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While much of her country struggled through poverty (sometimes, shoeless), Marcos collection of around 2,700 shoes was seen (obviously) as a sign of excess.
She didn't just have shoes with designer labels — sometimes, her name was the label.
In the 1980s, she and her dictator husband were driven into exile — but little could dampen her shoe appetite. As Marcos once said,
"Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.
