Costume designer Paul Tazewell talks about his inspiration for the iconic piece Glinda's bubble dress in Wicked ... her towering crown and spectacular wand while she and the munchkins sing ...

With that in mind, let's think about Glinda's "magical" floating pink bubble, which serves as her main form of transit. Is it really magic created by her large, flashy magic wand or is it a ruse?

Most notably, there's a scene after 'I'm Not That Girl' in which Elphaba and Glinda study sorcery together and Glinda is unable to make a coin float with her wand ... that her bubble is simply ...