Dear Manolo: Climbing the Corporate Ladder

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Dear Manolo:

I'm a poor girl at the bottom of the corporate ladder, and I need something both cheerful and not terribly expensive to wear to work this spring.
— LAURA

MANOLO SAYS, ahhh, the bottom of the corporate ladder. How the Manolo remembers those long-ago days in his first job, on the lowest rung as the Second Assistant Shoeshine Boy in the shoe shop of the Mercurio Albornoz y Bahamonde. Yes, the pay was not much — the few fistfuls of pesetas and all the lunchroom leftovers he could steal — but the opportunity for advancement was unlimited.

Through hard work and dedication the Manolo climbed the ladder of success, all the way up to the exalted position of Associate Shoeshine Boy in Charge of Laces! He even had his own corner box on which he could squat while he labored! Ayyyyyy!

Those were heady days of success for the young Manolo. But, then, sadly, the shoe shining was outsourced to street urchins and the Manolo found himself having to start all over again at the ripe age of 13. But such is corporate life. Here is the Cargo from the Franco Sarto ($93, zappos.com), the cute and breezy wedge-heel shoe that would enliven the spring day of corporate climbing.

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