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Milkmen.........

Wow, these guys are geniuses............they can milk cows and women!!!!

Pricey shoes support this herd

State natives tend high-end cows of men behind Manolo Blahnik USA

By KATHERINE M. SKIBA

Harrisburg, Pa - She's a kept woman - a showgirl - living large on the East Coast thanks to the fortunes of Manolo Blahnik shoes.

It must be said she's never worn a pair of the mile-high stilettos.

She's a cow.

Vivian, a 9-year-old Holstein, makes her home at a showcase cattle farm begun in recent years by the two men who own Manolo Blahnik USA.

She took a blue ribbon Thursday at a dairy show here and visits Madison Oct. 2 to 6 for the World Dairy Expo, which bills itself as "the international meeting place for dairy."

That a wildly successful shoe merchant - whose product was made famous thanks to TV's "Sex and the City" - found a Midas touch in a different realm is simple, as he tells it.

Fifty-three-year-old George Malkemus, president and co-owner of Manolo Blahnik USA, said it's about a passion, hiring the right people and listening to them.

Some of his top people are Wisconsin-bred experts who were reared on the state's dairy farms and educated in its schools.

"Passion becomes the first thing in both of my businesses, whether it's a new collection I'm selling to Neiman-Marcus or talking to Ernie about a bull or selling semen," Malkemus said Friday (continued...)

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Shoelover

Manolo the Beachcomber

A fond Bon Voyage to our dear friend the Manolo, who is off to Malibu for a bit.  Shoelover hopes that this isn't the sort of beachcomber Manolo had in mind.

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Shoelover

A eulogy from a right shoe

I stand before you today the representative of right shoes in grief. We are all united not only in our desire to pay our respects to our dear left shoe but rather in our need to do so. For such was her extraordinary appeal that the tens of millions of people taking part in this service all over the world via television and radio who never actually met her, feel that they too lost someone close to them this past week. It is a more remarkable tribute to our dear left shoe than I, a humble and now partner-less right shoe, can ever hope to offer her today.

I remain, your humble right shoe.

Sho-neral

Shoelover's shoe just died.............it is a sad sad day.

Will lay the shoe to rest appropriately,  full blog coverage of the event

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Shoelover

Color by Numbers (Spend a few numbers, and get some colors)

Can't take credit for this find as we grabbed this little tid bit from the The Stylephile (Shoelover gives credit where credit is due, except when it comes to Shoeguy - she takes all of his and asks for more!).  And we quote from The Stylephile:

"In the land of free-gift-with-purchase, this might be the chic-est deal to date. Manolo disciples will want to log onto Neiman Marcus' website before Oct. 17 to claim limited-edition prints of beautiful sketches by the shoe genius; get one free with each online purchase of $600 or more. Currently, the drawing of the Kremlin mule is available, and next up will be the Talonelo boot. Sure beats those nylon totes the cosmetic counters are offering. neimanmarcus.com"

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Shoelover

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A few words from Manolo Himself

Not Manolo the Shoeblogger, but from the second most famous Manolo, Manolo Blahnik:

"A good heel picks you. Don't follow trends - follow yourself. Always go with your first choice, your gut reaction. You have to pick something that will make you look even more exciting and feel even more adventurous than you did before."

An excerpt from How To Walk In High Heels - The Girls' Guide To Everything, by Camilla Morton, is published by Hodder & Stoughton.

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Free Shoes!!!! Yes, you heard me!

The Gift Blog is giving away a pair of $500 pair of Manolo's.  All you have to do to qualify for your chance is to sign up for their newsletter.

To make things even tastier, we are kicking in a pack of 10 clear shoe boxes so you can stare at your reward in all of its splendor!

I am getting shoeguy to enter a zillion times...........ya, a zillion.............

Someone's getting a free box

So it looks like a we have a few fellow shoe enthusiast interested in taking advantage of the free box offer. 

They have a saying in the old country "When they give, you take.  When they beat, you run!"  We are giving, so you might as well do some takin'.