FASHION TIPS FROM COMIC STRIPS

Catwoman Zig Zag Hem T-shirt, $67, available on Oasap.

A Batman Returns-era Catwoman shirt with batwing sleeves? I don’t know about you, Miss Kitty, but I feel so much yummier.

Coordinate the purrfect ensemble by balancing the loose shape of this top with a black pencil skirt or wetlook tights.

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) - 07.09.12

Although cosplay has been present for decades within the comics, anime, and sci-fi/fantasy fandoms, social media has played an integral role in the thriving community of costuming that exists today and cosplay communities such as Cosplay.com and the Superhero Costuming Forum. In honor of the many fans who’ve displayed excellence in the mastery of homemade disguise, craftsmanship, and sartorial superheroics, ComicsAlliance has created Best Cosplay Ever (This Week), a weekly collection of some of the most impeccable, creative, and clever costumes that we’ve discovered and assembled into our own super-showcase of pure fan-devoted talent.

Check out this week’s round-up of the Best Cosplay Ever on ComicsAlliance, featuring Star Sapphire, American Dream, Arrietty, Catwoman (above), and more!

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) - 06.18.12

Although cosplay has been present for decades within the comics, anime, and sci-fi/fantasy fandoms, social media has played an integral role in the thriving community of costuming that exists today and cosplay communities such as Cosplay.com and the Superhero Costuming Forum. In honor of the many fans who’ve displayed excellence in the mastery of homemade disguise, craftsmanship, and sartorial superheroics, ComicsAlliance has created Best Cosplay Ever (This Week), a weekly collection of some of the most impeccable, creative, and clever costumes that we’ve discovered and assembled into our own super-showcase of pure fan-devoted talent.

Check out this week’s round-up of the Best Cosplay Ever on ComicsAlliance, featuring Red Sonja, Polaris, Lottie, Spider-Man (above), and more!

Velvet Batman dress, by All That Jazz [circa 1992]
[currently on sale at Lynn’s Rags]

Despite the fact that this dress is approximately 20 years old, it features some of this year’s hottest (or rather, recycled) trends: velvet, bodycon, mesh cutouts, and The Dark Knight. This dress was originally part of the All That Jazz x Batman Returns retail collection that was released in conjunction with the film in 1992.

Conclusively, Batman never goes out of style.

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02.10.12 - daily watch: Catwoman watch (circa Batman Returns).

In which, my watch is relevant today.

Catwoman, Christian Dior Haute Couture, Spring/Summer 2001.
Inspired by Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman costume in Batman Returns.

I love how this ensemble incorporates structural and design aspects of both Selina’s office civvies in the film and the black patent trench coat that Selina reconstructs into her costume.

And now I suddenly feel inspired to create a skirt inspired by this Christian Dior design, inspired by Michelle Pfeiffer’s digs in Batman Returns…

I guess I better get sewing.

photos: StyleBistro