Philippine museum officials say they are unsure what to do with large amounts of clothes and shoes left behind by former first lady Imelda Marcos and her dictator husband when they were toppled by a 1986 “people power” revolt, acknowledging that the items have been neglected for more than two decades.
The National Museum said Monday it is considering putting some of Imelda Marcos’ Philippine-style gowns on display but could not decide immediately because of their politically sensitive nature. It confirmed an Associated Press report that some of the Marcos belongings were damaged by monsoon rains last month.
Museum officials say termites, rain and neglect have damaged some of the gowns and shoes from her legendary collection…
Mr. Colonel Jerry, SIR!!!
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Almost adequate…
Sic transit gloria mundi
They’ve never heard of ebay?
Seriously, Claire. I have more shoes than that in my other closet.
Of course it’s been so long since I’ve bought a new pair of shoes that mine are all old and moth eaten too……..
Will no one step up to take care of them?
It would just take a few to stomp the early termites.
Sounds like a gnawing unease is at the heels of this collection.
“… they are unsure what to do with them ….”
Surely there must be at least 2 or 3 people in the Philippines without shoes. (Though some pairs may be impractical for rice-paddy work.)
eBay’s a great idea. Who wouldn’t jump at the chance to own a pair of Imelda’s shoes????? (With or without termites.)
Ironic: What’s Gloria got to do with it? I thought it was Imelda.
Ebay? Hell- Sotheby’s.
She was one of the evil rich like the Romneys. I’ll bet Ann’s horses have more shoes than that. There must be a lesson to be learned in this somewhere.
^ 7: ok: Sic transit gloria Imelda.
Gloria and Imelda
arewere best friends.What is it about certain “First Ladies” and pissing away other people’s money?…..
What to do with ‘em?
Las Vegas: the Imelda Room.
See? Happy ending.
Two things:
1. If you ever saw Imelda`s bare feet (…sasquatch…), you wouldnat put em on your feets.
2. If the dead beoytch wore each pair one day, it woulda took 5 and 1/2 years to wear em all!
{…I know for a fact that Headmissy has worn all her shooz n boots many times. Why? She usually, normally, almost always goes thru about a dozen each morning, trying to decide/—and that ain`t counting evening wear, neither…} =8^{)
Those white heels on the fifth shelf, top-left, are MINE, bitch!
So don’t even think about it.
The smart thing would have been to give out all the clothing to charities to be ripped and refashioned.
Sasquatch feet…. Well, maybe recycled as canoes for local fishermen……
I have a lot of shoes too. 1 pair tennies, 1 pair dress shoes, and 1 pair of boots.
Ship them all to Michelle Obama. She need a new indulgence to keep her from screwing with school kids and taking vacations.
I think they call it “giving back to the community”…
What Paul Moore (8) said, Sotheby’s!
There’s godda be a bazillion You-row-pee-ann wimminz who would
love to subtlely drop comments about her ‘Imelda’ shoooz that she
got at ‘Sotheby’s'! I can see the brawls in the auction room now!
Plus the bidding wars over certain pairs of shoooz that a coupla
really loaded wimminz desperately want because ‘they would go
perfectly’ with some bazillion euro frumpy dress they bought at
an overpriced Haute Coture Salon in Paree!
How did I get roped into this comment thread???
Lance: We’re waiting for the other shoe[s] to drop.
ZZMike, I dinit unnerstan’ your comment until I translated your
word ‘shoe(s)’ into the proper ‘sylum Porch vernacular!
Here at SondraKistan those thingies that the wimminz put on
their feetz, sometimes as many as 0-100 times a day, are referred
to as ‘SHOOOZ’! (can be lower case, but must have minimum of 3
‘o’hs!) Instead of saying ‘a pair of’ you can just add a 4th or 5th “O”,
or ‘shooozez’! This last plural form has not yet been approved by
the ‘sylum Porch vernacular committee!
I can’t resist this next one – I forget where I saw it:
Shoes don’t hurt if they’re pretty.
Must be something only wimminz can understand. Clearly, makes no sense.
ZZMike (23), your were doin’ good until you said
“Clearly, makes no sense.“!
Like you said, “only wimminz can understand“!
It’s an anthropological thing! Us guyz need to make sense of ‘everything’
as an essential skill needed for the ‘survival of our ‘tribe’!
The best way to maintain your sanity is to develop a mental list
of things to not even ‘try’ to make sense of, like wimminz ‘SHOOOZ’!
There are other important words & situations to add to the list,
so you can have a long & happy life! Some of the more senior
Porch Minkee guyz here can help with your ‘list’!
Bet that museum doesn’t have these. I want these:
Oh Peggy I can feel myself dancing in those shoes!!
^ So can I … but I need a twirly skirt to go with the shoes. ;)