Behind The Scenes Secrets: The Wizard Of Oz

Crazy Corset

While the studio all but forced Judy Garland to lose twelve pounds in order to lose her womanly figure and instead appear more like a young girl, that was the only thing they had her do when it came to her looks. For a time, they had some intense “baby doll makeup” and blonde hair, however that didn’t work and we ended with the look that we see in the film today. The studio also had Judy wear a super tight and super painful corset-type device that thinned her torso and also flattened her bust area in an effort for Judy to appear as a pre-adolescent girl.