I’m so glad that this question was plural because there are SO MANY costume choices in this film that tore my soul directly from my body. I still wake up nights thinking about this stuff. I am more bisexual than ever thank you Zack.
My first favorite is due to a large bias toward Clark, I’ll admit, but I really really love what they did with Clark here. Traditionally, Clark blends well with the rest of the office in terms of clothes in a monochromatic dress button down and blazer, but sending Clark to the office in what’s basically a flannel with a tie on top is a stroke of genius. Look at him, he’s so out of place, he’s such a freaking dork. I will always bitch about the hair because curly haired Clark Kent would have been past perfection, but wardrobe did an amazing job here. How are these choices so flattering and atrocious at the same time? I love him as pictured above, jacket off, tie on, stuffy as hell, the nerd of my dreams.
Bless. Bless this goddamn dress. This dress has ruined my life for good. In the DCEU, Lois has a sort of “uniform” too, her dress shirt and vest combo with skirts of different lengths might as well be her superhero getup, and I love that look, it looks smart and right on her, and when Adams is acting her face off I’m honestly rarely even looking at her clothes; but this dress. Wow. It’s daring for the office, it’s sexy as hell while still looking comfortable and I’m literally never seeing anything else when she’s walking through the frame.
Everything that Diana wears is a hit, down to the leather jacket she wears while she’s getting on a plane. One of my favorite things they did with Diana in this film is firmly establish her as a woman of fashion. She takes risks with her wardrobe and feels confident in a variety of styles; she also always seems to have a sort of weapon incoporated into her outfits- metal collars, sharp earrings- to remind you that she’s formidable. This is such a cool way to put information on the screen. But in terms of personal preference, that last outfit, the white jacket wins for me. They really turned up the gay here, my girlfriend and I both did double takes and then adjusted our position. I’m not sure what it is, really,maybe it’s the repurposed men’s wear, the shoulders, or the necklace that looks like weaponry, but if anything in this film is the queer female gaze it’s this outfit.
So we all know Bruce entered the film like this, cute frazzled heroic Bruce Wayne as hell, and this is the point where most of us were like “BATMAN’S HERE,” and some of us were like, “FATHER,” but I want to propose another frontrunner:
This outfit goddamn changed me. Like the words “sugar daddy” have never really meant anything to me before but he walks on screen in this luscious goddamn vest and suddenly I’m Lana Del Rey laying on top of the batmobile pouring champagne in my cleavage. Like, damn. I don’t want to get it, batdaddy fandom, but I gotta say, I GET it. I am TORN up about how hot I am for this wardrobe. These shirts are so soft, so well-tailored, so extravagantly Bruce Wayne. Obviously he’s Bruce Wayne and this is all in character, but consider that we’ve never REALLY seen him get dolled up like this before. Consider the fact that a lot of these decisions are being made presumably with people who are attracted to men in mind.
So there’s a very long answer through a very queer lense. I don’t know if you were looking for a thirst post, anon, but that’s what you got.