Imelda Marcos Kicks Up Her Heels
Associated Press
HONG KONG —
Proving once again that old habits die hard, visiting Imelda Marcos splurged Friday on six pairs of crocodile shoes that cost $5,806, according to news reports. The widow of the Philippine dictator once had a collection of 1,200 pairs of shoes.
The five-day trip is her first outside the Philippines since she returned to Manila in November, 1991, after being driven into exile in Hawaii by a popular revolt in 1986. Her husband, Ferdinand E. Marcos, died there in 1989.
She was scheduled to return today to Manila.
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