Wonder Woman - Costume

Costume

Wonder Woman's costume has varied from time to time, although almost all of her costume reincarnations have retained the W shaped breastplate, the tiara, the bracelets and her signature stars. At the time of her debut, Wonder Woman sported a red top with a golden eagle emblem, a white belt, a star-spangled blue skirt and red and golden go-go boots. This costume was entirely based on the American flag, as Wonder Woman at that time was purely an American icon. Later in 1942, Wonder Woman's costume received a slight change- the skirt was converted entirely into skin-tight shorts and she wore sandals. While earlier most of her back was exposed, during the imposition of the Comics Code Authority in the mid-1950s, Wonder Woman's costume was rectified to make her back substantially covered to comply with the Authority's rule of minimum exposure. During Mike Sekowsky's run in the late 1960s, Diana surrendered her powers and started using her own skill to fight crime. She then wore a series of jumpsuits as her attire, most popular out of these was a white one. After Sekowsky's run ended in the early 1970s, Diana's roots were reverted back to her old mythological ones and she wore a more modernized version of her original costume, a predecessor to her "bathing suit" costume. Later on in the 1976, her white belt was turned into a yellow one.

After Crisis On Infinite Earths, George Pérez rebooted the character in 1987. She now wore a costume similar to her 1970s one, but now with a larger golden belt. This costume continued until William Messner-Loebs' run had Diana pass on the role of Wonder Woman to Artemis. Now no longer Wonder Woman, Diana sported a new black biker-girl costume designed by artist Mike Deodato Jr.. After John Byrne took over writing and art duties, he redesigned the Wonder Woman costume (Diana was back as Wonder Woman at the end of Loebs' run) and made the emblem join the belt.

Her costume did not receive any prominent change until after Infinite Crisis. Her W shaped eagle emblem was turned into a chest-plate and her belt was also shaped into a W. This costume continued until issue #600. J. Michael Straczynski's run of Wonder Woman's altered timeline changed her costume drastically. Her costume was redesigned by Jim Lee and included a redesigned emblem, a golden and red top, black pants and a later discontinued blue-black jacket.

Another costume change came after DC Comics relaunched its entire line of publications dubbed The New 52. Her original swim-suit costume was restored, although the colours had changed from red and blue to red and black. Her chest-plate, belt and tiara had also changed from gold to silver (in fact, only the Lasso of Truth remained golden). She also wears many accessories such as arm and neck jewellery. The design previously included black pants, but they were removed and the swimsuit look was restored during the time of publication. This is Diana's current costume.