I dyed a set of leather shape bow in readiness for another quality ruby slipper bows that I am making.

Set of ruby slipper bows dyed red

Impressive. Good work administrator.

Hi! Admin, what do you think of the following words taken from Animal Spirits. I put them here because I think it is from another angle to depict OZ.

The sense of unfairness, of rapacity, of selfishness, and of ......The feelings of the time were reflected in the 1900 children's novel The Wizard of OZ by L.Frank Baum. The yellow brick road and Dorothy's magical silver slippers (replaced for the 1939 movie with ruby slippers since these showed up more dramatically on color film) were metaphors for the  intense conflict over the gold standard and the proposed free coinage of silver. The little people..... represented the poor working class. The wicked witch stood for the selfish business interests. The wizard himself was the great deceiver, the US president.

I will download the OZ to watch carefully, very carefully. 

This is the original size 5B ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Known as "the Witch's shoes" or "the beauty pair", I call it "the sexy pair", this original ruby slippers from back in 1939 is the real deal with an estimated value of $3 million.

It was found by the late costume designer Kent Warner at MGM before the spring of 1970 and kept in his personal possession for more than a decade.

They are distinguished from other pairs of ruby slippers by their size in that they are smaller than others, and the lack of orange felt on the soles of each shoe, suggesting this is the pair that was worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy in close-up shots.

The heels are also thinner and a bit longer than the other pairs of ruby slippers, and the toe is more pointy. This is the sort of ruby slippers that I like to re-create. Beautiful hand-sewn size 5B replica ruby slippers take some skill, so stay tuned to see my next pair around the middle of 2014.

Original size 5B ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy

A finished pair of dark ruby slipper bows.

It really was no miracle, what happened was just this!

Ruby slipper bow reproduction

You can see the similarities between the replica bows and the bows on the actual ruby slippers.

The original ruby slippers

This pair of replica ruby slippers were recently sold for a ridiculous $35,000 US. They were made by Western Costume Company in 1989 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the film's release. The company also made some of the original ruby slippers for The Wizard of Oz in 1939, although no records of the original slippers exist to either validate or disprove their claim.

I don't think they look good, and they are not worth that price but the buyer thinks so. There are issues with the bows, obviously it looks too big, it has less than 46 rhinestones, and the claws are pointy/sharp. The shape of the shoes, particularly the toes doesn't look like the original ruby slippers.

Either Western Costume Company employed people with a lack of knowledge, or they were provided with the wrong materials through no fault of their own. At the end of the day, for a company that is believed to be involved in making the original ruby slippers, this is not an impressive pair of replica ruby slippers to say the least.

Replica ruby slippers from Western Costume Company

Replica ruby slippers from Western Costume Company

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Replica ruby slippers from Western Costume Company

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Replica ruby slippers from Western Costume Company

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Replica ruby slippers and original ruby slippers

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Original ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy

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Original ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy

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