Costume Connection

February 26th, 2006

Filed under: Comics

I used to doubt that people with any fashion sense at all would ever dress up in the bizarre costumes many super-heroes and villains see, to wear. ThenI watched the Olympics.

Several of the ski jumping ensembles would put the Trickster to shame, and whoever designed the Russian speed skating outfits should just do us all a favor and abandon a life in fashion.

Laura’s already shown the connection between Johnny Weir’s outfit and Aquaman’s costume, but what about U.S. ice dancer Tanith Belbin? That butterfly outfit is a little too close for comort to one of Rachel Summer’s Phoenix Outfits, and that other costume looks like those costumes-with-a-snake-on-it (which I can’t find any good pictures of at this point), or maybe Roulette and her snake tattoo.

Tanith Belbin's butterfly outfit Rachel Summer's Phoenix outfit
Tanith Belbin's squiggle outfit Roulette from the cover of JSA #28

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3 Responses to “ Costume Connection ”

  1. David Oakes
    February 26th, 2006 at 11:28 pm

    The more I look at Weir, the more I wonder…

    I don’t know about the Trickster (hell, most Olympic “uniforms” are Fashion Police suspects), but I hope that Spider-Man is getting his cut. Nearly every skier I saw, from at least four different countries, had some form of web-motif. And I recall thinking the same thing four years ago as well. What is it with skiers and webs?

  2. wayniac5
    February 26th, 2006 at 11:32 pm

    You like those costumes check the Legion of super
    heroes animated series costumes out!

    [url=http://www.nuvo.net/blog/wayneb/archives/008473.html]LEGION OF SUPERHEROES ANIMATED SERIES[/url]

  3. Steven
    February 27th, 2006 at 3:54 pm

    Spyder is a brand of high performance ski wear. That’s why all the webs.

    (Now, whether THEY were influenced by the F-N Spider-Man, that’s another story)

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