![]() Lincoln has not fared well in the eyes of history. But you've got to respect Mary Lincoln's kind of unbridled acquisitiveness: "She sometimes found things in her luggage, returning from a trip, that she barely recalled purchasing at all." (One wonders for the sake of modern-day comparison how that would tally up in Jimmy Choos.) Shopping as recreation, as relaxation, as an escapist narcotic has millions of avid practitioners these days. Any gal who could purchase 84 pairs of gloves in the span of one month was clearly ahead of her time. ![]() ![]() ![]() One would think that Mary Todd Lincoln's status as the grand dame of conspicuous consumption - the first high-profile shopaholic - would have won her a cult following by now. ![]()
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