Neglect ruins Imelda Marcos' legendary shoe collection

AP via NYP ^ | September 23, 2012

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MANILA, Philippines — Termites, storms and neglect have damaged part of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos' legendary collection of shoes and other possessions left behind after she and her dictator husband were driven into US exile by a 1986 popular revolt.

Hundreds of pieces of late strongman Ferdinand Marcos' clothing, including the formal native see-through barong shirts he wore during his two-decade rule, have also begun to gather mold and fray after being stored for years without protection at the presidential palace and later at Manila's National Museum, officials told The Associated Press on Sunday.

[trisham]

I can’t disagree.

[Tax-chick]

I’m not a Shoe Person, but that’s sad. Why weren’t they sold or donated?

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News of this must be killing her.

Imelda Marcos at 80: former RP first lady now penniless with diamond ring

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She might have had a segment on reality teevee.

[DIRTYSECRET]

To think that she was once a beauty queen.

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A somewhat unrepentant Imelda [Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein offered to pay her bail.]

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And used her influence well.

[Elle Bee]

classic ... iconic

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