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Cast of the Broadway production of Disney’s The Lion King.
One Short Day, in the Emerald City from the hit Broadway musical Wicked.
This amalgamation of different mismatched times and cultures is homogenised by the single, simple colour green. For Wicked, costume designer Susan Hilferty won the Tony Award for Best Costume Design.
A colourised (circa 1940s - 1950s by Jayce) scan of Carmen Miranda, a celebrated Brazilian broadway actress and samba singer known to wear elaborately decorated hats.
Her costumes mainly took inspiration from the South American national costumes. Her notable fruit-themed costumes is said to have inspired a 60s art movement in Brazil referred to as Tropicalismo.
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