I already said this in another thread, but honestly, I never liked Maleficent’s original OUAT costume. To me it just always looked silly and didn’t make the character seem all that threatening. When I look at her new costume, it comes across as much more intimidating to me. Yes it looks closer to the Disney version (especially the Angelina Jolie one), but there are still OUAT touches to the costume to make it its own. Plus, as the interview mentions, Maleficent will still get to go through different costumes the way Regina does.