Dorothy's ruby slippers

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Dorothy's ruby slippers

1939

https://www.si.edu/object/nmah_670130

Sixteen-year-old Judy Garland wore these sequined shoes as Dorothy Gale in the 1939 film classic The Wizard of Oz. In the original book by L. Frank Baum, Dorothy's magic slippers are silver; for the Technicolor movie, they were changed to ruby red to show up more vividly against the yellow-brick road. One of several pairs used during filming, these size-five shoes are well-worn, suggesting they were Garland's primary pair for dance sequences.

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National Museum of American History (U.S.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 11656018

National Museum of American History (U.S.)

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Adrian, Gilbert, 1903-1959

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Gilbert Adrian, widely known also as Adrian, (born Adrian Adolph Greenburg, March 3, 1903, Naugatuck, Connecticut – died September 13, 1959, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California), American costume designer whose most famous costumes were for The Wizard of Oz, including the iconic ruby slippers, and hundreds of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films between 1928 and 1941. He was usually credited onscreen with the phrase "Gowns by Adrian". Early in his career he chose the professional name Gilbert Adrian, a comb...