Wonder Woman's new outfit

[seriousfic]

Relax, everyone, I think TPTB already made the obvious fashion joke.

Well, it's not bad per se, it's just not Wonder Woman. Not very iconic. It looks like something a 21st-century American woman would wear, but Diana isn't that. She has her own culture, her own fashion sense, and her own identity. None of those include bolero jackets. It's probably pointless to complain, as this is the outfit she wears in an AU and doubtlessly she's going to go back to the classic outfit as soon as the sales uptick has worn off from this outfit, but still, as long as they're putting it out there, I'd much prefer a mix between Drew Johnson's battle armor and the pteryges/skirt/Xena look that everyone is asking for some variation on.

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Yes, Smallville did something right. We should encourage that kind of behavior.

The way I see it, she's kind of like a military officer in formal dress, with the caveat that she might need to respond to a crisis at a moment's notice. So even though she saves the full battle armor for trips to Apokolips, her regular uniform would still be pretty militaristic. Not cloth or a bathing suit, but leather/metal armor that strikes a note between looking elegant and being intimidating. Sort of like a police officer's uniform. Not riot gear, but something that lets you know she's there in an official capacity to protect and serve.

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Street!Diana has fingerless glove bracers that leave a W mark on people when she hits them? Why would she even want that? "Feel my peace and compassion, bitch!" *whammo!* "Now everyone will see you got a taste of my pacifism!"

Some people have said that the new origin of "an Amazon raised in America after her homeland was destroyed" is a movie pitch. Yeah, let's make her more like Superman, there's a guy it's easy to make a movie about.

Lastly, a part of me is darkly amused by the idea that they're trying to streamline her origin by adding in an alternate universe.

ETA: A PANTS WOULD ALSO DO.

Comments

[escapay.livejournal.com]

I must admit, I did have a mini nerd rage when I found out, but you're right it will probably go back to normal after a while. I hate the jacket, it irritates me and I totally agree on you opinion of taking Drew's design (god I love that costume) and simplifying it a bit.

[iteari.livejournal.com]

Seeing that new costume made me realized I was more attached to those red go-go boots than I'd like to admit. Also, not liking the jacket, it looks a little too much of Black Canary's.

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, how come poor Dinah doesn't get leggings? She's still stuck on the fashion sense of a 1940s pin-up model.

[iteari.livejournal.com]

At least her hair is cool. That's gotta count for something, right?

[telepresence.livejournal.com]

What I don't understand is why DC is so resistant to a permanent switch to the pteruges/modified breastplate Magical Mediterranean Warrior Princess look. 90 percent of the good fannish WW reimagining/costume contests have that look. DC itself goes with a variant of that look every time they want to stick Diana in a particularly epic "Maximum-Amazon-War-Times" situation. It's a look that still allows for some leg and boobs, god knows they won't part with that, yet it fits culturally and is fairly sensible fighting gear (to the extent superhero costumes are ever practical to begin with).

I don't care how iconic it is (and god bless Lynda Carter in her satin tights fighting for our rights, she was certainly a key part of puberty for me), the Star Spangled bathing suit just doesn't work in 2010, and won't work on the big screen if that's where they're going.

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

Well, there are the people who still insist Batman is wearing trunks and not body armor, and that Superman wear his underwear outside his pants. Those are the wages of catering to Silver Age fanboys who hate change and minorities...

[fadeoutin.livejournal.com]

The pants idea is alright. Also, I assume the top half is body armor? But the jacket, ew. And the face-stamping thing with the bracers is just, no. For all the reasons you have mentioned.

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

You'd think they could've at least given her a duster or something...

[fadeoutin.livejournal.com]

A duster would've been pretty hot. Cliche? I guess, but it might be raining and even Wondy needs protection from the elements sometimes, right?

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[rann.livejournal.com]

She stamps her logo on the faces of people she's defeated?

Wonder Woman has sunk so low as to steal the Phantom's bit?