well...as a stylist ...this is what i would say...
i used to use manolos whenever i needed a heel...it was the most elegant and sexy shoe out there...so i think that's how it started on the show...but in the past 5-7 years since the show has been on...so many new companies have broken through...most notibly jimmy choo and christian louboutin...so now manolos just seem sort of dated and overdone...it's like...every wannabe fashionable girl now has a pair of manolos and a pair of uggs...they've lost their exclusivity...which is part of what their allure was...
personally...i find the heel too wobbly...i always feel like it's going to snap...and believe me ...they do...so my manolos are either kitten heels or flats..