Manolo Blahnik
Manolo Blahnik (born November 27, 1942) is a Spanish fashion designer and an eponymous fashion label, one of the world's most prominent in women's shoes.
Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands to a Czech father and a Spanish mother and raised on a banana plantation, Blahnik graduated from the University of Geneva with a degree in literature in 1965 and went on to study art in Paris. He moved to London in 1970 and opened his first shop in 1973 by buying out an existing shop called Zapata in Chelsea.
His shoes, now sold in stores bearing his name around the world, range in price from about $500 to $2500. They often come with stiletto heels, which can reach as high as five and a half inches, and embellishments like beads or ribbons. The television show Sex and the City mentioned his shoes so often that it helped cement his place in pop culture, and he was said to be the "fifth star" of the show after the show's four lead actresses.
The "Other" Manolo
There has been some confusion in the media regarding a blogger who calls themselves "Manolo" and runs a site called Manolo's Shoe Blog [1]. The blogger refers to themselves in third person as "The Manolo" while discussing sartorialist issues and occasionally mocking celebrities; he also now contributes a weekly article to the Washington Post Express [2]. This blogger is not Manolo Blahnik, as has been pointed out several times.
Quotes
- "Maybe in L.A. a hobo in Jesus sandals, with long, black, round nails. I think this is what evil looks like." - Blahnik on the worst feet he could imagine.
- "Manolo the Shoeblogger? Sorry, not me. But it’s very funny, isn’t it? Hilarious!”
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