Manolo Blahnik is having a very good spring thus far

During the platform renaissance that’s taken place over the last five years, it looked like things were a little bleak at Manolo Blahnik. The shoe maven still had his traditional customers, of course, but Blahnik’s stance on platforms (he hated them and refused to make them) alienated him from the shoe-buying public of the time. It felt like it had been years since he had created something that “mattered,” in the fashion sense of the word.

Shoe shape trends are hardly immutable, though. Even those that last for the better part of a decade are sure to come to an end eventually – the pendulum of public taste always swings back in the other direction. Now that everyone’s sick of platforms and ladylike pumps rule the industry (for now), shoes like the Manolo Blahnik Fonden Spectator Sandal seem fresh and chic.

The combination of pink and red is very big for spring, something I never thought would have come out of my mouth. (For some reason, I was horrified by the combination as a kid.) That automatically brings these shoes into fashionable territory, and the lack of platforms combined with the fun spectator details makes them truly lust-worthy. These shoes are not for the girl who’s still faithful to her YSL Tributes, but if you’re looking to switch things up a bit, they’re worth a look. Buy through Neiman Marcus for $945.

Fashiondoesntexist

Wow, really nice and very Manolo style!

http://fashiondoesntexist.blogspot.it/
Chris

I’m not sick of
platforms, just the ridiculously high ones (like the Louboutin Daffodil 160).
In fact, I’ve found that a 10-20cm platform (like the Louboutin No Prive 120/
Very Prive 120) can actually 1) provide visual balance and interest 2) keep
your toes from getting destroyed while navigating an uneven parking lot 3) give
those who are “vertically challenged” a bit of a lift However, if
high platforms are your cup of tea, keep wearing them !

Manolo Blahnik
is a typically arrogant “artist” who doesn’t deserve a free pass for
failing to offer a platform if indeed his clientele request one. There’s a
saying in business, and fashion IS business, that the customer is always right.
Alienating your customers is a slippery slope. Perhaps compromise would have
been a better choice. Life is short. Opportunities can be seized or lost. Time
will tell if MB can regain market share, or is he’s done irreparable damage.

Your statement
that ” the pendulum of public taste always swings back in the other
direction” isn’t entirely accurate. Designers simply push “new”
shoe trends to sell more products. “Public taste” is simply the spin
the fashion industry adopts, following the lead of persons such as Anna
Wintour. I like Peep Toes, Closed Toes, D’Orsays, Pumps, Slingbacks, etc. I mix
‘em up. I find it laughable to hide my shoes in the closet, or relegate them to
the consignment shop, just because some fashion deity claims they are no longer
fashionable. Please.

I say, show me,
entice me, but in the end, I will be the one who makes the decisions. Ah, the
power a woman has if she only chooses to exercise it !
19yearslater

I will not be getting on board with the red/pink trend. Too St. Valentine’s. These shoes in particular also look like the front is an evening shoe and the upper is a kind of oxford heel.
http://twitter.com/celinebags celine bags

manolo blahnik shoes
is a typically arrogant “artist” who doesn’t deserve a free pass for
failing to offer a platform if indeed his clientele request one. There’s a
saying in business, and fashion IS business, that the customer is always right.
Alienating your customers is a slippery slope. Perhaps compromise would have
been a better choice. Life is short. Opportunities can be seized or lost. Time
will tell if manolo blahnik shop can regain market share, or is he’s done irreparable damage.