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Harmless Creatures re-imagine Wizard of Oz characters with tremendous costumes

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Date
16 May 2012

Few books have seeped into our collective cultural consciousness more than The Wizard of Oz so it takes some effort to breathe new life into it. However Dublin-based duo Sadhbh Doherty and Clare Geraghty, aka Harmless Creatures, have done just that with these costumes for the Dorothy’s three companions, The Lion, The Tin Man and The Scarecrow. It’s definitely the Lion made out of old VHS tape (perhaps a comment on the popularity of the film version?) that floats our boat the most but the others are interesting too, nicely unsettling and flawlessly executed. We’re certainly not in Kansas any more.

A person stands against a plain white background, wearing a voluminous, shaggy black outfit made of long strips of material. The garment covers them from head to toe, framing their face in a thick, circular collar.
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Harmless Creatures: The Lion

A person stands against a plain white background, wearing a voluminous, shaggy black outfit. The garment is made from strips of glossy black material that cover them from head to toe.
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Harmless Creatures: The Lion

A person wears a full-body costume and headpiece made of dried straw. They stand against a plain white background, looking slightly upwards with their hands raised.
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Harmless Creatures: Straw Man

A person stands against a plain white background wearing a sculptural, metallic silver outfit. The garment is made of shredded strips of foil-like material, paired with a pointed hat and silver makeup.
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Harmless Creatures: Tin Man

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Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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