Cuff love: The new "Wonder Woman" book cover. Courtesy of Rizzoli

She may seem like an unlikely fashion icon, but the new "Wonder Woman" book from Rizzoli finally gives the comic book superheroine her deserved props as a style goddess.

The fashion set may know that Wonder Woman inspired an entire Diane von Furstenberg collection in 2008, the same year the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute picked "superheroes" as the theme of its annual gala.

But you'd have to be a superfan to remember that her alter ego, Diana Prince, ran her own Manhattan mod fashion boutique for two years in the 1970s, an era when DC Comics dropped Wonder Woman's signature eagle-and-stars outfit and dressed her in the trends of the day.

But Wonder Woman has been making controversial fashion choices since her December 1941 debut. The implied bondage elements of her boots, metal wristbands, and golden lasso were all intended by her creator, William Moulton Marston, a psychologist who wrote advice articles for Family Circle magazine and also developed the first lie detector test.

As the book's forward notes: "He had the unconventional notion that women should govern over men, and that only by submitting to loving domination could men truly be happy."

Wonder Woman in all her style-dominating glory. Photos courtesy of Rizzoli

In fact, Wonder Woman's signature wristbands were inspired by the Indian bracelets worn by a Family Circle colleague, Olive Byrne, who lived with Moulton and his wife in a public and amicable menage-a-trois. (Each woman bore him two children, and the whole brood happily posed together for family portraits.)

Of course, the amazing Amazon has inspired more designers than just von Furstenberg. Jean Paul Gaultier created a Wonder Woman sandal, Spring Court did an amazing sneaker, and her influence can be seen in the work of Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Thierry Mugler, Jeremy Scott, and any designer who's ever produced an oversize bangle.

Many people over 30 probably recall actress Lynda Carter uncomfortably adjusting her corset after the familiar Wonder Woman spin during episodes from the 1970s TV series.

But for the true devotee (OK, geek), Princess Diana of Themyscira is as much a style inspiration as a crime fighter.

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