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This is A Picture of
My Friend Amanda's Ruby Slippers
and We Found These with
Her Mom at Wal-Mart
for A Very Good Cheap Price.......!!!
A pair of "ruby slippers" worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 film, "The Wizard of Oz."
The slippers were designed by Adrian (aka Gilbert Adrian), MGM's chief costume designer. Adrian originally designed shoes with an Arabian look and heavy red beads to imitate rubies. When producers felt this was inappropriate for a Kansas farm girl, Adrian designed a more sedate pair of shoes (using 2,300 red sequins for each shoe). Butterfly-shaped red leather bows covered in red sequins were added to each shoe just two weeks before shooting.
At least six and possibly seven pairs of shoes were made. The ruby slipper were probably manufactured in-house at MGM. The shoes are white silk pumps from the Innes Shoe Company in Los Angeles. The shoes were dyed red. Burgundy-colored organza (a sheer silk fabric) overlays were then sewn to the upper and the heel. The sequins were darker than those used today, because bright red sequins would have appeared orange on film stock of that era. A large rectangular red glass jewel was placed on each flute of the bow, with another put on the knot itself. Dark-red bugle beads were sewn to the bows, and the bows outlined in red glass rhinestones in silver settings. The bow itself was made of red strap leather.
Three pairs of the slippers had orange felt glued to their soles to deaden noise.
Little actual documentation exists about which pair of shoes Garland wore, and when. She probably used only a single pair during filming, wearing replacement shoes as the main ones lost sequins or had to be repaired. If this is true, then the pair at the Smithsonian Institution is this pair.
On display at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
I always love sending this print out in to the world, some of my favourite people have it on their wall! #rubyslippers {in my Etsy shop or leave me your PayPal email * $24 posted in Oz}
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onceuponat: Oh yay : I have them on my wall !! Xx
2littlebanshees: I have this one above my sewing machine
flowerpress: Aww, told you, lots of favourites! @onceuponat @2littlebanshees xx
meimaoxihan: pretty girl @rayzhangg
pammy2726: One of your greats xx
dame_roxy: @astridleia's first birthday 😉😉 @flowerpress!!
perennial: We have this one Susie - love it ❤️
flowerpress: :-) Carol x @perennial
A pair of "ruby slippers" worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 film, "The Wizard of Oz."
The slippers were designed by Adrian (aka Gilbert Adrian), MGM's chief costume designer. Adrian originally designed shoes with an Arabian look and heavy red beads to imitate rubies. When producers felt this was inappropriate for a Kansas farm girl, Adrian designed a more sedate pair of shoes (using 2,300 red sequins for each shoe). Butterfly-shaped red leather bows covered in red sequins were added to each shoe just two weeks before shooting.
At least six and possibly seven pairs of shoes were made. The ruby slipper were probably manufactured in-house at MGM. The shoes are white silk pumps from the Innes Shoe Company in Los Angeles. The shoes were dyed red. Burgundy-colored organza (a sheer silk fabric) overlays were then sewn to the upper and the heel. The sequins were darker than those used today, because bright red sequins would have appeared orange on film stock of that era. A large rectangular red glass jewel was placed on each flute of the bow, with another put on the knot itself. Dark-red bugle beads were sewn to the bows, and the bows outlined in red glass rhinestones in silver settings. The bow itself was made of red strap leather.
Three pairs of the slippers had orange felt glued to their soles to deaden noise.
Little actual documentation exists about which pair of shoes Garland wore, and when. She probably used only a single pair during filming, wearing replacement shoes as the main ones lost sequins or had to be repaired. If this is true, then the pair at the Smithsonian Institution is this pair.
On display at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
The ruby slippers are the shoes worn by Dorothy (played by Judy Garland) in the 1939 MGM movie The Wizard of Oz. Because of their iconic stature,[1] they are now among the most treasured and valuable of film memorabilia.[2] As was customary for important props, a number of pairs were made for the film, though no one knows exactly how many. Five pairs are known to have survived; one of these was stolen in 2005 and never recovered.
In L. Frank Baum's original novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy wore Silver Shoes. The movie's creators changed them to ruby to take advantage of the new Technicolor film process.[1]
Hmmm, not a great photo and my carpet needs a hoover but just a quick snap to pay homage to my AUDITION on the 30th!!!!!!! Audition is for the part of Dorothy in Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber's new production of The Wizard of Oz...wish me luck!!!
The 21st and 22nd babies born this year.
Back in September I took my doe, Harley, to my friend's house to breed with her paint buck (traditional Boer Goats only have red on their heads - a "paint" boer goat has spots of red on it's body too). Well Harley finally gave birth on February 28th to these two sweet little girls. The one in back is traditionally colored, except for a spot of red on her tummy, which you can't usually see. The one in front has great color though, and the fur above each hoof is red... it looks like she's wearing little shoes! I want to give her a name that has something to do with shoes, but all I've come up with so far is "Ruby Slippers" (like from the Wizard of Oz). I'd just call her "Ruby" around here. If someone can come up with a better name, please let me know!
Thelma swore she would never use the blow dryer again.
The Rogue Players: The Awkward McPhee Pose
Okay, so 'cuz I'm a gay, I have to love the Wizard of Oz movie & books. OMG THE RUBY SLIPPERS. OH MY FUCKING GOD OMGOMGOMG.
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I was Whorothy from the Wizard of Oz! And I've got Toto, too! Click your heels together 3 times and say, "We're not in Kansas anymore! (or somethin like that...?)"
This is A Picture of Scarecrow,
Tin Man & Cowardly Lion
at Movieland Wax Museum in
Niagara Falls, Canada