A German Girl's Best Friend?

It's official -- well, sort of, at least: Shoes are what German woman can't get enough of. According to a poll conducted by Laura magazine, almost half of the country's women own at least 25 pairs.

Of the 1,000 women between the age of 20 and 50 questioned, another 38 percent said they had between 10 and 25 pairs to choose from. A meager 17 percent is limited to 10 pairs or less.

That's nothing in comparison to the world's great shoe maniacs, of course. Mariah Carey reportedly tops that list, claiming to own more than 10,000 pairs. The collection of Imelda Marcos, who owned more than 1,000 pairs, meanwhile became a symbol for the excesses of her late husband's dictatorship in the Philippines.