This is for all of the geek ladies out there. Halloween is a great time because you can always look forward to dressing up as your favorite super-heroine and going out to parties or what not, right? The big question is this: why do costume companies feel the need to slut up the costumes?
We're geeks, we know that if the gals in the comics were real they would be anatomically lacking proportion and the outfits they're wearing are completely impractical. Still we accept it as we read comics because it's fun. There's something empowering about a woman in a tight leather or spandex outfit and heels beating on some thug at least twice her size. Still the question remains, why make those costumes any skimpier than they already are?
The other part of that is they make slutty versions of the guy superhero costumes too. No one is going to believe that just because you're wearing a shiny red mini skirt and yellow glasses that you're Iron Man.
The girl versions of the guy costumes are awful only in that you're going to spend the entire time explaining who you are because while the colors are the same as the male counterparts, that's pretty much it.
The girl versions of the guy costumes are awful only in that you're going to spend the entire time explaining who you are because while the colors are the same as the male counterparts, that's pretty much it.
Don't get us wrong, we're not prudes by any sense, just kind of comic purists. Why degrade something that is seen as an icon? We know Wonder Woman's classic outfit is skimpy we get that and we're okay with it. However, the costume companies managed to make it even skimpier.
Granted that pretty much all super-heroines look like they could be Victoria's Secret models, but that doesn't mean it should look like that's where they got their costumes from. 
We know that super-heroines are sexy. They have to be really. They're the femme fatale; the sexy dangerous woman who you pray is on your side. They're mysterious and beautiful and their costumes show off what a strong woman they are. Those are just basic components to a super-heroine. It's also that much more humiliating for the villain when they get their butt kicked by a good looking woman.
The costumes that are being put out on the shelf in stores don't seem to represent any of that. Also if you live in Northeast part of the US where it gets cold in October those costumes don't help. Perhaps it best to take a page out of a cosplayers book and simply make your own costume.
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