GenCon is coming up in less than a month and Blaine Pardoe has put together a list of 35 survival tips for GenCon. To his tips I would add, don't touch the cosplayers. Just as cosplayers should not wear outfits that cause them to bump into other convention attendees, a cosplay outfit is not an invitation to hug or otherwise touch the wearer.
Showing posts with label costumes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label costumes. Show all posts
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Friday, June 14, 2013
Why The Red Trunks?
Caught this interview with Zach Snyder on NPR today and learned something I never knew before: why the red shorts on Superman?
For year's people have joked about Superman wearing his underwear on the outside rather than under the tights, but if Snyder is correct, the design is based on the garb worn by wrestlers and strongmen of the late 19th/early 20th century:
The body suit with contrasting trunks was common attire for strongmen and wrestlers during the area. This makes sense as Jerry Siegal and Joe Shuster would have needed something to base the character design upon and, given that the story positioned Superman as the strongest man in the world, what better costume than that worn during their youth by the men who proclaimed themselves the strongest men in the world?
The body suit with contrasting trunks was common attire for strongmen and wrestlers during the area. This makes sense as Jerry Siegal and Joe Shuster would have needed something to base the character design upon and, given that the story positioned Superman as the strongest man in the world, what better costume than that worn during their youth by the men who proclaimed themselves the strongest men in the world?
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