It didn't take an act of Ozian magic for "Wicked" costume designer Paul Tazewell to make Oscars history. Tazewell, who helped bring the fantastical world of Elphaba and Glinda to life through his ...

Below we speak with Paul Tazewell about creating the exquisite costumes for Wicked, working with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, and his new collaboration with Target. ESSENCE.com: What inspired ...

Wicked‘s Paul Tazewell made Oscars history on Sunday night when he took home the award for Best Costume Design, becoming the first Black man to win in the category. Tazewell, who designed Glinda ...

Tazewell has swept the season scooping up the ... He went on to thank the U.K team for their “beautiful work.” He also thanked “Wicked’s” leading ladies. He said, “My Ozian muses ...

The wildly colorful and complex costumes of “Wicked” are the work of Paul Tazewell, whose designs for another beloved musical, “West Side Story,” earned him an Oscar nomination in 2022.

Visionary costume designer Paul Tazewell triumphed on Sunday night, winning his first Academy Award for his nature-inspired “Wicked” wardrobe. He can add his shiny new Oscar to the crowded ...

"That was where the idea of the spiral came into play for 'Wicked,' and the idea of the texture of mushrooms," Tazewell said. "I am working to align those elements." The designer, who made history ...

Prolific designer Paul Tazewell was tasked with lending his skills to the elaborate costumes onscreen in the new Wicked movie. "I wanted to bring my own voice to the world of Wicked embodied by ...

It's only fitting that shortly after Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande opened the 97th Academy Awards with an emotional rendition of "Defying Gravity" from "Wicked" — resulting in a roar of ...

Paul Tazewell made history on Sunday night as the first Black man to win to an Oscar for costume design. After hugging presenter Bowen Yang, who was wearing one of his Wicked costumes on stage ...