--- title: Wonder Women Recreate Sword Costume Trick in Selfies PHOTOS description: Fans of the superhero are experimenting with one of her costume looks from the film: carrying a sword cradled between shoulder blades. canonical: https://time.com/4821381/wonder-woman-sword-dress/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-16T15:26:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:34.965Z og:title: Wonder Women Have Their Backs Covered with This Edgy Trick og:description: Fans of the superhero are recreating Wonder Woman's sword hack with selfies og:url: https://time.com/4821381/wonder-woman-sword-dress/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta13b5b7d66bc7901/6988cf530b72e35e2e6ee03b/wonder-woman-4.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Film Review Wonder Woman og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Wonder Women Have Their Backs Covered with This Edgy Trick twitter:description: Fans of the superhero are recreating Wonder Woman's sword hack with selfies twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta13b5b7d66bc7901/6988cf530b72e35e2e6ee03b/wonder-woman-4.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Wonder Woman Superfans Have Their Backs Covered With This Edgy Sword Trick  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 16, 2017 3:26 PM UTC  Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman. Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman.Clay Enos—Warner Bros. Entertainment/AP  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 16, 2017 3:26 PM UTC Aspiring [Wonder Women of the world](http://time.com/4818249/hillary-clinton-wonder-woman/) are taking their cues from one already-iconic scene in Patty Jenkins’ [blockbuster superhero film](http://time.com/4819569/patty-jenkins-wonder-woman-director-interview/) and copying the costuming — with edgy results. In one of [Gal Gadot’s](http://time.com/4792759/gal-gadot-on-wonder-woman-audition-jimmy-fallon/) most notable moments onscreen as the Amazonian princess, she enters a gala equipped only with a stunning blue ball gown and her sword, called God Killer, sheathed expertly in the space between her bare shoulder blades. It’s a dramatic visual, and one that has captivated audiences. It’s also inspired a number of women to test out her sword-carrying technique for themselves, recreating the unusual hold while dressed up in their [_Wonder Woman_ finest.](http://time.com/4814095/wonder-woman-the-mummy-box-office/) Using the #WWGotYourBack hashtag, many are submitting their looks to Twitter, showing that just like Gadot demonstrated, it is indeed possible to be black-tie appropriate _and_ ready for battle at the same time. (Just don’t try sitting down.) > [](https://twitter.com/GeekPride5/status/875710999780671488) > [](https://twitter.com/brandini0808/status/873000144861618178) > [](https://twitter.com/StJoan/status/873940325072605185) > [](https://twitter.com/tiffany12894/status/875070465336905728) > [](https://twitter.com/RPerrinRogers/status/875688384039198721) And it’s not just longswords that are getting tested with this new concealed-carry tactic. Why not a scimitar, a katana, a tomahawk or some regular old kitchen knives? > [](https://twitter.com/awildcelticrose/status/872854833849552896) > [](https://twitter.com/TabulaRasaCos/status/873017738951892992) > [](https://twitter.com/RLClintBarton/status/873743273801732096) > [](https://twitter.com/MzShastaLibra/status/872976438286315521) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4821381/wonder-woman-sword-dress/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4821381/wonder-woman-sword-dress/"},"headline":"Wonder Woman Superfans Have Their Backs Covered With This Edgy Sword Trick","datePublished":"2017-06-16T15:26:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:34.965Z","description":"Fans of the superhero are experimenting with one of her costume looks from the film: carrying a sword cradled between shoulder blades.","url":"https://time.com/4821381/wonder-woman-sword-dress/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","fashion","wonder woman"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta13b5b7d66bc7901/6988cf530b72e35e2e6ee03b/wonder-woman-4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta13b5b7d66bc7901/6988cf530b72e35e2e6ee03b/wonder-woman-4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Film Review Wonder Woman","caption":"Film Review Wonder Woman","creditText":"Clay Enos—Warner Bros. Entertainment/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4821381/wonder-woman-sword-dress/","name":"Wonder Woman Superfans Have Their Backs Covered With This Edgy Sword Trick"}}]}] ```