GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota hometown of Judy Garland, the actress who wore a pair of ruby slippers in "The
Wizard of Oz," is raising money to purchase the prized footwear
after it was stolen from a local museum and then later turned
over to an auction company.

Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where the late actress was born in
1922, is fundraising at its annual Judy Garland festival, which
kicks off Thursday. The north Minnesota town is soliciting
donations to bring the slippers back after an auction company
takes them on an international tour before offering them up to prospective buyers in December.

Judy Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm)
(June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969)

Remember when L’eggs pantyhose came in plastic eggs,
1970s?

L’eggs is a brand of pantyhose, introduced in 1969 by
Hanes,which radically changed the hosiery marketplace.

The novel developments were the egg-shaped plastic
product container, the brainchild of Hanes executive
Robert Elberson. 

Robert Elberson (Died 2013)

Peter Moore designed Air Jordan sneakers for Nike in 1984
but spent most of his career as a senior executive with
Adidas. (Courtesy Adidas)

Paired with a young sports star whose ascendancy
defied gravity, Moore’s art form inspired a pop-
culture phenomenon.

Moore designed the original Air Jordan sneakers. 

They were first worn by Chicago Bulls rookie basketball
star Michael Jordan in 1984 and then released to the
public before the end of the NBA season in the spring
of 1985.

The sneaker biz has never been the same.

"The Air Jordan transformed the industry by turning
sneakers into objects of pop-culture desire," sneaker
expert and writer Brendan Dunne, co-host of "The
Complex Sneakers Podcast," told Fox News Digital. 

The original Air Jordan, he added, "set the standard
for footwear obsession in America."

Michael Jordan attends a press conference for the
celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Air Jordan
shoe during the "Palais 23" interactive exhibition
dedicated to Jordan at Palais de Tokyo in Paris on
June 12, 2015, in Paris, France. 
(Catherine Steenkeste/Getty Images)