He was reminded by his son ronald winston that 1989 was the 50th anniversary of the classic film the wizard of oz.
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After two months of tediously placing 4 600 rubies the house of harry winston unveiled its own version of the famous ruby slippers from the classic film.
But to paraphrase dorothy winston had a feeling that he was not in 1939 anymore.
Fifty years later ronald winston of the house of harry winston recreated the ruby slippers to celebrate the golden anniversary of the movie.
So instead of sequins winston used real rubies 1 350 carats of it from.
The idea for the creation of the harry winston ruby slippers was really ronald s.
Initially covered with mere sequins in the original movie.
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Harry winston ruby slippers in 1989 ronald winston son of the famous jewelry designer harry winston wanted to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the wizard of oz in the most opulent way.
A number of pairs were made for the film though the exact number is unknown.
After production of the film ended in 1939 the ruby slippers were stored on mgm s culver city lot for the next three decades.
These sparkling red platinum and rubies slippers are inspired by the wizard of oz.
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Harry winston understood how to maximise the impact of marketing alongside glamour the company under his direction marked the release of the 50th anniversary of the musical the wizard of oz with a replica of dorothy s ruby slippers.
After harry winston s rendition of the ruby slippers comes a more updated version of the same by stuart weitzman.
The ruby slippers were sparkling with sequins.