The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute is presenting its "Superheroes" exhibit, which explores how fashion has appropriated and deformed the comic-book costume for its own nefarious ends. Vulture's Dan Kois headed over to the Met to talk about the exhibit with curator Andrew Bolton. Check out our exclusive video interview with Bolton about the Iron Man body, Spider-Man as femme fatale, and what hides behind a mild-mannered curator's glasses. Plus: lightning fight!
Video: Vulture Explores Superhero Fashions at the Met's Costume Institute
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