Make a Wonder Woman Costume
Wonder Woman is an iconic female superhero, and her costume demonstrates how she is both powerful and alluring. Her costume is also fairly skimpy, so more modest women should be aware that there is only so much one can do to provide extra coverage while maintaining the Wonder Woman image.
Contents
Steps
The Outfit
- Find a tight red top. Wonder Woman's top is traditionally strapless, so if you want to make a more accurate costume, go with a red bustier or red tube top. You should look for one in glossy material, if possible. For a more modest variation, use a red swimsuit or snug red tank top, instead. These options have straps, which will make the costume a little less authentic, but you may feel more comfortable with these options.
- Create a gold emblem for the top. Gold duct tape should suffice for this. There are several designs you could use for the emblem, which you can find photos of online, and they range from elaborate eagle patterns to simple "W" shapes. For something very simple, you could just line the top front edge of your bustier, swimsuit, or tank top with gold tape. For something a little more daring, you could create a double-layer "W" (one "W" inside another "W") with wings or straight horizontal lines coming off the top ends of both "W" shapes.
- Pick between a short blue skirt or blue shorts. The bottom half of the costume is fairly revealing and usually only covers the upper to mid thigh. High-waisted boy shorts work perfectly, but blue gym shorts can work as well. If you want a more modest option, though, you can wear a blue miniskirt, like Wonder Woman used to wear in the old comics.
- Decorate the bottoms with stars. You can use pre-made star stickers, or you can cut your own stars out from white fabric, white tape, or white construction paper. Use fabric glue to adhere the stars to the shorts or skirt, applying them generously.
- Find a pair of red boots. The boots should rise up to the mid-calf at minimum, but knee-high boots work best. If you cannot find a pair of red fashion boots, you can get a pair of white boots from a second-hand store and paint the boots red with spray paint.
- Decorate the boots with white duct tape. The very top of each boot leg should be lined with white. You also need a white stripe down the center of the boot, extending from the top to the toe.
The Accessories
- Find a wide gold belt. If you cannot find a gold belt, you can spray paint a white belt with gold metallic paint or you can cut a simple sash belt out of gold fabric.
- You can leave the belt as a solid band, or you can add a star or the iconic Wonder Woman "W" to the front. Cut the desired shape out of cardboard that has been spray painted with metallic gold paint, and attach the shape to the center front of the belt with craft glue or hot glue.
- Look for gold arm bands. Thick gold bangle bracelets are the simplest way to mimic the look of Wonder Woman's arm bands. In the absence of gold bangles, however, you could wrap strips of gold metallic fabric, glossy gold wrapping paper, or tin foil painted gold around your wrists.
- Create a gold tiara. Wonder Woman has a thick gold tiara with a red star on it. The tiara is worn around the top part of her forehead and, ideally, should have a slight diamond shape in the center front. You can create the tiara by covering a cheap exercise headband or cheap plastic tiara with metallic gold fabric, wrapping paper, or foil.
- Finish off the tiara with a red star. You can either adhere a red star sticker to the front, or you can cut a small red star out of fabric or red duct tape.
- Bring a lasso. For the lasso, you can use a few yards (meters) of plain tan rope. Traditionally, the lasso is yellow in color, so you can also spray paint it yellow or gold if you so desire. As long as it is light in color, though, the rope should work. Tie a simple loop at the end of the rope to mimic the lasso look and hook the rope, wound up, to your belt.
Tips
- Wonder Woman’s make-up does not need to be extravagant, but you should accentuate your lips with bright red lipstick. Other than that, apply enough make-up to make your skin look its smoothest and the make your eyes look dark and alluring.
- Complete the Wonder Woman look by wearing your hair down in long waves. If you do not have black hair, you could use temporary dye to dye it black. If your hair is not long enough or if you do not want to dye it, you can also by a wavy black wig from a party store.
- If you have chosen the most modest options possible but still feel uncomfortable with the amount of skin left exposed, you could also wear nude pantyhose over your legs and beneath the costume. The extra coverage might make you feel a little more relaxed, but the fact that the tights are nude or flesh-colored will not take away from the look of the costume.
Things You’ll Need
- Red bustier, swimsuit, tube top, or tank top
- Blue boy shorts or mini-skirt
- Gold duct tape
- White stickers, duct tape, or fabric
- Hot glue gun or fabric craft glue
- Red knee-high boots
- Red spray paint
- Metallic gold spray paint
- Gold belt
- Cardboard
- Gold fabric
- Gold wrapping paper or foil
- Rope
- Gold bangle bracelets
- Exercise headband or plastic tiara
