Wonder Woman

Robin

Raven

Miss Martian

Green Arrow

Kid Flash

Jason Todd

Impulse

Green Arrow

Black Canary

Here’s what Katrina had to say about these designs:

As you can tell, I love comics and superheroes. At the same time I also love fashion.

I thought wouldn’t it be great if I could go out dressed up like a Superhero but in a not so obvious way where people would ask me: Why are you wearing a cape? What’s the the mask? …Etc. Yes I could simply go out wearing a T-shirt with Batman’s symbol. Don’t get me wrong, I love my superhero tees but why not extend it even further?

I soon started drawing up fashion sketches based off specific Superheroes and Villains with keeping things in mind: Clothes that a person can find in their closet or easily at a store with some to no alterations. When I have trouble finding a type of clothing that could work, I often scour magazines and online clothing stores for items.

I draw these sketches for fun of course, but I also draw these to share with people who also have a love for comics and fashion. The Superhero inspi sketches are for people to refer to just in case they want to closet cosplay as their favorite Superhero for the day. You don’t even have to totally replicate the clothing in the designs. It can simply be referenced, altered, switched, or whatever they like. That’s why I try to mention optional clothing that could also work in case someone doesn’t want to wear a skirt or heels. Most the sketches I draw up are for women. I am a girl after all, it’s a lot easier for me to come up with girl-like fashion sketches haha. But lately I’ve been getting request for guy fashion sketches which I am also more than happy to draw up.

Also, being a comic lover myself, I know how many others feel about them. My other friends would say reading comics are for nerds.
Yeah, so what if comics are for nerds? Nerds are awesome and can be fashionable too you know. It’s fun being fashionably nerdy.

Character: Connor Hawke / Green Arrow
Publisher: DC Comics
Artist: Jemma Salume
Reviewers: P:R Staff
(Larger Version)

Dean: Connor Hawke, son and fellow vigilante archer of Oliver Queen, the original Green Arrow, is looking quite spiffy in Jemma Salume’s redesign. This costume takes cues from Connor’s original G.A. costume, incorporating monkish elements, but going a step further with a nice half cloak and prayer beads. The arrow emblems are styling and the thigh-quiver is cool enough to beat possible impracticality concerns for me. Jemma’s also done a nice job of conveying Connor’s diverse heritage, which is good to see, especially since she’s foregone the usual domino mask. Connor Hawke is his real identity anyway, in my opinion, so there’s no need for masks and codenames. My only suggestion would be giving him long pants or tights rather than the shorts.

Rachel: If we learned anything from the Robin special, it’s that you can’t separate Jemma and the short pants! Back then, I commented on how much I like the way Jemma uses color cues to convey continuity, and I’ll say it here again, as she combines Green Arrow’s classic, well, green with saffron-dyed orange that immediately brings Conner’s monastic background to the forefront. In terms of both his physical heritage and life thus far, Conner is all about the blending of eclectic and diverse traditions, and Jemma has conveyed that beautifully here.

Chris: This is perhaps one of the best ideas for Connor Hawke that I’ve seen. Being a second-generation superhero has a lot of things weighing on a person, and this costume is a tip of the hat to his father while still not be chained to Green Arrow’s hip. The hip arrow quiver could pose some problems, but it’s an interesting visual accoutrement that could work.

Jess: As far as the costume itself goes, I think it’s wonderfully charming and eccentric. I am not that into the shorts here, and I wonder about the practicality of even a half-cape for an archer, but I love the boots, the color palette, and the arrow trailing up his right side. That said, I’m a little hard-put to imagine the character donning this on a whim. Perhaps Mia forced him into it? In which case, you go, girl! In other words, I love the costume and think it suits him, but I need a writer to provide a little narrative explanation of where it came from along with Jemma’s fantastic design.

Vito: I think this is a great combination of Buddhist monk meets Robin Hood. I can’t speak too adeptly on the colors, but I have to point out all the arrows on his costume. I especially like the green one going up his side. I think Jemma is really conscious of these elements when she gets a piece ready for submission…I think she goes out of her way to take all that you know about a character and really bring it to life in the outfit, and that’s what a costume designer on movie sets does.