AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

Everyday Heroes.(clothing designs influenced by superhero costumes)(Brief article)

Vogue

| May 01, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Wonder Woman had her bullet-deflecting cuffs, and librarian Babs Gordon needed only to slip into her rubbery black body armor to BE TRANSFORMED into that crime-fighting feminist Batgirl: What better metaphor for the power of fashion to give us STRENGTH BEYOND OUR ORDINARY KEN? Everyone has her version of the Green Lantern's magic ring--that favorite pair of killer boots you don to combat the office Riddler; that one supernatural scarlet dress that, bam!, never fails to KNOCK OUT your latest Clark Kent.

Just in time for the Met Costume Institute's homage to comic-book heroes, designers are delivering A ROUNDHOUSE PUNCH ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
Hip Beverly Hills Boutique Kitson to Launch Charity Auction for Mattel's...
Press release article from: Business Wire May 1, 2006 700+ words
...the new Superman Returns Superman and Lois Lane Dolls, designed and donated by Mattel...event. The Superman Returns Superman and Lois Lane Dolls are each packed in their own box...Routh as Superman and Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane, and each set is accompanied by a certificate...
Lois Lane's Alter Ego // Teri Hatcher Covers The `Superman' Beat
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Lon Grahnke March 2, 1995 700+ words
...suits as aggressive Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane. With low-key partner Clark Kent...frisky image. Days before she landed the Lois Lane role in 1993, she made a big impression...would like to see more consistency with Lois Lane's character. One week she's helpless...
TV's Lois Lane recalls her life with `Superman'
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Debbi Snook January 15, 1987 700+ words
...was the Daily Planet's girl reporter Lois Lane, sidekick to Superman and, one would...wasn't Neill's first brush with the Lois Lane role. From 1948 to 1950, she appeared...but recalls that the romantic peak for Lois Lane in the series was only a dream sequence...
Lois Lane Travel Offers Prize.
Magazine article from: Home Textiles Today July 30, 2007 700+ words
By Staff New York - Lois Lane Travel, located in the lobby in 230 Fifth Avenue, is sponsoring...conjunction with 230 Fifth Avenue, The New York MarketCenter, Lois Lane Travel will have a free drawing during the next N.Y. Home Fashions...
Lois Lane: The first woman of comics.
Newspaper article from: Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX) March 1, 2006 700+ words
...is fitting that I start with the first woman in comics -- Lois Lane. Wonder Woman might have been the first female superhero...first prominent woman in comics. And she was no wallflower. Lois Lane was as tough as they come. She may have gotten a reputation...
Regine Velasquez; does a Lois Lane in 'Captain Barbell'.(Entertainment)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin September 13, 2003 700+ words
...have Regine flying with Bong in their version of a Superman-Lois Lane flight. In the movie, although Im very nice to Enteng because...when Bong Revilla takes her to flight. But thats as far as the Lois Lane act goes. We were witness
Lois Lane incest shocker.(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England) October 27, 1996 700+ words
Superman star Teri Hatcher is set to shock millions of fans by playing a sister who beds her brother. Teri - Lois Lane in the hit TV show - is tipped to star alongside heart- throb Keanu Reeves in the film Devil's Advocate after other actresses...
Flying high: it's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Kate Bosworth, who shoots for...
Magazine article from: W Heyman, Marshall July 1, 2006 700+ words
...tried to persuade director Bryan Singer not to cast her as Lois Lane in this summer's much awaited blockbuster, Superman Returns...Darin biopic, Beyond the Sea, proposed her for the role of Lois Lane. "When I met with Bryan, I was really freaked out because...
For more facts and information, see all results
©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA