5 Things You Probably Never Knew About Dorothy's Ruby Slippers 👠❤️ We've all seen Dorothy click those ruby slippers together in The Wizard of Oz. But would you believe the most famous shoes in movie history weren't originally supposed to be red? And that's just the beginning! 1. They were supposed to be silver. In L. Frank Baum's original 1900 book, Dorothy wore silver shoes. MGM changed them to sparkling ruby red for the 1939 movie to make the most of Technicolor. 2. There wasn't a single ruby on them. The slippers began as ordinary white pumps. Costume designers covered them in red fabric and thousands of shimmering sequins, then added decorative bows with beads and rhinestones. Movie magic! 3. The Smithsonian's pair doesn't match! Here's one I didn't know. The left shoe is marked size 5C, while the right is 5BC. They're actually from two different pairs made for the movie! 4. They had a secret underneath. Orange felt was glued to the soles of many pairs to muffle Judy Garland's footsteps on the wooden sets. Apparently, even magical shoes needed a little soundproofing. 🤣 5. One pair sold for $32.5 MILLION! In December 2024, a surviving pair sold for $28 million at auction, or $32.5 million including the buyer's premium. Those slippers had previously been stolen from a museum in 2005 and recovered by the FBI in 2018! Eighty-five years after the movie premiered, those little red shoes were still making history. Which of these surprised you the most? ❤️