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Wicked - Glinda - part 2

Wicked the Musical

presented by Murray Bridge Players and Singers 2019

In May 2019 my local theatre group put on an amateur production of Wicked. The company's 57th major production since 1973.
As the costume designer I designed and made a variety of outfits for different characters.

Galinda

Galinda “with a Ga” the good witch had the most costume changes of the principle cast members. Her changes from one outfit to another had to be made very quickly and sometimes in under 30 seconds! This plays an important factor in the design and construction of costumes for theatre.
This costume was for Ozdust and Popular.


 Emma Love as Elphaba & Katelin Kneebone as Galinda. 
Rehearsal photo by Jay Birdy



 Rehearsal photo by Jay Birdy

Galinda's pink dress is a Bustier and skirt. I originally made the bustier for one of the step sisters in the companies 2016 production of Into The Woods.



 I used Simplicity 5006 for the Bustier. I cut the main bodice from light pink satin. I used some embroidered lace net with a border pattern. I cut the embroidered border off the net and pinned it to the bodice.
To make the straight border of lace fit the curvature of the bodice I had to snip and overlap it in places.
The lace also had repeating motifs which i cut out and used on the front of the bodice.






detail of the embroidered lace


The lace motif pinned to the centre front

The pink bodice ready for stitching.

To secure the lace I used freehand machine embroidery. I sewed around the top and bottom edges of the border and motifs.
I made a seperate lining and boned it, then sewed the two bodices right sides together and turned them through. 

I used a chunky zip for the closure and left excess fabric inside so the bodice can be let out in the future








The skirt was off the rack. I pinned the hem up to below the knee and asked a collegue from the costume team to hem the multiple layers and add the border of lace to the hem. Thank you Tracy!

For this production I added straps to make it more supportive for the actress as this bodice did not have enough boning

Rehearsal photos by Jay Birdy




Materials supply list

Spotlight
- pink satin
- hot pink embroidered lace net




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