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Dutch Treat

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
By Izzy

Dutch Police Clogs

Flipping through the latest issue of Interpol Footwear Daily, Izzy learned that in Holland some police officers wear wooden clogs (appropriately called klompen in Dutch). He imagines that clog-wearing cops running in pairs must sound like a single officer on horseback.


The Allen Edmonds

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006
By Izzy

Allen Edmonds Balmoral

Mmm, balmorals.


Liberté, Egalité, Masculinité

Friday, May 26th, 2006
By Izzy

Depardieu as Statue of Liberty

Ditching the toga for linen, Monsieur Depardieu offers himself as the model for a new, male Statue of Liberty.


King Cannes

Friday, May 26th, 2006
By Izzy

Gael Garcia Bernal

Y Tu Mama Tambien’s Gael Gabriel Bernal rocks the Cannes film festival in a super slim (Thom Browne?) jacket and splayed extra-long skinny tie.

Izzy’s one complaint is the stringy, frizzy hair.


Furry Except for the Palm

Friday, May 26th, 2006
By Izzy

fur gloves topfur gloves bottom

Somewhere a werewolf is missing his forelimbs.

Bid now before the eBay auction ends. The gloves will go great with this hat.


The Thigh’s the Limit

Thursday, May 25th, 2006
By Izzy

Parke & Ronen trunks

The New York Times is reporting that swimtrunks are getting shorter this summer. The above three, in differing lengths, are from Parke & Ronen.

Izzy is excited by the trend since his thighs (affectionately called “pulkies” in Yiddish) are perhaps his greatest physical asset.


Perfidious Hackery

Thursday, May 25th, 2006
By Izzy

The Manolo has some important news:

It appears that the blogs of the Manolo have been hacked into by the persons unknown to the Manolo, who have installed the trojan download onto the front page of all of the Manolo’s blogs.

The Manolo belives that he has taken care of this problem, however, you if you visited the blogs of the Manolo during the preceeding day, you may wish to examine your computers for the trojan progams.

It is perhaps the virus described at this link that you may wish to look for. It is the virus the TROJ_WMFCRASH.C or perhaps one of its variations.

Izzy hopes none of his devoted readers were harmed by such knavery.  He has already unleashed the hounds…


Tougher than Leather

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
By Izzy

leather lapels

The only benefit of leather lapels is that they provide a better grip when tossing someone out of a saloon.


Lemon-Merengue Evel Knievel and the Open-Sored Undertaker

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
By Izzy

odd couple

Avert thine eyes.


A Little Bit Country, a Little Bit Miami Vice

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
By Izzy

country meets Miami Vice

The times, they are a-changin’.


Frightening the Blue-Staters

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
By Izzy

The Academy of Country Music Awards had their prize ceremony yesterday. Although Izzy expected some gaucheries on the red carpet tarp, little did he know that one of the members of ZZ Top had fallen into embroidery hell.

embroidered ZZ Top

And to think that one of his band’s hits is “Sharp-Dressed Man.” Izzy shudders to imagine what that jacket would look like under UV light.


Sneakersucker

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
By Izzy

Izzy has always had trouble finding athletic shoes that meet his exacting standards. Imagine his delight to discover that Nike now offers seersucker Air Force Ones.

air force one seersuckerseersucker sneaker closeup

They also come in periwinkle with a multicolored seersucker for, one presumes, the really tough guys on the basketball court.

Nike periwinkle closeupNike periwinkle seersucker







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