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The Wiz (Ken Harper presents) - The Super Soul Musical ‘Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ - Atlantic rec. - 1975 (cover illustration by Milton Glaser)

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Niccolò dell’Arca, Lamentation of Christ, Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Vita, Bologna, Italy, 1463-1490 © Pietro Poppi VS Milton Glaser, The Wiz, album cover, 1975

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July: Blue Redux (+ Green Redux)

The Wiz / Lena Horne as Glinda the Good

Still photos really don't do justice to this costume. It's all about the play of light sparkling off the sequins, rhinestones, and other ornaments. The silver decorations suggest both stars and snowflakes; while the latter might seem odd, I think they are a symbolic link to Dorothy's story. Glinda appears to sing a song to Dorothy telling her to believe in herself so that she can have the power to go home--and when Dorothy clicks her heels, she finds herself back in New York, running through the snow to her front door as thick snowflakes fall from the sky.

Costumes for this film were designed by Tony Walton.