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The Wizard of Oz by VOGUE
For those who grew up before DVDs made it possible for excitable six-year-olds to watch Rugrats in Paris whenever they feel like it, the annual network broadcast of The Wizard of Oz was one of childhood's stations of the cross.
Year after year, there it appeared, inviting us to enter its dreamlike and disorienting, yet oddly familiar world. Sure, the 1939 MGM extravaganza is a product of Hollywood's Golden Age, filled with Technicolor magic, a splendid Harold Arlen-Yip Harburg score, and indelible performances. But beyond that it speaks to a deep, archetypal longing: to explore the unknown and return home safely.
The Wizard of Oz is a truly American fairy tale.
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To give The Wizard of Oz's iconic characters fresh life and new meaning, Vogue assembled an A-team of contemporary artists, whose images have become part of our collective visual consciousness.
Jasper Johns, whose boldly painted maps, targets, and flags helped lead his contemporaries away from Abstract Expressionism and pointed ahead to Pop Art and Minimalism, appears here in good humor as the Cowardly Lion.
And John Currin, who famously keeps an ironic distance from his subjects in paintings widely hailed for their technical virtuosity, is the Tin Man, following the Yellow brick Road in search of a heart.
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Keira Knightley stars in a 'Wizard of Oz'-themed fashion extravaganza in this month's VOGUE.
Her wardrobe? Modern-day takes on the original apron dress, by Vera Wang, Marc Jacobs, and Oscar de la Renta, accessorized with—you guessed it—a plethora of ruby slippers.

Photography by Annie Leiboviz

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