![]() ![]() ![]() It was only after the tornado picked up Dorothy’s house and sent it plummeting “many, many miles east of nowhere” that the film transported its audience into the amazing land of Oz – and the relatively new process of Technicolor. The opening scenes were shot in black and white and later colored sepia to emphasize the difference between a drab Kansas farm and the sensory overload that awaited in a land of munchkins and flying monkeys. You may not have noticed the dress at the beginning of the classic 1939 film. The pinafore was worn over a high-necked cream blouse with puffed sleeves, and sometimes incongruously paired with sparkly red shoes. It was a blue and white dress with a fitted bodice and straps fixed at the front and back by two mother-of-pearl buttons. Remember when you first saw a young Judy Garland appear on screen in a gingham pinafore as Dorothy Gale in “The Wizard of Oz”? ![]()
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