Birds of Prey
Birds Of Prey ( And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn)features several of Harley Quinn ’s costumes from the cartoon strip - but while not all of them are risible - based , quite a few of them look like they ’ve been ripped directly from the varlet . In entire , Margot Robbie ’s Harley Quinn wears 13 costumes throughout the DCEU movie , many of which were originally design for the film .
Although costume designer Erin Benach create the majority of Harley ’s 13 looks inBirds of Preyherself , there are a few which come from either the comics , Harley Quinn ’s late appearance on screen inSuicide Squad , or from other pop culture references entirely . If they did n’t fall into one of those categories , then they were the inspiration of Benach ; for example , Harley ’s jacket , which seems to be half made out of caution tape . There are five costumes that are only original creations , not based in any existing medium .
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snort of Preyis chock - full ofEaster ball for rooter of Harley Quinn(and DC Comics in general ) . The amount of nods to Harley Quinn ’s cartoon strip is telling , not least of which is the range of her costumes and equip featured in the movie , thanks to costume designer Benach . Here are all of Harley Quinn ’s costume that were either establish on the comics or from some other pop civilization property .
Harley Quinn’s Rollerblade Costume
Perhaps the costume inBirds of Preymost accurately deplumate from the funnies is Harley ’s roller - girl costume . It was briefly glimpse as Harley rupture around the tumbler pigeon derby caterpillar track take away out opposite result and right . The costume comes almost direct from the cover of 2013’sHarley Quinn # 1 , which artistGreg Hopwood had a fun time conceptualizing . The number ' 92 ' on her jersey reference the year she debuted inBatman : The Animated Series . Costume designer Erin Benach want to include the color scheme to remind everybody " where she came from " .
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Police Station Assault From Injustice
InBirds of Prey , Harley Quinn commits an violation on a GCPD law place so as to rescue Cassandra Cain , who has been arrested with the Bertinelli baseball field in her stomach . sport a long purple coat and wide - brimmed , similarly - colored purple hat , Harley Quinn opens up her getup to reveal a bandoleer of bright colored grenade . This Harley Quinn getup fix its direct influence fromInjustice : Gods Among Us - Year Two # 18 , with art by Mike S. Miller . That series was base upon the popular video game of the same name , Injustice : immortal Among Us .
InInjustice , Superman deign into a totalitarian dictator role after the Joker murders Lois Lane . Batman organizes a resistance against Superman and his dark Justice League ( known as the Regime ) . In theYear Tworun , Harley Quinn joins the immunity and acquit an assault on the Flash with the help of Batman ’s allies , Jim Gordon and Catwoman . She stride up to an assortment of armed guards , revealing a turkey vest hidden behind her long purple coat and broad - brimmed purple hat . The costume scored a huge nod in a like sequence inBirds of Prey , although Harley Quinn ’s concealed weaponry was altered from a bomb to grenades .
Marilyn Monroe
As Black Mask attempts to interrogate Harley Quinn to find the placement of the Bertinelli diamond , he punches her in the human face . In turn , she nods off and call down an opine fantasy rendering of Marilyn Monroe ’s iconic performance of ' Diamonds Are a Girl ’s Best Friend ' . 1953’sGentlemen Prefer Blondessaw the original blonde thunderbolt in a fancy pink gown , although the spirit has been updated for Margot Robbie inBirds of Prey . In the film , Harley Quinn tire out a darker shade of pinko and a pair of pants .
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Harley Quinn was actually pull in in a similar pose to a famous picture of Marilyn Monroe ( taken by Milton H Greene in 1953 ) for a variant cover ofHarley Quinn ’s Villain of the Year#1(drawn by Rudy Ao ) . The comic book uncover that DC fans had voted for the Batman Who Laughs as the DC villain of the year . The cover homage shows Harley Quinn ’s pilus and dress as being completely different to the photograph of Marilyn Monroe ; only the pose is the same . It ’s unclear whether theHarley Quinn ’s Villain of the Yearcover direct impacted the creation of the Marilyn Monroe scene inBirds of Prey , which was a brainchild of screenwriter Christina Hodson .
Harley Quinn’s Classic Costume
In the animated intro toBirds of Prey , Harley devote her backstory , all the way up to her emersion from a vat of half-baked goo at ACE Chemicals . The costume she ’s drawn as wearing is her iconic ruby-red and black court jester outfit , directly from of her first appearance onBatman : The Animated Seriesback in 1992 . Sadly , viewers do n’t see Robbie sporting thereal - life story jester costume , like they did inSuicide Squad . The costume may make an appearing in Harley Quinn ’s next cinematic appearance in James Gunn ’s 2021 motion picture , The Suicide Squad .
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The Suicide Squad Outfit
As the coming ofBirds of Preydraws near , the assembled Birds decide to take a outdoor stage against Black Mask - who hasmany grievances with Harley Quinn- and his speedily encroaching army of strong-armer . In Harley ’s ( and the Joker ’s ) previous hideout at the Amusement Mile park , they dig around in her older weapon and costume cache for appropriate ' hardware ' to take on the bad guys . Renee Montoya draw out her’Daddy ’s Little Monster ' golf tee fromSuicide Squad , to which Harley reply " Oh , no , no , no . hokey value . assay this ! " , handing her a black & red bulletproof corset instead ( reminiscent of her iconic Margaret Court jester costume ) .
Harley Quinn’s Blazer
As Harley Quinn rides into the sunset with new apprentice , Cassandra Cain , she sports a very kitsch blazer , adorned with all form of tailor - on bandage . Given pride of space on each breast of the jacket are two baseball game bats . While the blazer is n’t specific to any amusing book appearance , the baseball bat temporary hookup are a bragging nod to Harley ’s arm of pick inSuicide Squadand several of her appearance in DC mirthful Quran .
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Other patch find on the jacket admit frosted roses , chains connect by padlock , and two tumid hired hand giving the finger from each limb . The inspiration for those are n’t as clear as the baseball bats . The flames on the shoulder are said by Benach to have been placed for incorporate Harley Quinn ’s obsession with blowing things up or adjust them on fire . Harley Quinn ’s tumbler pigeon plug hat squad in the film are actually named the Gotham City Flames , so the blazer does double - tariff as a reference to them .
Harley Quinn’s Gold Jumpsuit
While Harley Quinn ’s iconic gold jumpsuit inBirds of Preyisn’t from any particular funny book originally , Erin Benach toldInsiderthat a few different colors were attempted . These alternative colour include ruby and black , thecolors of Harley Quinn ’s favorite costumefrom the comic book source stuff . However , the gold jump suit worked best under the lighting favored by the output , so they finally ditched the red and black . Fans will soon be seeingHarley Quinn return to her prefer color redwith her upcoming coming into court inThe Suicide Squad .
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