Museum acquires Imelda Marcos' shoes<\/p>\n
MANILA (AP): The Philippines' shoemaking capital has acquired
\n200 pairs of shoes from the famed collection of former first lady
\nImelda Marcos for a new city shoe museum and hopes to add
\nfootwear from many presidents, an official said Monday.<\/p>\n
Marikina, a shoe and leather goods center east of Manila, had
\nhoped to obtain all 1,220 pairs of shoes abandoned at the palace
\nafter she and her strongman husband, Ferdinand, were ousted in a
\n1986 \"people power\" revolt.<\/p>\n
But officials at Malacanang palace, where the shoes have been
\nstored, were only willing to lend 200 pairs, said Pearly Jane
\nSison, a Marikina tourism official who oversees the city's new
\nFootwear Museum.<\/p>\n
The museum has also received shoes from two past presidents,
\nDiosdado Macapagal and Carlos Garcia, and is trying to obtain a
\npair from current President Joseph Estrada, a former movie star,
\nshe said, \"We want to show not only to the Philippines but also
\nto the world our shoemaking industry.\"<\/p>\n
The transfer of Mrs. Marcos' shoes to the Marikina museum was
\napproved by Estrada on condition they could be taken back if the
\ngovernment needs them as evidence in pending graft cases against
\nthe Marcoses, Sison said.<\/p>\n
Marcos' successor, Corazon Aquino, accused him of stealing
\nbillions of dollars during his 20-year rule and ordered many of
\nhis assets seized. She also had Mrs. Marcos' shoes displayed in
\nthe palace as a symbol of the former first lady's extravagance.<\/p>\n
After the display, they were placed in a basement storeroom
\nwhen Estrada's predecessor, Fidel Ramos, took power in 1992.<\/p>\n
Sison said it was unfortunate that most of Mrs. Marcos' shoes
\nwere expensive foreign-made brands and less than 10 pairs were
\nactually made in Marikina.<\/p>\n
The pairs of Mrs. Marcos' size 8 1\/2 shoes obtained by the
\nmuseum include one with gold trim and another studded with
\nrhinestones. There are two pairs of knee-high boots, but the
\nmuseum could not obtain a battery-operated pair that blinked when
\nMrs. Marcos danced, Sison said.<\/p>",
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