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Hot to Trot
I need a pair of really fun sandals to wear, something to help me get through the D.C. summer. I should mention that I’ve been told I’m a bit quirky. —Delilah Manolo say...
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Fashion
The Buys of Summer
Just because it’s hot out doesn’t mean guys can’t look cool. This season’s bright colors, which star on shoes, chinos and shirts, make one of the best investments. Add...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Nice Bootie
I have been accepted to study naturopathic medicine. I do have a quandary unrelated to how on earth I will afford the tuition: I want to rock my scrubs with some killer shoes....
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Getting Warmer
Now that warm weather is here, I’d love to start wearing sandals again. What’s stopping me is my very unattractive bunion. I need a cute, boho-style sandal that will hide ...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Trail Blazers
My husband and I are ditching our jobs and taking a year off to travel through Southeast Asia. It will be hot, messy and we’ll be on our feet all day. I will die if I am for...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
A Fashion Dubai
At the end of June, I’m going to Dubai for a conference. For the meetings, I’m going to be in business attire, but afterwards, I plan on dressing up and hitting the malls ...







