The Cat is Back

News has it that Angelina Jolie is signing up to be the next Catwoman!

With the recent Batman movie, "The Dark Knight" breaking all kinds of money-making records in Hollywood, it makes sense that the Batman bonanza movie train will keep on going. And since Catwoman is Batman's true love (sorry Batgirl and whoever Katie Holmes and Maggie Gyllenhaal play in the 2 recent movies!), I hope that the next Batman movie will feature Catwoman in all her cat glory. I'm looking forward to it!

For purely selfish reasons, of course.

Catwoman has always been a favorite of mine, and not simply because she's a fashion icon. To me, she represents the ultimate in female power - she knows what she wants, she makes no excuses, she's smart and witty, and she can kick some Bat butt! I remember her from the old Batman comic books and the television series reruns and even as a kid liked her. And like Gwen in the Spidey comics, I cried when she died, despite knowing that - like all cats - she had 8 more lives to go.

I also had the pleasure of dressing up as Catwoman one Halloween. The costume was a blend of the television series Catwoman and the one Michelle Pfieffer played on "Batman Returns," not the Halle Berry version (which deserved the panning if only on the basis of leaving Batman out of the movie). Nothing like a unitard coupled with boots, a mask and a whip for a night of fun! I may do it again this year in her OLD costume (as pictured above thanks to my friend S), since there likely will be a lot of Dark Knights and Jokers going around. The powerful women of fashion need to be represented.