Sunday, March 20, 2011

Wonder Woman Fashion Fail

In a bold attempt to alienate queer audiences, the producers of the new Wonder Woman TV series have given the tit-ular character a hideous make-over.

NBC has promised a less campy version of the female heroine, recasting her as "a vigilante crime fighter in L.A. but also a successful corporate executive and a modern woman trying to balance all the elements of her extraordinary life." So they've dressed her as a hooker.

File this under, what were they thinking.

As a gay man I'm not usually interested in the state of a woman's crotch but, what's up with her crotch? It just looks so... wrong. Like her pants don't fit. Granted it must have been super difficult to stitch together all those metallic blue balloons.

The worst fashion crime here, of course, is the decision to make her cuffs silver. Gold tiara, gold bracelts. It's a rule. Best not to get me started on those boots.

Not to be unkind to Adrianne Palicki, but they producers aren't doing her any favours with this publicity shot. Linda Carter had a strong look. Ms Palicki, not so much. The only asset the NBC seems interested in is her tits. They've hidden her face behind clown make-up and a black rats-nest of teased hair. Give the poor girl a sassy ponytail and you might save this outfit.

Either you embrace the classic (if campy) tits-and-ass crime fighter look or you try something truly new. Whatever that is, it isn't this.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

The Ride on Society6

The Ride (2009) by Matt Taylor

Earlier this week, Threadless directed me to Society6 where I discovered this gem by illustrator Matt Taylor. On Threadless contributers submit designs to be used on t-shirts. At Society6 you can purchase contributing artists designs as prints or stretched canvases or iPhone cases or computer decals etc. I've become obsessed. I have so many prints and photographs and orignal artwork in my house awaiting the framers but now I want to buy more. Lots more. And I don't even have wall space left...