When Carrie Bradshaw, the shoe-loving central character of the HBO TV series Sex And The City, took a wrong turn after lunch in SoHo she found herself on one of New York’s grungier side streets and face-to-face with a mugger. “Please sir,” she pleaded. “You can take my Fendi baguette, you can take my ring and my watch, but don’t take my Manolo Blahniks.”
Unfortunately for Carrie, the mugger did just that and ran off with her favourite pair of strappy sandals. Thanks in part to Sex And The City Manolo Blahnik has become one of the handful of designers whose name is synonymous with their product. In his case it is his Christian name, because “Manolo” is now used as slang to describe very expensive, very beautiful shoes: even by the millions of people who have never actually seen a pair of Manolo Blahniks and could not dream of spending $300 or $400 to buy them.
Well, before Sex and the City, I have never heard of Manolo...but I quickly fell in love with these pair of shoes Carrie was wearing on Sex and the City above. I then found out what shoes they were and that is how I heard about Manolo Blahniks!
They are so expensive but they make you feel so gorgeous. You put on high heels and you change," says Blahnik. This philosophy perhaps explains why so many of Manolo's signature styles feature frighteningly high heels. Manolo devotees know that the higher the heel, the longer the leg and the more flattering the style.
Someday when I am rich, I may buy a pair of Manolo, but in the meantime, I will keep dreaming about them.
2 comments:
I've never seen Sex in the City but I am a huge SJP fan from her early TV and movie work. I used to love it when she would be on the Letterman show back in the early 90s. I remember one time when Dave had her hit golf balls into the audience. Oh ! i fell out of my chair laughing. She was so funny. And of course, there is L.A. story. Loved it. "It really clears your head."
Now about your post. The shoes are fabulous, but WOW! lookat those clothes she is wearing. I think I might have to go to confession and as k forgiveness for wanting to be a woman just I could wear those clothes!
THere is a bakery near where I live that makes cakes patterned on Manolo Blanik shoes.
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