polkadot Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 source: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article347541.ece Tales of Imelda's bacchanalian extravagance could fill a telephone book: her $5m shopping sprees in New York, Rome and Copenhagen, or the time she dispatched a plane to pick up Australian white sand for the opening of a new beach resort, or her reputation as the world's largest collector of gems. And then the final Marie Antoinette moment, when joyous Filipinos raided her palace closets after she fled, to find bullet-proof bras, gallons of perfume - and 3,000 pairs of shoes... They took it all, including my shoes... Many of famous shoes are now on display in the Marikina City Footwear Museum in Manila, which she opened in 2001 in another example of breathtaking chutzpah. "The shoe industry of Marikina was worth about half a million dollars. It is now worth 100 or more million. The shoe industry I supported is a symbol of gratitude." Has she cut down on her shoe consumption? "I probably have more now. Everywhere I go, the people give me shoes. I'll end up having more than what they stole from me. I am such an optimist. I believe I'm in heaven."
Dr. Shoe Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 You mean that there's actually someone in the world with more shoes than me?! Graduate footwear designer able to advise and assist on modification and shoe making projects.
CeliaC Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 The 3000+ pairs should have been donated to this forum! With some 2600 members to date enough to go round!
Dr. Shoe Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 Yes but there's about 1100 russians with no interest in heels. Two pairs each for the rest of us! Graduate footwear designer able to advise and assist on modification and shoe making projects.
vector Posted March 2, 2006 Posted March 2, 2006 Donatiing is a great idea except they won't fit most of us! Maybe sell them on ebay to pay for server costs, etc? My fondest(?) memory of Imelda is her interview on Sixty Minutes where she said those shoes belonged to the maids, etc!
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