Superhero Fashion Awards

[Speedball]

Just for fun, who would win the superhero community's award for best and worst costumes?

Extra credit if you can think up a cool name for the award itself...

I was going to try and put this up as poll, but I would never get the range of suggestions that I would in an open thread...

[freakboy6117]

well it would have to be the Annual GQ/vogue/MTV international superhuman fashion awards brought to you in association with dupont "the science behind the fashion". the award its self is a caped version of the oscar with a genric costume cast into it with the latin equivilent of "kicking butt and looking good doing it"around its feet and would be called the supey pronounced soup e.

[Fireg0lem]

If my high-school Latin serves me right, Pugnans Nitore Penicilli: fighting with elegance of style. I may have goofed though.

[freakboy6117]

oh now thats sounds good

[Speedball]

I seem to remember a guy from Marvel named "Captain Ultra" who, in one issue of the Defenders, someone called "Captain Colorblind" because of the costume. I don't remember exactly what it looked like, but I think he's a contender for 'worst dressed'

[Supreme Serpent]

A while back Marvel put out a magazine-like "Marvel Year in Review" that included a best dressed/worse dressed list from the Wasp, Janet van Dyne. There were several issues of it.

[lemming]

Originally posted by Fireg0lem
If my high-school Latin serves me right, Pugnans Nitore Penicilli: fighting with elegance of style. I may have goofed though.

Hmm, anyone else think "Explosive Antibiotic"? :D

[Lord Mhoram]

Originally posted by Speedball
I seem to remember a guy from Marvel named "Captain Ultra" who, in one issue of the Defenders, someone called "Captain Colorblind" because of the costume. I don't remember exactly what it looked like, but I think he's a contender for 'worst dressed'

Here you go
http://www.patric.net/morpheus/cast/legend/captain_ultra.html

[Crimson Arrow]

Captain Ultra is a spoof character, though. His gaudy costume is, I think, a pastiche of the bright, primary colours used in many super costumes.

One character I wish would get a decent costume if Martian Manhunter. I think he's great, but what's with that trunks, harness, cape and turned down boots combo?

I think Faith has a great costume.

I am also very fond of Zatanna's costume (the stage magician one, not that weird flying squirrel style one). That has nothing to do with fashion though...

[Magmarock]

And what is with Hulk's purple pants?

Talk about contrast!

Mags

[Crimson Arrow]

Originally posted by Magmarock
And what is with Hulk's purple pants?

Talk about contrast!

Mags

Have you ever noticed that green and purple is a villain colour combination, especially in the Marvel Universe?

[Mutant for Hire]

Well, if we're going to go to tacky, you might want to remember the Galactus parody who appeared in JL for a while. The one who thought that Las Vegas was the epitomy of beauty.

[Mutant for Hire]

Of course there is a dark side to all of this:

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/508.html

The pressure, the pressure...

[Blue]

Male Best Dressed: Adam Warlock
Female Best Dressed: Wanda Maximoff

I can just picture the award show. Iron Man showing up in an iron tuxedo. Invisible Girl wears a great dress but nobody gets to see it. Mr. Blackwell mocks Kingpin with his cane as a Snoop Dogg wannabe and subsequently has to be rescued by Daredevil & Spiderman; They in turn are panned by critics. "Red and Blue? Too superman! And that other outfit... was he dressed by a blind man?"

[Lord Liaden]

You would have to give the "Best Cape" award to the Batman. His does the most interesting things visually, and nicely splits the difference between just hanging there (Superman) and being overly busy (Spawn). And you know you can't go wrong with basic black. ;)

[Crimson Arrow]

Originally posted by Lord Liaden
You would have to give the "Best Cape" award to the Batman. His does the most interesting things visually, and nicely splits the difference between just hanging there (Superman) and being overly busy (Spawn). And you know you can't go wrong with basic black. ;)

But, LL honey, where's the imagination? Where's the zing? Where's the va-va-voom? Black is just SOOOO last season. Best leave that to the Marilyn Manson wannabes.

Besides, they gave it to Bats last year and he never showed up to collect it.

I'd go for the slightly kitsch camp of Doctor Stephen Strange's cloak. That beautiful border combined with rich, eldritch red. It sends shivers down my spine!

Er, sorry, I appear to be channeling someone at the moment.

[levi]

The "Most Functional" Award would have to go to...Iron Man of course.

Now if we don't count armored heroes, I would have to say the Unstable Molecular costumes of the Fantastic Four! I mean what other costuming could withstand nova flames, almost a mile of elasticity and still become invisible with the wearer?!?

[Crimson Arrow]

Sounds like we need more categories.

At the moment, we have

Best Dressed
Worst Dressed
Best Use of Cape
Most Functional

How about:

Be Still My Beating...Heart - sexiest outfit (I suppose we'd need both male and female ones)
Brown Suit Award - most terrifying costume
Best Accessory - (weapons count, although the Punisher needn't get his hopes up)
Best Logo or Device - (he stands a better chance here).
Most Fitting Costume - (no, not BEST fitting - that probably comes under "Be Still My Beating...Heart")

I am inclined to give the power armour wearers their own category for Best Armor (better use the US spelling there).

Any others?