Last fall, Imelda Marcos announced the creation of her own fashion label with its first line of jewelery.
This seems very appropriate as Imelda was known for not only her shoes, but also for her jewellery, some of which was obtained by the government by intercepting a courier attempting to take it out of the country in 1986. Or so it is said by Diana Limjoco who says she knows. Check out this web site to see photos of these amazing jewels (the site's sponsor is pretty amazing too).
There's more to the fashion label. Apparently her daughter and grandchildren are involved as well, with her daughter as designer. The Imelda collection, a made for-the-masses line based on her own jewellery and closet, also features trainers, accessories and clothes. The line is aimed at a younger generation, not familiar with the extravagances of the Marcos family. The line will be as glitzy as its designer, however at a fraction of the price of her originals. Fashion United News
As for the shoes:
"I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty."
The First Lady Treatment
Imelda Marcos talks about her new fashion line, remembers her New York trial, and learns that she's a drag-queen icon.
Vanity Fair article
