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Superheroes
fashion and fantasy
By Koda, Harold & Bolton, Andrew & Chabon, Michael
- ISBN
- 978-0-30013-670-8
- Publisher
- New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; c2008.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on September 15, 2008
Superheroes rely on fashion to back them up-morphing from street clothes to extraordinary, body-clinging gear, wearing capes that allow them to fly, sporting masks that conceal their true identity. Fashion, in turn, relies on the promise of superheroes, that we will experience the same transformative, even erotic power when we put on an item of clothing. Fantasy, the key word in this ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
