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nytimes.com — The Metropolitan Museum offers a playful look at comic book costumes and their influence on radical haute couture. Based on the idea that superheroes, those crusading men and women in tights, can allow us to believe that in a cape or magical second skin we can do the impossible. We can transform ourselves.
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- BCCStu, on 05/10/2008, -0/+7I think that it is really cool that the MET is breaking down the interaction and influence of superheroes and fashion. If you think about it Superheroes are very much tied to their costumes, to the point that often you can not recognize them without them. Thus fashion is synonomous with Superheroes...wierd but true.
- AManWithNoName, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3I'd like to see snooty French women dressed as Ironman or Batman on a catwalk.
"Here we see Marvel's new Fall collection, on Storm. Note the fabulously risque cape."
- AManWithNoName, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3I'd like to see snooty French women dressed as Ironman or Batman on a catwalk.
- leonardutah, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2Dugg for Mystique's rack in the first pic.
- RicardoWilliams, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2i dugg before i read the article... a rare moment
- nightsky07, on 05/10/2008, -1/+2I'm not impressed. Comic book artists have more vision when it comes to superhero fashion.
- usingpond, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Wow man seriously?!?!?!?!? Didn't know this, thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Gadgeteer10, on 05/11/2008, -0/+0Cool idea, I love the Mystique custom as well!
- Sarahonweb, on 05/12/2008, -0/+0hey ..this is cool man ..
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