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The curled-toe "Arabian" ruby slippers on display at the auction of the collection of Debbie Reynolds in Beverly Hills on June 18, 2011. The slippers were designed by Gilbert Adrian, MGM's chief costume designer. [8] [9] Initially, two pairs were made in different styles. The so-called "Arabian test pair" was "a wildly jeweled, Arabian motif ...
A good luck charm is an amulet or other item that is believed to bring good luck. Almost any object can be used as a charm. Coins, horseshoes and buttons are examples, as are small objects given as gifts, due to the favorable associations they make. Many souvenir shops have a range of tiny items that may be used as good luck charms.
Evening slipper, also known as the "Prince Albert" slipper in reference to Albert, Prince Consort. It is made of velvet with leather soles and features a grosgrain bow or the wearer’s initials embroidered in gold. Novelty animal-feet slippers. Some slippers are made to resemble something other than a slipper and are sold as a novelty item ...
Thrall, born as Go'el, is a fictional character who appears in the Warcraft series of video games by Blizzard Entertainment.Within the series, Thrall is an orc shaman who served for a time as a Warchief of the Horde, one of the major factions of the Warcraft universe, as well as the leader of a shaman faction dedicated to preserving the balance between elemental forces in the world of Azeroth ...
Jaina also appears in the Warcraft spinoff card game Hearthstone, where she is a playable hero and represents the Mage class. As such, she wields powerful magical abilities, and can make use of effects such as freezing and boosts to spell power. [12] She also makes an appearance in the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game as a collectible card. [9]
Concealed shoes have been discovered in several European countries, [6] as well as in North America [8] and Australia. [9] [10] Although deposits have been found throughout the United States they are concentrated in New England and the northeastern United States, the latter of which was first colonised by immigrants from the East Anglia region of England.
The Silver Shoes are the magical shoes that appear in L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as heroine Dorothy Gale's transport home. They are originally owned by the Wicked Witch of the East but passed to Dorothy when her house lands on the Witch.
In 1999, Just For Feet broadcast a commercial during Super Bowl XXXIII, produced by the agency Saatchi & Saatchi. In the spot, a group of Caucasian men in a humvee are seen tracking down a barefoot Kenyan runner, sedating him with drug-laced water, and forcing Nike shoes on his feet while he is unconscious. When the runner wakes up, he rejects ...