Dorothy's Ruby Slippers
- Description
- Sixteen-year-old Judy Garland wore these sequined shoes as Dorothy Gale in the 1939 MGM musical film The Wizard of Oz. In the original book by L. Frank Baum, Dorothy's magic slippers are silver; for the Technicolor movie, costumers created ruby red shoes 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.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- wearer
- Garland, Judy
- designer
- Adrian
- maker
- Adrian
- Date made
- 1939
- Credit Line
- Merle Banta, Fred Carr, and Stephen Hinchliffe
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- fabric (overall material)
- fiber, synthetic (overall material)
- adhesive (overall material)
- fabric, felt (overall material)
- Measurements
- one shoe: 5 in x 3 in x 9 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 7.62 cm x 24.13 cm
- Object Name
- shoes, pair of
- Object Type
- Shoes
Ruby Slippers
