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==Tribute versions== In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of ''The Wizard of Oz'', the [[Harry Winston, Inc.|Harry Winston]] jewelry company created a size-four pair of slippers using "about 25 carats of diamonds and 1,500 carats of rubies".<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ruby Slippers Redux |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=January 5, 1990 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-01-05-vw-130-story.html}}</ref> Valued at $3 million, they are reportedly the most expensive pair of shoes in the world. During the fall 2008 [[New York Fashion Week]], the [[Swarovski]] company held a charity contest to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the film, with nineteen designers redesigning the ruby slippers, including [[Gwen Stefani]], [[Diane von Fürstenberg]], and [[Moschino]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/080718-wizard-of-oz-70th-anniversary-slipp.aspx |title=Wizard Shoes |magazine=[[Vogue (British magazine)|Vogue]] magazine |date=July 18, 2008 |access-date=April 21, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/dvd/contemporary-designers-re-imagine-dorothys-ruby-slippers-for-charity_article_19064 |title=Contemporary Designers Re-Imagine Dorothy's Ruby Slippers For Charity |publisher=[[Access Hollywood]] |date=June 10, 2009 |access-date=April 21, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Ruby Slipper Collection: New York Fashion Week|url=http://theshoedish.com/2008/09/09/the-ruby-slipper-collection-new-york-fashion-week/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720121318/http://theshoedish.com/2008/09/09/the-ruby-slipper-collection-new-york-fashion-week/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 20, 2012|work=The Shoe Dish|access-date=1 February 2013}}</ref> The "Arabian" design was displayed with the designer entries. In 2019, Ikon Design Studio released an officially licensed pair of ruby slippers. The replica slippers came in Judy Garland's size of 5B and had her name written inside the shoe. The production was limited to 250 numbered pairs worldwide, including an acrylic display case and a numbered plaque.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1:1 Scale Replica Ruby Slippers|url=https://ikondesignstudio.com/1-1-scale-replica-ruby-slippers|access-date=2021-03-16|website=Ikon Design Studio|date=7 January 2020 |language=en-AU}}</ref> In 2023, a limited edition of 1500 replica pairs were created by Paragon FX Group for the 100th anniversary of Warner Bros.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wbshop.com/collections/golden-era/products/the-wizard-of-oz-dorothy-s-ruby-slippers |title=WB 100 The Wizard of Oz Dorothy's Ruby Slippers Prop Replica |publisher=[[Warner Bros. Discovery]]}}</ref> [[Copyright status of The Wizard of Oz and related works in the United States#1939 film|Warner Bros. and Turner Entertainment currently hold the copyright to the 1939 film]].
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