# Supergirl costume question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2017, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102 "2017-06-16T09:29:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102/1 "2017-06-16T09:29:25Z")
I was watching and I wonder. Would any REAL woman want to fly around in a mini skirt that shows off her underwear? In comic books of course she wears that but her skirt is always down. Not in real life. You would think they would have changed her costume for a live action show. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102/2 "2017-06-16T09:38:02Z")
She doesn’t dress that way to attract men, but to feel good about herself. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102/3 "2017-06-16T10:12:48Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > I was watching and I wonder. Would any REAL woman want to fly around in a mini skirt that shows off her underwear? Would a real woman fly around in a bathing suit? If so, is there any harm if she adds a skirt? ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102/4 "2017-06-16T10:27:10Z")
When I spin a partner in dance class, she is almost \ always wearing underwear that my wife calls dance pants. Supergirl’s dance pants have been briefly (ha! brief) seen in several shots. She’s also wearing panty hose. Sent from my SPH-L720T using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102/5 "2017-06-16T10:59:12Z")
Supergirl’s costume is just a sign of her confidence and says “look all you want, guys, but remember that _all_ of my muscles are super–do the words ‘hydraulic press’ mean anything to you?” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102/6 "2017-06-16T12:26:51Z")
Girl of Steel, Man of Kleenex? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102/7 "2017-06-16T16:53:32Z")
\*[Faith is in Buffy’s body] Spike: You know why I really hate you, Summers? Buffy: [as Faith] 'Cause I’m a stuck-up tight-ass with no sense of fun? Spike: Well… yeah, that covers a lot of it. Buffy: 'Cause I could do anything I want, and instead I choose to pout and whine and feel the burden of Slayerness? I mean, I could be rich. I could be famous. I could have anything. Anyone. Even you, Spike. I could ride you at a gallop until your legs buckled and your eyes rolled up. I’ve got muscles you’ve never even dreamed of. I could squeeze you until you popped like warm champagne and you’d beg me to hurt you just a little bit more. And you know why I don’t? Because it’s wrong. \* That’s just a Slayer. Can you imagine a Kryptonian? ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102/8 "2017-06-16T17:49:41Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Supergirl’s costume is just a sign of her confidence and says “look all you want, guys, but remember that _all_ of my muscles are super–do the words ‘hydraulic press’ mean anything to you?” Keep yer dick in a vise. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102/9 "2017-06-16T17:52:37Z")
As **Waldo** stated, her costume is basically a leotard with a skirt over it. Nothing to see here, people. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102/10 "2017-06-16T18:06:04Z")
Lois Lane dressed in a similar costume as _Superwoman_ as early as 1943: [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/SuperwomanLoisLane.PNG) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/SuperwomanLoisLane.PNG) It’s not really that revealing, as noted. The same logic that posits that Supergirl (or Superwoman) are showing their underwear under their skirts would imply that we’re _always_ looking at Superman’s underwear. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102/11 "2017-06-16T18:12:54Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > I was watching and I wonder. **Would any REAL woman want to fly around in a mini skirt that shows off her underwear?** > > In comic books of course she wears that but her skirt is always down. Not in real life. You would think they would have changed her costume for a live action show. Superman wears _his_ underwear on the outside. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102/12 "2017-06-16T18:15:32Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Lois Lane dressed in a similar costume as _Superwoman_ as early as 1943: > > [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/SuperwomanLoisLane.PNG](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/SuperwomanLoisLane.PNG) > It’s not really that revealing, as noted. The same logic that posits that Supergirl (or Superwoman) are showing their underwear under their skirts would imply that we’re _always_ looking at Superman’s underwear. We are. Superman and Chuck Norris had a fight. The loser had to wear his underwear on the outside of his pants. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102/13 "2017-06-16T18:21:43Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Superman wears _his_ underwear on the outside. This is basically answer, it’s Superman’s costume with a mini skirt on top. She’s more covered than Superman, not less. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102/14 "2017-06-16T18:32:13Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > This is basically answer, it’s Superman’s costume with a mini skirt on top. She’s more covered than Superman, not less. Even more covered, you can tell she has SuperBoobs. With Nips of Steel. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102/15 "2017-06-16T20:25:33Z")
As Superman has said on more then one occasion, they are basically invisible up in the sky because no one thinks to look up unless they have a reason. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102/16 "2017-06-16T21:16:45Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Supergirl’s costume is just a sign of her confidence and says “look all you want, guys, but remember that _all_ of my muscles are super–do the words ‘hydraulic press’ mean anything to you?” See also [My Super ex-Girlfriend.](https://youtu.be/2OK5gPRc_wo?t=53) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102/17 "2017-06-16T21:22:47Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Even more covered, you can tell she has SuperBoobs. With Nips of Steel. Woman of Steel, Bra of Kleenex? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102/18 "2017-06-16T21:25:22Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > As Superman has said on more then one occasion, they are basically invisible up in the sky because no one thinks to look up unless they have a reason. Then why are people always pointing up and shouting “Look! Up in the sky…it’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s a frog…” ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102/19 "2017-06-16T22:51:08Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > I was watching and I wonder. Would any REAL woman want to fly around in a mini skirt that shows off her underwear? You’ve never seen a cheerleader before?