Imelda Marcos is said to have owned thousands of pairs of shoes, ranging from Gucci to Dior, Ferragamo and Prada. Of those, 381 are on display in the museum, housed in a building dating back to ...

(photo: Francois Lochon/Getty Images) Today, the name Ferdinand Marcos conjures up images of oppressive rule and of his wife Imelda's huge collection of shoes. Marcos was elected president of the ...

Imelda R. Marcos (born Imelda Remedios Visitacion Romualdez ... husband's political reign such as her collection of 2700 pairs of shoes. Her paternal ancestors, the Lopezes of Leyte, were wealthy ...