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The Bubble Dress

This is Galinda's main dress that is worn when we first see Glinda at the beginning and near the end when she is Glinda the Good. The dress is made of blue pearalized material comprising of petals covering the skirt. The bodice and skirt petals are covered with sequins. Fun facts: Susan Hilferty, the designer of the costumes of Wicked, explained there are 25 different kinds of sequins used on The Bubble Dress. The Bubble Dress was intended to appear like a wedding dress or every girl's fantasy of a princess outfit. (Resource: The Grimmerie). There are 9 different fabrics used in the construction of the Bubble Dress (Threadbanger.com interview).

Here is Susan Hilferty's sketch of the dress:

Original Version

This is the way the Bubble Dress looked during the first Broadway production. The dress was mostly worn by Kristen Chenoweth and the early Glindas. The dress top is more off of the shoulders and the skirt is less puffy with four layers of large scallops instead of multiple individual petals. The whole dress and skirt are covered with sequins, not just the front of the bodice and the waves on the petals.

US version

Promo Shots

Backstage/Misc pictures

These pictures are taken from the threadbanger.com interview. They show the underskirt nicely.

German/West End Version

The version worn in the German (previously in Stuttgart, currently in Oberhausen) and West End productions in a little different with a more sweetheart shaped top and slightly different shaped petals and darker sequins. Her wand and crown are also different than other productions.

German

West End

Australian Production

The Bubble Dress in Australia started out looking very very similar to the US dress but I have found pictures that show that some dresses look more like the West End/German Dress with a sweetheart neckline and pointed bodice.

Thanks to Jess for these wonderful pictures from a display in Sydney (2009)! Caution: these pictures are a very high resolution.

Japanese Production

This production previously in Tokyo, currently in Osaka.

The Japanese Bubble dress is mostly the same as the US version with a few differences. One being the petals are HUGE, the look even bigger then the West End/Stuttgart version. The sequins look like they are more spaced out on the petals and top as well as they appear to be only a couple of colors instead of a whole bunch of blues. From what I can tell it looks like they are mostly one blue color and white/clear ones. There is also a lot of squiggly white embroidered on the top as well as over the petals. Her crown is also a little different than other productions. Just an FYI, most of these pictures are fairly small accept the last 6 which are screencaps I took from a video. There are very few pictures of the this production around for some reason.