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Instead Elphaba was ridiculed. She wears the tunic with pleated skirt that she wore in an earlier scene, without the turtle neck and jacket, but with the brown boots that designer Susan Hilferty chose for Elphaba, to connect her to the earth. Blue and white are the Shiz University colours so Susan Hilferty dressed Elphaba in dark blue and Glinda in white, with both colours for the ensemble outfits. As Hilferty explained: 'What I was trying to get at the end was an icon for each of  them, where they become specifically representative: Glinda for goodness and Elphaba for evil. By using blue and white as the school colours, I was able to have Elphaba all in blue, and Glinda all in white. The goal was to make the two women be the most outstanding thing in every world they entered.'\r\n\r\n<i>Wicked</i> has broken box office records in cities around the world since its opening at Broadway's Gershwin Theatre in 2003. The musical tells the story of the witches of Oz, and focuses on the relationship between the two witches Elphaba and Glinda. Susan Hilferty has designed costumes for more than 300 productions all around the world, and in 2004 was awarded the Tony Award for best costume design, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design for her designs for <i>Wicked</i>.\r\n","physicalDescription":"Giclée print on taupe paper with white border showing Elphaba, full-length, wearing the outfit she wore to the Ozdust ball comprising a tunic with pleated skirt and a witch's hat. 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Giclée print, signed and titled by the designer Susan Hilferty (b.1953). Given by Susan Hilferty.\n","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["S.260-2017"],"accessionNumberNum":"260","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":2017,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-01-19","recordCreationDate":"2017-02-28","availableToBook":true}}