More Designed 'The Wizard of Oz' Dolls for Charity

Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Jenny Packham, More Designed 'The Wizard of Oz' Dolls for Charity
The ladies of "The Wizard of Oz" are getting a makeover courtesy of Tonner Doll Collection and a slew of fashion and costume designers.
For this makeover, Warner Bros. Consumer Products has teamed up with designers such as Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Jenny Packham, Trina Turk, Chris Benz, BCBG, Hervé Leger and Carmen Marc Valvo, who will all create one-of-a-kind Dorothy, Glinda or the Wicked Witch of the West dolls dressed in clothes that represent the designers' interpretations of these characters, WWD reported.
The couture creations made by these designers will debut on September 4 during New York Fashion Week at the Fashion Institute of Technology. After their debut, the dolls will be put up for auction on eBay, with proceeds benefitting Habitat for Humanity.
"To me, Dorothy is one of the few iconic heartland American girls in the movies, so having the opportunity to reenvision her style was exciting," Benz told WWD.
"We were thinking about tornados and how when it's windy in New York, a piece of newspaper will just fly up in your face and how hilarious it would be to have that silhouette in blue gingham."
Turk also chose to design a dress for Dorothy.
"Dorothy's adventurous spirit represents a California girl at heart, so we updated her sweet gingham pinafore into a peplum jumpsuit layered over a 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' T. The rainbow patch provides a pop of color to complement her ruby slippers," the designer said.
Packham opted to design for the famed film's more sinister character, who she dressed in a nontraditional ensemble.
"Our witch is wicked in a contemporary, avant-garde way. We've used a print from one of my favorite collections to create a modern and fashionable witch," Packham said.