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Paul Taswell

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345 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

She's manifesting all these things from the elements that are around her.

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

And the sweater is just in keeping with that.

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

Now, indeed, you could say, well, you know, why wasn't it a black sweater?

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

slinky, peignoir, but where would she get, like, why would she have that?

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

Well, why would she even have it?

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

Because it's not like she's, at that moment, she's not thinking about Fiyero.

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

She's thinking about saving, I mean, she angsts some about the love that she has, but she's not expecting that he's going to arrive and therefore she's got her special sexy peignoir that she'll pull out.

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

I mean, that's very much in line with Glinda, but why would she have that?

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

I think that it just follows through with reasonable choices that define who a character is and what is important for them, where their priorities are.

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

And I felt like the underwear that we have her in, which is very sexy underwear, it's all knitted as well.

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

And it's revealing of her skin.

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

You know, it's...

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

Short, you see her legs and her arms, her stomach even, to use both.

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

And then they're together and they're actually using the robe as a blanket.

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

So again, it's a much more organic connection to clothing and how the characters relate to it.

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

As much as everyone wants her to have, yes.

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

I think that that was when it actually played.

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

This was before there was VHS tapes.

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

As it happened in my memory, it was annually that, you know, my three brothers, myself, and my two parents would sit and we would experience, you know, The Wizard of Oz.

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‘Wicked’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

And it became very...