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Elphaba's Leotard

kmp2019
#1Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 7/31/18 at 8:15pm

Needing a little bit of help with some costuming stuff, does anyone have any idea what leotard Wicked uses for Elphaba? I'm working on an Ursula right now and can't find anything like what the Elphies wear. Thanks in advance!

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#2Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 7/31/18 at 8:17pm

When in Wicked does Elphaba wear a leotard...?

kmp2019
#3Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 7/31/18 at 8:19pm

She wears it under her costumes so they don't have to paint her entire upper body green

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#4Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 7/31/18 at 8:19pm

And what does Ursula have to do with Elphaba?


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kmp2019
#5Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 7/31/18 at 8:21pm

Trying to avoid having to completely cover my actress in makeup, just like they do with the Elphabas

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#6Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 7/31/18 at 8:24pm

Is Elphaba's Leotard the new Liza's Headband? 

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Elegance101
#7Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 7/31/18 at 9:14pm

I don't think you can buy the bodysuit anywhere if that's what you're asking. Elphaba wears a bodysuit so they don't have to paint her arms and chest green and it's custom made, I think. It looks like it's made out of some sort of pantyhose or tights material, if that helps at all.

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#8Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 7/31/18 at 9:19pm

Her body suit is custom-made by Eric Winterling’s shop in New York City. It is a stretch power netting that is died to match her make up. The neck and wrist openings are not finished so they blend in with her skin and the rest of the seams are made on a special machine so they are not visible. It has to be hand washed after every performance, she has two that she rotates and they wear out very quickly.

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dramamama611
#9Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 7/31/18 at 9:54pm

I'd just get a flash colored one and paint/dye it as close in color as possible


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#10Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 7/31/18 at 10:17pm

Depending on how professional your production is, would this work?:

https://www.amazon.com/Forum-Novelties-Disappearing-Stretch-Costume/dp/B00IMDC46K?th=1&psc=1

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morosco
#11Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 7/31/18 at 10:34pm

Amazon has many many options and colors.  Just search for full body lycra body suit.  They have them with or without hands and/or feet.

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#13Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 8/1/18 at 12:53am

Am I the only one crying laughing about this 

Loopin’theloop
#14Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 8/1/18 at 5:18am

shrekster224 said: "Am I the only one crying laughing about this"

Yep

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darquegk
#15Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 8/1/18 at 8:40am

Reading this thread, I kept bouncing back and forth between "this is sexual" and "this isn't sexual..."

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#16Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 8/1/18 at 9:12am

This thread is why I love BWW


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#17Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 8/1/18 at 10:00am

Nicole Parker at WICKED: 

Elphaba's Leotard

Elphaba's Leotard

Elphaba's Leotard

 


Loopin’theloop
#18Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 8/1/18 at 11:34am

kmp2019 said: "She wears it under her costumes so they don't have to paint her entire upper body green"

If you are following the Disney design as an influence, having a necklace will help disguise the seam, as would gauntlet/bracelets like King Tritons around her wrists 

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#19Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 8/1/18 at 11:50am

Loopin’theloop said: "If you are following the Disney design as an influence, having a necklace will help disguise the seam, as would gauntlet/bracelets like King Tritons around her wrists"

I just hope the necklace disguises the seam better than the necklace disguising the fake chest piece Lea Thompson wore in Back to the Future 2

Elphaba's Leotard

 

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#20Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 8/1/18 at 11:53am

What an odd topic and question. I don’t know much about costume design but aren’t all leotards/body stockings basically the same? Is there really that much variation in material and design? Some may be thicker I suppose or different quality. But a leotard is a leotard is a leotard, right?

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SNAFU
#23Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 8/1/18 at 4:12pm

I am sure at this point in the game the costume builder's have bolts of customer dyed fabric and construct the unitards according to the actresses measurements. Unitards are not hard to make at all.

 


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freewilma
#24Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 8/1/18 at 4:31pm

Of course they do on the professional level...but the original poster may be costuming at the community theatre level and looking for creative ideas.  

Broadwaybound7
#25Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 7/12/19 at 7:37pm

Hey all. I just found this! It might work! Its like perfect!

https://www.nike.com/t/sportswear-tech-pack-womens-bodysuit-gbzTlc/BV4668-335

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BrodyFosse123
#26Elphaba's Leotard
Posted: 7/13/19 at 11:35am



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