What was the meaning of ruby slippers in wizard of oz?

Answer 1

What made the red ruby slippers so special was that they were magic shoes. And Dorothy Gale could of went home all along, but instead she staid and help her friend the scarecrow get a brain, the tinman get a heart, and the lion get courage. They were also special because they sent her to Kansas from the land of oz.

Answer 2

The meaning was that all along she had these ruby slippers that she didn't know how to use. Dorothy was too worried about getting home. The ruby slippers represented something that could've helped her if she truly looked around for help. She had help right before her very eyes. The moral of the whole story was that sometimes people don't see what is right before their eyes. In that case, the ruby slippers were right before Dorothy's eyes....well technically her ankles! :)

Answer 3

No, the Ruby Slippers in the beloved 1939 film version of 'The Wizard of Oz' weren't made of real rubies. They were designed by Adrian Adolph Greenberg ka Gilbert Adrian [March 3, 1903-September 13, 1959]. As many as seven pairs may have been made. But only four were used in the film. The four pairs for the film started out as white silk pumps from the Innes Shoe Company of Los Angeles, California. They each were identifiable by an embossed gold or silver stamp or by an embroidered cloth label on the right shoe's white kid leather sole. They each were dyed red. The upper parts and the heels of each shoe were covered with burgundy sequined organza overlays. Each shoe was given Art Deco inspired bows that sported three large rectangular red glass jewels with dark red bugle beads and that were outlined in orange red glass rhinestones in silver settings. Beads and stones were sewn onto red strap leather and then onto each organza covered shoe.

Answer 4

It is by dying white silk pumps and adding beads, bows, glass jewels, rhinestones and sequins that the ruby slippers were made for "The Wizard of Oz."

Specifically, white silk pumps were dyed. Burgundy sequined organza overlays were attached to the upper surfaces and heels of the pumps. Red glass rhinestones in silver settings, rectangular red glass jewels and dark red bugle beads were added to a piece of red strap leather shaped to form a bow.

Answer 5

Possiby to provide better color contrast with all-white metal Tin Man character.

Answer 6

Because silver is more uglier than ruby

The Wizard of Oz film was in color and the red slippers were more visible and impressive on the screen.