Since my childhood, I've had such a fascination with Imelda Marcos, and her shoes... Fast forward to the present day, and I have a giant collection of Joseph La Rose shoes (at least 60 pairs) that I rescued about 10 years ago, with the plan to write a history, get some photos, and pass them along to a shoe museum and perhaps to the Jacksonville Historical Society. He's a true Florida icon that probably only a handful of people have ever heard of. Thanks for sharing- I should do something about it. That actually probably would have been a great post for our Cultural Institutions class! https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/specials/20000820mag-last4.html
There is a shoe and clothing store in Portland Oregon called Imelda's shoes:
https://shop.imeldas.com/
My mom calls me Imelda Marcos. Which is totally wrong since my vice is boots and bags, not shoes.
Since my childhood, I've had such a fascination with Imelda Marcos, and her shoes... Fast forward to the present day, and I have a giant collection of Joseph La Rose shoes (at least 60 pairs) that I rescued about 10 years ago, with the plan to write a history, get some photos, and pass them along to a shoe museum and perhaps to the Jacksonville Historical Society. He's a true Florida icon that probably only a handful of people have ever heard of. Thanks for sharing- I should do something about it. That actually probably would have been a great post for our Cultural Institutions class! https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/specials/20000820mag-last4.html
Her shoes ended up in a shoe museum. Mark Knopeler's "Imelda Baby" should be the sound track for the above video.