<P> The four surviving pairs were made from white silk pumps from the Innes Shoe Company in Los Angeles . At the time, many movie studios used plain white silk shoes because they were inexpensive and easy to dye . It is likely that most of the shoes worn by female characters in The Wizard of Oz were plain Innes shoes with varying heel heights, dyed to match each costume . There is an embossed gold or silver stamp or an embroidered cloth label bearing the name of the company inside each right shoe . </P> <P> To create the ruby slippers, the shoes were dyed red, then burgundy sequined organza overlays were attached to each shoe's upper and heel . The film's early three - strip Technicolor process required the sequins to be darker than most red sequins found today; bright red sequins would have appeared orange on screen . Two weeks before the start of shooting, Adrian added butterfly - shaped red strap leather bows . Each of the Art Deco - inspired bows had three large, rectangular, red - glass jewels with dark red bugle beads, outlined in red glass rhinestones in silver settings . The stones and beads were sewn to the bows, then to the organza - covered shoe . Three pairs of the surviving slippers had orange felt glued to their soles to deaden the sound of Garland dancing on the Yellow Brick Road . </P> <P> It is theorized that Garland wore one primary pair during shooting . This may be the pair known as "the People's Shoes", on public display at the Smithsonian Institution . </P> <P> Another pair, the close - up or insert shoes, is in best shape of all, appears to be better made, has no orange felt on the soles and has "#7 Judy Garland" written in the lining . According to the Library of Congress, "it is widely believed that they were used primarily for close - ups and possibly the climactic scene where Dorothy taps her heels together ." Circular scuff marks on the soles support the theory that they were the ones Garland had on when she clicked her heels together . The lack of felt indicates these were likely also the shoes taken from the feet of the dead Wicked Witch of the East (since the soles are visible in the film), hence their nickname: the "Witch's Shoes". </P>

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