Those who have, secretly feel that maybe the Philippine Government was just a teensy weensy bit too hard on Imelda. Those who don't think, “What on earth was she thinking?” – Only sole brothers and sisters think “aaahhhh! Pure heaven”
“I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes; I had one thousand and sixty."
– Was Mrs. Marcos' indignant reply to her critics – when the extent of her footwear was discovered in the presidential palace, after she and her husband President Ferdinand Marcos had fled the Philippines in 1986. The irony of the statement was lost to many a shoe lover as indeed it was to Mrs. Marcos. Sole sisters worldwide concurred that while three thousand pairs of shoes is outrageous, one thousand odd is a perfectly respectable number, all things considered. In any event the injustice of being wrongly accused was far more important than the final tally. Whatever the number, every pair can be perfectly justified. As in,
“Madam ten pairs of green shoes?”
“Yes, My Lord, all very necessary; I assure you.”
“There is the peep-toe (great for showing off manicured toe nails), the sling backs, the court shoe, this pretty floral wedge, (so in now), the lime green flats, (a-must-have-staple-for-spring), the forest green, the olive green, the satin stilettos, the pointed toes with rhinestones at the tips, the suede with rhinestones at the back, the tie ups in moss green patent leather…”
Mrs. Marcos’ crimes in the shoe department were...
