Dear Manolo: New Booties for Fall

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I'VE BEEN LIVING in Central Asia for the past six years, so I've been out of the fashion loop and don't know what's in style. I have a denim pencil skirt that I wore with slides in summer. But what do I do now that it's cooler? I tried it with boots, but it looked like I had on Wellingtons and a gunnysack. At least I know that the hippie thing is a faux pas.

Manolo says, the way the Manolo's friend has described her exile, it is as if she were the movie star trapped on Gilligan's Island, without access to Vogue or basic cable television.

And now the rescue boat has arrived, and she realizes that she has been wearing the same out-of-date, peach-colored Bob Mackie gown the whole six years.

"Ayyyyy! Professor Manolo, help me!" She shouts, "The paparazzi will be waiting for me at the pier. Hurry! Style me so I may not be embarrassed by my photo on the cover of People."

"Here," says the Professor Manolo, "I have fashioned you this denim pencil skirt out of the Skipper's pants. Wear it with these thick, ribbed tights and these retro, oxford-style suede booties that have washed ashore. They are the Elise from Via Spiga ($224.95, Zappos.com), and I have scientifically calculated that the trends this year include ankle boots such as these and patterned tights. You should be fine."

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