Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy - The Boys in the Hoods: The Costumed Vigilante as Urban Dandy - Part 2 of 5

Learn more about the exhibition: http://www.metmuseum.org/special/superheroes/index.asp This all-day event of lectures and panel discussions, presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy," brings together leading international scholars, critics, and designers to discuss the world of costumes and comics. Themes include the appropriation of the uniform, the adaptation of superhero costumes for the screen, the creation of modern mythologies, and the role of the superhero as metaphor in contemporary society. The Boys in the Hoods: The Costumed Vigilante as Urban Dandy Scott Bukatman, associate professor, Department of Art and Art History, Stanford University