Ruby Slippers Galore

Judy Garland's ruby slippers

The Warner Bros. Studio is pulling together 19 designers for a project to commemorate The Wizard of Oz’s 70th anniversary.  The list of designers will be recreating Dorothy’s ruby slippers and its proceeds will benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.  The shoes will officially be revealed in Saks Fifth Avenue September 4th, beginning the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York.   The auction for The Wizard of Oz Ruby Slipper Collection is set to hold in fall 2009.  The nineteen designers:

 

 

A. Testoni (design sketched below)

Abaete

Alberta Ferretti

Betsey Johnson (sketched below)

Botkier (sketched below)

 Christian Louboutin

Diane von Furstenberg

Giuseppe Zanotti

Jimmy Choo (sketched below)

*these will be soooo sexy*

 L.A.M.B. by Gwen Stefani (sketch below) 

Lisa Pliner

Manolo Blahnik

Moschino (sketch)

Oscar de la Renta

Roger Vivier 

Sergio Rossi (sketch below)Stuart Weitzman 

Tibi (sketched below)

 Tuleh