- Named a shoe in Sarah Jessica Parker's honor, the SJP.
- To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the monogram canvas in 1996, Louis Vuitton asked Manolo to create his own signature piece, Manolo created an oval shoe trunk.
- Worn in by Her Royal Highness Princess of Wales in 1981 as part of her 'going away outfit'.
- Was the second man ever to be featured on the cover of British Vogue in January 1974 with Anjelica Huston shot by David Bailey.
- Manolo created designs for Coca Cola packaging in 2005 and 2009.
- In 2016 and 2017 he collaborated on three collections with the superstar Rihanna.
- His designs were featured in the 1995 Absolute Vodka advert 'Absolut Blahnik'.
- Longstanding friend of photographer Eric Boman and photographer/sculptor Peter Schlesinger.
- Marge Simpson wore Manolos in a 1991 issue of T Magazine by the New York Times.
- Worn by Britney Spears in the video Womanizer (2008).
- Worn by Jennifer Lopez in her video Jenny from The Block (2002).
- He designed an aluminum shoe horn for the British household retailer Habitat in 2009.
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