The waterproof, swimming, diving, blue, hooded bodysuit
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Wonder Woman
jeffyoung1 — 13 years ago(January 11, 2013 08:18 PM)
Wonder Woman sometimes used a specialized costume. One was a waterproof, swimming, blue hooded bodysuit. Does anyone know just what kind of material was it made from?
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jeffyoung1 — 13 years ago(March 30, 2013 09:59 AM)
Yes, male fans all knew that was Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman's best-looking super heroine costume. It's too bad there were no poster photos taken of it. And unfortunately as far as I know there were no still photos taken of her wearing the suit also. Lynda Carter demonstrated that she was fully all-woman when she wore it.
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stevenbyczek — 13 years ago(March 30, 2013 02:54 PM)
I used to have a photo of her in that particular suit. It was featured in this book:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/starlog-photo-guidebook-TV-EPISODE-GUIDES-VO LUME-1-printed-1981-new-york-/160960754072?nma=true&si=yBV%252FNXk qTWo3cOd8XYNCOwN0MBQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p20 47675.l2557
I did some downsizing last summer and most of my old books were donated (including this one). Linda did look great in the suit. Isn't it amazing that back in the 70's her figure was considered "average", but by today's standards she would be considered overweight?
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stevenbyczek — 13 years ago(March 30, 2013 10:02 PM)
I hear ya (re: Linda's body). What I was trying to say is "back in the day", she was heavier than your typical anorexic "supermodel" type from the current scene.
Yes, I regret not scanning the photo.
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lukejbarnett2002 — 9 years ago(October 08, 2016 03:41 PM)
oh, looking through those covers gave me such a comforting, nostalgic feeling. the kind of feeling I get when watching an old '80s Friday the 13th film. everything felt so comforting and so good back in the '80s and '70s.
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cluvonj — 12 years ago(July 27, 2013 03:27 AM)
Here are some various photos I came across.
Diving Suit
http://bmj2k.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/wonder-woman-w03.jpg?w=490
http://cdn.andertoons.com/cartoon-blog/2011/10/wonder-woman-water.png
http://www.oocities.org/pippl361/12.jpg
http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/24/4893a256161b519e8d7e56c f71976b4d/l.jpg
https://classes.lt.unt.edu/Summer_10W_2010/LTEC_3260_020/swe0011/assig n_3/ww-swimmer.jpg
The Motorcyle outfit
http://www.oocities.org/pippl361/34.jpg
http://bmj2k.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/279423381_c9facfe079.jpg
http://www.chud.com/articles/content_images/17/RetroWonderWoman2.jpg
This is just an artistic take someone did that seems to emphasize more.
http://www.drmenlo.com/imagio/fotographia/wonderwoman.wetsuit.2.jpg -
Tresix — 12 years ago(December 28, 2013 03:21 PM)
Wasn't there another outfit she wore in the episode with Roy Rogers? It seemed that Rogers didn't approve of Carter showing that much skin, so they designed a less revealing costume for the ep.
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dpcole7 — 10 years ago(September 27, 2015 09:43 AM)
Her facial expression in the first diving suit (and the artistic take revamp) make me wonder if she wanted to be in that photo or even wear the suit - it does leave little to the imagination, and being in the late-1970s where all the networks wanted "jiggle factor" isn't it true that Pam Dawber refused to wear revealing outfits or jiggle for "Mork and Mindy" (and rightly so, it was exploitative)?
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grendelkhan — 11 years ago(June 29, 2014 10:16 AM)
Based on the picture links, it looks like neoprene, which is used to make wetsuits. The hood looks more like nylon, but the bodysuit looks like neoprene. It could also be padded nylon, like a bathing suit, but it looks more like neprene, to me.
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Oddly-Even — 11 years ago(June 30, 2014 02:25 PM)
Question about the suit used to ride the motorbike. What was the point in it? She is Wonder Woman. Isn't she supposed to be able to run fast and catch up with whoever she is chasing? Why would she need to hop on a motorbike?
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Jimmy-128 — 11 years ago(June 30, 2014 07:59 PM)
In story, there was no point. You're right: Wonder Woman should be able to outrun a motorcycle. Out of story, however, Lynda Carter can't, and I guess they had no way of simulating her "outrunning" a moving vehicle (I don't remember if Steve Austin or Jamie Sommers ever did, either).
