Paul Tazewell Returns! The Wicked: For Good Costume Designer on the Significance of Silhouettes and Creating Reality Within a Fantasy

Paul Tazewell is the award-winning costume designer behind the magical world of Wicked and Wicked: For Good. In this episode, Who What Wear Senior Fashion and Social Editor Tara Gonzalez sits down with Tazewell to celebrate the release of the highly anticipated finale of Elphaba and Glinda’s story. He discusses all of the thoughtfully detailed costume choices and Easter eggs you might miss during your first viewing and shares his design process for some of the standout pieces from the movie, including Glinda’s glamorous wedding dress and Dorothy’s iconic crystal shoes. Plus, he tells us how it felt to make history as the first Black man to win an Oscar for Best Costume Design for his work in Wicked Part 1.

Listen to Paul’s episode on Wicked Part 1 here!