Batman – The Dark Knight

Designed by Director Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale behind the camera, and by Lucious Fox onscreen, the updated Batman costume for The Dark Knight ensured a cooler, darker, and edgier Bat than we had ever seen before. As far as comic book movie costumes went at this time, it was an epic change from movies past. Allowing for more movement by utilizing hundreds of small, individual armor pieces, the suit was worthy of a hero with a large inheritance. The costumes of past never really screamed “I am using all my money to save Gotham”. While someone like Superman, raised on a farm and pretty wholesome, can get away with something simple, someone complicated, reclusive, and, well, rich, like Batman, needs something a little bit more luxe. For the first time, Batman looked both like the millionaire Bruce Wayne is and the badass that Batman can be.