Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery: Liz Hurley and Mimi Rogers appear in black leather catsuits in a tribute to Emma Peel.It consists of a red-and-blue lycra complete with spider-motif. In both versions, Peter Parker designs and makes the spider-suit himself after gaining his spider-abilities. The Amazing Spider-Man duology & Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy: portrayed by Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire, respectively.
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Artificial Intelligence: Ashley Scott plays android Gigolo Jane wearing a tight catsuit. Æon Flux: In both the television series and the 2005 film starring Charlize Theron.Farm: Fletcher got confused with the term "cat-burglar" and got dressed in an actual full-body cat-costume instead of the usual all-black cat-burglar outfit. Notable uses of catsuits or similar full-body garments include: Inness describes catsuits as an iconic garb of female TV and film characters. Action Chicks: New Images of Tough Women in Popular Culture by Sherrie A. The Action Heroine's Handbook describes the catsuit as one of the three options of the first rule of thumb described in the book: "Dress to accentuate your best physical assets".
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Inness in her book Action Chicks, which also included computer games and professional wrestling in that paradigm. Geller described the catsuit as a part of the Hollywood tough chic paradigm in an article published in the journal Frontiers. The trend of leather and vinyl catsuits were identified as an attempt to redefine the gender role of women through films. Ī trend of bodysuits was observed by film reviewer Alan Farrell in his book High Cheekbones, Pouty Lips, Tight Jeans, and a number of occurrences of the garb in films were mentioned - Charlize Theron in Aeon Flux, Milla Jovovich in the fourth and fifth film of the Resident Evil franchise, Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix, Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Kate Beckinsale in Underworld, and Raquel Welch in Fantastic Voyage.
In films like Irma Vep, Les Vampires and Heroic Trio, crime and catsuits are featured together, as well as its major original use in Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief.
The catsuit has been identified as a film-maker's costume of choice for stealth. They are sometimes referred to as " bodysuits", especially in reference to a full-body suit worn by a man (although bodysuit usually refers to a legless garment) catsuit is typically used only in reference to women. Juan-José Moréno ( Fernand Herrmann) confronts Irma Vep ( Musidora) in Les Vampires episode "Hypnotic Eyes".Ĭatsuits are a recurring costume for fictional characters in various media, as well as for entertainers, especially for use in musical performances.