Batgirl (1966)

"We who enforce the law would gladly give our lives for it."

Batgirl

Batman (1966)

Made by: Licensed costume

Appeared: New York Comic Con 2015

Status: Active

Running around as Batgirl is an *awful* lot of fun. When Patti and Steph and I were discussing my flying out to Denver Comic Con, we were thinking of doing the Wonder Woman + Supergirl + Batgirl trio again. But I really didn't like my old costume--as I mention on that page, it's too short for me (and that's an accomplishment, seeing as how I'm only 5 foot 4), it's the wrong color, it comes with gauntlets but no gloves. These are all things I was willing to put up with, until Rubies released a "Grand Heritage" edition of the same costume, which is *exponentially* better, but was also much more expensive. However, just as we were mulling over DCC, I looked it up on Amazon on a whim, and wonder of wonders! It was on sale for HALF PRICE! You don't get much better than that, so I jumped on it. Sadly, DCC fell through for me, so I decided to make this my Saturday costume for NYCC that year.

The costume is great, although the hook-and-eye for the cape broke before I even got to my train station, so I had to jury rig something when I got to the con. I didn't need a wig because the red hair is actually attached to the cowl, which (as you can see) looks better than you'd think it would. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on having shoes custom made, especially after getting such a good deal on the costume, so after reading some of the comments in the Amazon reviews, I searched for purple ankle boots on eBay and found a great pair of plum suede boots with a 3" heel that are actually pretty comfortable. Honestly, for once the hardest part of this costume was the makeup for me; the winged eyeliner is so exaggerated (being from the 60's and all), and I never did get the hang of false eyelashes. Maybe next time.

Photos

Photo by Nes
Photo by Giovanni

Photo by Pete's Basement

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Photo by Penny Dreadful

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Photo by Jim Vowles Jr.

 

Photo by Jason Laboy

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CGs and Fanart

 

Digital Portrait by
Mike Brennan Art and Design

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