Even their pajamas seemed plucked from an L.L. The timeline here checks out, especially considering that two years before, "Sabrina" premiered and aunts Hilda and Zelda normalized witchery with their trendy, aspirational wares. Like "Sabrina," "Practical Magic"'s Sally and Gillian (played by Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, respectively) epitomized peak '90s: They wore ankle-length skirts with sneakers, didn't shy away from tiny sunglasses and paired floral prints with oversized sweatshirts. To put it plainly, the clothing in "Practical Magic" is, well, magical.
PhotoBook Is Seeking Social Media Interns In New York, NY So we costumed them in clothes none of us - middle school-aged girls, perhaps - would willingly choose. They were "other." They weren't human they weren't us. In children's films like "Hocus Pocus," witches were easy targets. They were villains, and their over-the-top wardrobe helped matters. In 1993's "Hocus Pocus," the three Sanderson sisters adopted the same dark neutral looks, but were more costumed in their approach with capes, corsets and piles of sinister-looking baubles. It's after this version on which we eventually modeled so many of mainstream pop culture's witches. Someone whose death was cause for celebration.
And where the rest of the cast sparkled in technicolor, she seemed - aside from her green face - rooted in the black-and-white past. Meanwhile, every other character can't seem to wrap their head around the most basic levels of introspection.) She was misunderstood, mysterious and easy for us to write off. (Remember: She's grieving and trying to avenge her sister's murder. She existed, aesthetically, to represent the darkest of all characters, despite being the only character with any real depth. Clad in the traditional conical hat, pointy-toed shoes and ankle-length dress (all in black, of course), Margaret Hamilton's Elphaba seemed almost cartoonish in her style choices.
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