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is an investigation into the whereabouts of former pop culture icons, political figures, and urban legends. This week, we’re diving into former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos’ 3,000-pair shoe collection.
As a girl growing up in the Philippines, the first thing I knew about our infamous First Lady Imelda Marcos, is that she owned 3,000 pairs of shoes.
I could not imagine how this looked, because the combined number of footwear in our house among a family of four did not even go past 50.
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(Granted I’m more of a bag person, but to this day, I only rotate between four pairs, at most).
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Three thousand pairs sounds even more ludicrous now than it did back then, since it has become an emblem of the billions of dollars her family stole from the people while her husband, late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, ruled for 21 years.
Her locally made shoes were said to be priced at anywhere between $6-11, while imported pairs cost up to $