World At A Glance

Mrs Marcos amp; her 3,000 pairs of shoes

MANILA: Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos has amassed 3,000 pairs of shoes in the past five years, a newspaper reported on Monday. The flamboyant Marcos showed her new shoe collection to a European broadcast company during an interview at her posh condominium in the financial district of Makat I, the Today reported. A source close to the Marcos family told the newspaper the woman known as the iron butterfly8217; just wanted to prove that she can still live as quot;lavishly as when her husband was in power.quot; The old shoe collection is now on display in a wing of the presidential palace that has been converted into a museum.