"Oooh, now I wish I'd bought those pink pumps!".....
I once ha the pleasure of meeting her as First Lady. She asked my Scout Troop to assist with a flag ceremony at the American Cemetary in Manila.
The Marcos tale is a sad one. I was there when they were elected. They were the darlings of the public. She was a world class beauty and he was a genuine war hero. When thinking of Marcos a real hero and Kerry a publicity hound in Vietnam to get the ribbon Kerry looks really bad by comparision. He held two campaign gatherings literally in my back yard. Over the wall and fence was a large open space in the center of old Makati. The message was in Tagalog so I don't know what was said.
The people loved the Kennedy's and transferred that sentiment to the Marcos family. Son Bong Bong was John John to the press and the nation.
To get to the shoes..... there is a village near Manila called Marikina. There they make shoes, not by machine but carefully by hand. There are tons of shops and most every residence has shoes. It has long been my belief that some enterprising soul gave First Lady Imelda some shoes, special shoes, an offering of near reverance and all they had to give. It cought on and before she knew it Imelda had thousands.
Lastly in this little piece, it is said that power corrupts. The Marcos story proves the point. They started as the best the nation could produce and ended in disgrace. .
see post #26
I didn't know that about the shoes, but, geez, what's with the sleeves on those dresses?
I thought that it had be shown that Marcos faked at least some of his wartime biography?