Imelda Marcos comes into fashion

[Monseratto]

It's the last paragraph that made me ashamed of what the world thinks of the Philippines




The former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos, is launching her own fashion label.
The "Imelda Collection", unveiled at a Manila hotel, will begin with a range of jewellery designed by her eldest daughter Maria, better known as Imee.

The brand is expected to include clothing and shoes, with items recycled directly from Mrs Marcos' own outfits.

Her wardrobe became an by-word for extravagance and she was once reputed to own more than 3,000 pairs of shoes.

More than 1,200 of these were found abandoned in the presidential palace when she and her husband, Ferdinand Marcos, fled the country following a popular revolution in 1986.

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'The Imelda spirit'

Now the 77-year-old former beauty queen has put her name behind a collection which will sell for more modest prices than the fashion items she became notorious for buying while her husband was in power.

Items in the "Imelda Collection" are expected to retail for between $20 and $100.

"What we are selling is not something valuable, but ... it is something invaluable because it's only beauty that can feed the spirit," said Imelda Marcos.

She said the idea for a jewellery collection came from her grandson, Martin "Borgy" Manotoc, who told her: "You are creating beautiful things like jewels from practically garbage."

Imee Marcos said her mother's accessories, discovered at flea markets and transformed into jewellery, were "just a visual and tactile reminder of... the Imelda spirit".

No convictions

Imelda Marcos was found guilty on corruption charges in the mid-1990s and sentenced to a minimum of 12 years in prison, but the conviction was overturned on appeal.

Former President Marcos died in Hawaii in 1989, and members of his family, including the former first lady, returned to the Philippines in 1991.

Although a large number of corruption charges were filed against the Marcos clan, no family member has ever been finally convicted in the courts.

[theveed]

Because every president that followed is doing the same thing in a different way hehe.

[Isuzoom]

hayyyyy naku buhay.........

[yebo]

i'm no marcos fan, in fact i was at edsa 1.

but the thing with the law kasi is this, and this is why the courts can not jail imelda: how can you convict the wife (and the children) when it was the husband (and father) that did the stealing. pag ang tatay ba gumawa ng crime and patay na ang tatay e ikukulong mo yung asawa at anak? they can't make anything stick to her. all the evidence point to ferdinand marcos, all evidence against imelda are circumstancial. they can't possibly jail her for having 3000 pairs of shoes. they first have to prove that she used people's money to buy those shoes. and they can't. her defense, she got the money from her husband. can't find anything wrong with that no?

if she (and her children) stay out of jail, does it mean that edsa 1 failed? i think not. it only means that justice is blind (if you have the money to hire good, expensive, well connected lawyers of course!), that it will not convict an accused when there is no (or direct) evidence. di ba yun naman ang isa sa pinaglaban natin nuon, fair justice. if imelda takes advantage of that fair justice now do we say then that she should not be given that right? can't have double standards no? yun lang nga justice is, still, more fair to others than most. e may pera sila pambayad sa abugado e. can't complain there i guess.

[karlbo]

Fashionista talaga ni Imelda...

[GasJunkie]

I'd see what I can buy for historic purposes......of course.












Edit made in the Philippines???

[explorer]

pati dito sa UK nabalita yan sa BBC One.

[lolo pepe]

malapit na naman kasi ang elections kaya me gimmick na nman...libre anunsiyo pa sa media...

[bavent]

saw her pictures sa newspaper dito sa uk.kilala siya ng mga colleague ko dahil sa mga sapatos niya.

[CVT]

Because every president that followed is doing the same thing in a different way hehe.

Agree po ako rito.

Different folks; Different strokes....

I'll bless the day when the Philippines will wake up with an honest-to-goodness President! Hope I will live to see that day!!!


:starwars:

[empy]

from what i saw of the post-EDSA Malacanang and what she wears in public, this woman has no taste. i guess she only picks stuff by the brand name or the price tag.

so why would anyone want to buy her "garbage into gold" collections?

[mazdamazda]

i'm no marcos fan, in fact i was at edsa 1.

but the thing with the law kasi is this, and this is why the courts can not jail imelda: how can you convict the wife (and the children) when it was the husband (and father) that did the stealing. pag ang tatay ba gumawa ng crime and patay na ang tatay e ikukulong mo yung asawa at anak? they can't make anything stick to her. all the evidence point to ferdinand marcos, all evidence against imelda are circumstancial. they can't possibly jail her for having 3000 pairs of shoes. they first have to prove that she used people's money to buy those shoes. and they can't. her defense, she got the money from her husband. can't find anything wrong with that no?

if she (and her children) stay out of jail, does it mean that edsa 1 failed? i think not. it only means that justice is blind (if you have the money to hire good, expensive, well connected lawyers of course!), that it will not convict an accused when there is no (or direct) evidence. di ba yun naman ang isa sa pinaglaban natin nuon, fair justice. if imelda takes advantage of that fair justice now do we say then that she should not be given that right? can't have double standards no? yun lang nga justice is, still, more fair to others than most. e may pera sila pambayad sa abugado e. can't complain there i guess.

good thoughts bro...

[Chip]

i'm no marcos fan, in fact i was at edsa 1.

but the thing with the law kasi is this, and this is why the courts can not jail imelda: how can you convict the wife (and the children) when it was the husband (and father) that did the stealing. pag ang tatay ba gumawa ng crime and patay na ang tatay e ikukulong mo yung asawa at anak? they can't make anything stick to her. all the evidence point to ferdinand marcos, all evidence against imelda are circumstancial. they can't possibly jail her for having 3000 pairs of shoes. they first have to prove that she used people's money to buy those shoes. and they can't. her defense, she got the money from her husband. can't find anything wrong with that no?

if she (and her children) stay out of jail, does it mean that edsa 1 failed? i think not. it only means that justice is blind (if you have the money to hire good, expensive, well connected lawyers of course!), that it will not convict an accused when there is no (or direct) evidence. di ba yun naman ang isa sa pinaglaban natin nuon, fair justice. if imelda takes advantage of that fair justice now do we say then that she should not be given that right? can't have double standards no? yun lang nga justice is, still, more fair to others than most. e may pera sila pambayad sa abugado e. can't complain there i guess.

This is one of those rare posts that actually enlightens me.
Well done ninong!

OT: may asim pa rin si imee no?

[ozcity]

nasa local news din sya dito sa aus..heheheheeh..kilalang kilala talaga si imelda dito dahil sa mga sapatos nya..

[GasJunkie]

Proudly philippine made.

[hotwheels]

nasa local news din sya dito sa aus..heheheheeh..kilalang kilala talaga si imelda dito dahil sa mga sapatos nya..

ang kakapal talaga ng mukha:seesaw: :justice: :jeanie:

[niky]

RE: Imelda Marcos... yes, there are feelings amongst many that the Iron Butterfly may be the actual hand behind the crimes of Marcos, but then, there's no real evidence to the fact...

And the 3000 shoes? They were gifts, actually (supposedly, but what the hey... 3000 shoes cost less than 1-mansion-per-kabit... )

But I don't feel too bad about our justice system, since it was a US court that acquitted her.

The same court system that let OJ walk.

[RMean]

Bring the 'Imelda' in you

[Memphis Raines]

Ok, ok, so she is one of the most hated women here sa Pinas.

But this one I just gotta let it flow. She is rather old and she just wants to have fun.

Now our lolas can have the chance to feel Imeldific! :hysterical:

[Airwalk]

hmmm i wonder who they will get to model for her so called fashion collection..... tessie tomas?