DC Super Hero Girls Teaches Practicality in Superhero Fashions

Teresa Jusino

Published: Dec 17, 2015 01:00 pm

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You’re not the only one who thinks about the practicality of female superhero costumes. In the latest DC Super Hero Girls short, “Designing Desaster,” Wonder Woman learns that designing superhero couture should be as much about function as it is about form.

In this clip from Comic Book Resources, we what happens when Super Hero High faculty member, Crazy Quilt, assigns students to design their own superhero costume:

Yeah, Wondy – there’s a reason why older versions of you never had a cape. Spoiler alert!

What say all of you? Cape, or no cape? And what would it take to be able to wear a functional, yet stylish cape? Inquiring minds wanna know!

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Teresa Jusino

Teresa Jusino (she/her) is a native New Yorker and a proud Puerto Rican, Jewish, bisexual woman with ADHD. She's been writing professionally since 2010 and was a former TMS assistant editor from 2015-18. Now, she's back as a contributing writer. When not writing about pop culture, she's writing screenplays and is the creator of your future favorite genre show. Teresa lives in L.A. with her brilliant wife. Her other great loves include: Star Trek, The Last of Us, anything by Brian K. Vaughan, and her Level 5 android Paladin named Lal.