"It's really--um--sharp, don't you think?"
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| Elphaba Costumes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Go to Act Two | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Act One | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| There's no place like home . . . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| It's not easy being green. . . but when you get to have magical powers, it can be fabulous! Always wanted to dress up like your favorite WWW? Here are some tips and tricks, and some useful resources! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elphaba's Shiz Uniform | |
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When Elphaba arrives at Shiz, she is the most conservative-looking of the bunch; no zig-zagging stripes or bright-colored shoes! But her costume is still full of lots of little details to add to how her chracter is perceived on stage. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elphie's coat looks deceptively bland, but brown piping around the collar, cuffs, and pockets, as well as a lacing detail up the back that is present on all the Shiz costumes, make this coat interesting. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idina and Kristen on Broadway. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kristy Cates as Elphaba in Chicago. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vogue pattern V8087 is pretty good for this coat! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stacie Morgain Lewis and Kristy in "Dancing Through Life" "It's really--um--sharp, don't you think?" |
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| Notice the assymetrical hem on this dress; it is longer in the back and has its highest point just at the left knee. The closure is at the placket down the left front; when the actress sits, a slit over the left knee appears! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elphie's Shiz dress is worn from her first appearance through her trip to the train station. For the transition between "The Wizard and I" to her arrival at the Ozdust Ballroom, her coat and a dickey are removed, leaving just this sleeveless dress behind. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The skirt is pleated with deep knife pleats, giving it quite a bit of fullness when she turns. The bodice has a drop-waist and is piped diagonally from left to right, each line of self-piping ending at the start of a pleat. Her boots are brown leather and lace up to the knee; low heels compensate for the fact that the actresses who usually play Elphaba are fairly tall! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The white coat Elphaba wears after "Popular" goes on over her blue dress, and is piped in blue to match the rest of the uniforms. It shows Elphie's "Galindafication". Simplicity 4510 is a good choice for this one; the bodice is fitted and pointed, and simple coat sleeves will do as well! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Emerald City Dress | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stephanie Block as Elphaba in the touring company. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elphaba's Emerald City dress is the closest to the way she is potrayed in the 1939 film; in fact, when I made a reproduction of this dress, I used Simplicity 4136, their Wizard of Oz pattern! The dress has buttons down the front but actually closes up the back; a theatre conceit to help with a costume change that is the fastest in the show: just 22 seconds! It has a pointed bodice that is attached the a fairly straight skirt; not a lot of fullness there. It falls almost to her ankles. A good fabric choice would be a coarse woven, the texture in photos is rather rough. Texture is the watch-word with a lot of these costumes! The cape is much lighter, probably a nylon knit, as you can see from the lights shining through the fabric. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last updated on 12/29/2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||