The costume designer behind Wicked’s floating gowns and dramatic capes has defended Elphaba’s controversial cardigan.

In the second part of the global musical phenomenon, Wicked For Good, the Wicked Witch dons a cosy cardigan while seducing Prince Fiyero through the power of song.

While Cynthia Erivo would look stunning in anything, the grey knitwear filled with holes and awkward tufts did not impress fans.

Affectionately dubbed the ‘ratty sex cardigan’, they took to the internet to question Elphie’s style choice in this critical moment of intimacy.

Now, costume designer Paul Tazewell has defended the cardigan, which is actually a peignoir, in an interview with NPR.

‘It came out of, very literally, an organic decision of what does Elphaba have access to? And living alone, what choice

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