Paul Taswell

You show up in a very simple black way.

You love black clothing.

I do tend to.

Well, I try to, you know, that...

energy that it takes to put together clothing I use professionally.

You know, so if I can have a uniform and I know that, you know, I know what I'm going to wear when I go out, you know, lately it's been a navy blue turtleneck and navy blue trousers.

It's a tone on tone.

I know that I can look good and not have to worry about being...

fashion forward.

I mean, it's only if I'm doing a red carpet or something like that that I want to make sure that, you know, I show up in, you know, something that makes a mark.

Otherwise, I kind of want to recede.

Well, I do have to say that Elphaba is the main character of Wicked, the Wicked films that I align myself with.

There's a sensibility about her and how she walks through life.

both as an introvert and one that is a listener.

Also, she's with Nessa Rose, she's a people pleaser in a way.

You know, she's working to combat the fact that she's been othered by taking care of other people, making sure that other people are okay.

You know, before Wicked was even in my life, and that's a part of my own personality.

But then the draw to armor is definitely a part of my personality because I dress according to how I want to be seen, whether it's an interview with a person I've never met or, you know, it's going out on a red carpet.

You know, I'm dressing in a way very conscious of how I might potentially be seen, right?

And that's what all of us do, really, which is not as intentional.