Wicked stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande surprised fans when they walked the Golden Globes 2025 red carpet in colors other than pink and green, breaking from their sartorial tie-in promotional strategy for the first half of the two-part musical. The past year has seen the two donning different tints of their characters’ signature hues, so to see Grande roll into Sunday’s festivities in pale yellow, with Erivo in black and white, was as much a shock as Galinda dropping the “Guh.”
Grande wore a Givenchy Haute Couture gown designed by Hubert de Givenchy in 1966, when actor Audrey Hepburn was the designer’s primary muse. The pale yellow silk gown was cut on the bias and had a hand-beaded bodice. The gown was sourced from Rita Watnick’s vintage shop, Lily et Cie.
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Erivo, meanwhile, swapped her typical green for a black Louis Vuitton gown with all-over silver patterned details. The dress featured a plunging V-neckline and spaghetti straps, as well as an exaggerated peplum at the hip. She also showed off intricate purple and green nail art, which she said took five hours to create, adding a touch of Elphaba to her red-carpet ensemble.
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Speaking to E! on the red carpet, Erivo winked at her decision to stray from her green gowns.
“We have to keep everyone guessing. Green is Elphaba’s skin color, but what she wears a lot is black,” she said, adding that she was “bringing green in occasionally,” as with her manicure.
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