Short answers, pulled from the story.
Imelda Marcos is a Filipino politician who served as First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986 during her husband Ferdinand Marcos's 21-year rule. She is famous for her extravagant lifestyle, including a collection of at least 1,060 pairs of shoes, and for holding the Guinness World Record with her husband for the greatest theft from a government, estimated at 5 to 10 billion dollars.
Press reports after the Marcos family fled the Philippines in 1986 cited between 1,060 and 3,000 pairs of shoes, with some estimates reaching 7,500. Time magazine reported the final tally as 1,060. A portion of the collection is now kept at the National Museum of the Philippines and another is displayed at a shoe museum in Marikina.
On the 9th of November 2018, the Sandiganbayan convicted Imelda Marcos on seven counts of violating the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act for funneling funds to Swiss foundations while serving as Governor of Metro Manila in the 1970s. Her sentences ranged from six to eleven years per count, totaling a minimum of 42 years and 7 months, though she has appealed the conviction.
Guinness World Records estimated the Marcoses stole between 5 and 10 billion dollars from the Philippine government, the largest recorded theft from a government. By 2018, approximately 3.6 billion dollars had been recovered by the Philippine government through sequestration cases and compromise deals.
Imelda Marcos fled to Hawaii with her husband Ferdinand and about 80 family members and associates on the 26th of February 1986. Ferdinand died in exile in September 1989. On the 4th of November 1991, President Corazon Aquino allowed Imelda to return to the Philippines to face criminal charges. She subsequently ran for president twice and won four terms in the House of Representatives.
"Imeldific" is a Philippine English adjective coined in reference to Imelda Marcos, meaning anything exaggeratedly ostentatious or in bad taste, applied to clothing, architecture, and decor. The word appeared in print as early as April 1986 in People Magazine and has since entered international English dictionaries.