Screen-worn Stars and Stripes costumes to celebrate America's 250th Anniversary...

Happy Fourth of July. To pay homage to America's 250th Anniversary I thought I'd search through my costume archives to find some looks inspired by the Stars and Stripes flag. Here are six star-spangled outfits from the big and small screen through the ages.

Sam Wilson Captain America: Brave New World movie costume

First up is the patriotic flight suit worn by Anthony Mackie as 'Sam Wilson' in 2025's Captain America: Brave New World movie and 2021's Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and was photographed at Hollywood's infamous El Capitan Theatre in February 2025.

The high-flying Avenger inherited the shield and uniform when his friend 'Steve Rogers' returned to the past and will next be seen leading a new super team in Avengers: Doomsday.

Steve Rogers Avengers: Endgame movie costumes

Next up are the various star-spangled Captain America uniforms worn by Chris Evans as the time-displaced Steve Rogers in Marvel Studios Avengers movie franchise.

This trio of heroic costumes were captured temporarily on display at the FIDM Museum in Downtown L.A. in February 2020.

John Walker U.S. Agent Thunderbolts movie costume

The third look is the 'U.S. Agent' costume worn by Wyatt Russell as 'John Walker', the disgraced new Captain America from the MCU's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series.

The actor sported this darker Stars and Stripes uniform in the Thunderbolts movie and it was photographed at the El Capitan Theatre in May 2025.

America Chavez movie costume

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Next is the outfit worn by Xochitl Gomez as the multiverse-hopping 'America Chavez' in 2022's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and it was photographed at the El Capitan Theatre in May during the film's theatrical release.

This MCU heroine lives up to her name by sporting this customized patriotic denim jacket, and even the portals she can create to travel to alternate realities are star-shaped.

Lynda Carter's 1970s TV Wonder Woman costume

The next patriotic look is the iconic 'Wonder Woman' costume worn by Lynda Carter in the DC Comics television series that ran from 1975 to 1979.

This classic superheroine costume was captured on display at the Warner Bros. Studios Backlot Tour Museum in June 2016.

Liberty Belle costume from TV's GLOW

And finally, the last red, white and blue costume is worn by Betty Gilpin as her alter-ego, 'Liberty Belle', in Netflix's 1980s-set wrestling dramedy, GLOW (Gorgeous Women of Wrestling).

This screen-worn costume and more were photographed temporarily on display at the FIDM Museum in August 2018.

Now let the hotdogs grill and the fireworks fly!

Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn costume from The Suicide Squad on display...

In director James Gunn's The Suicide Squad from 2021, Margot Robbie reprised her role as the crazy and chaotic 'Harley Quinn'. In the sequel to DC's 2016 Suicide Squad movie, the task force of killers, mercenaries and supervillains head to the South American island nation of Corto Maltese to destroy all traces of the giant alien starfish 'Starro the Conqueror' before it falls into the local government's control led by new dictator, 'Silvio Luna', who wishes to marry Harley.

Harley Quinn costume worn by Margot Robbie

in 2021's The Suicide Squad 

This screen-used torn red dress and javelin prop from the film were photographed on display at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 13, 2025.

Judianna Makovsky is Costume Designer on this anti-hero movie and I previously saw this costume on display at Downtown LA's FIDM Museum, so if you're a fan of the movie be sure to check out these other costumes from The Suicide Squad, including those worn by 'Bloodsport', 'The Polka-Dot Man' and 'Peacemaker'.

Harley Quinn's baseball bat and mallet props

In addition to the javelin that the mannequin was holding, the museum also had Harley's baseball bat from 2016's Suicide Squad movie and her mallet from 2020's Birds of Prey movie on display.

Fans of the character can also take a closer look at Harley Quinn's Suicide Squad costume and her Birds of Prey film costume on display at other exhibitions. 

The Suicide Squad movie poster

Andrew Garfield's movie costume from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on display...

In 2014 Andrew Garfield reprised his role as the web-slinging 'Peter Parker' in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. In this movie sequel Spider-Man faces the supervillain 'Electro' (played by Jamie Foxx) and takes on his childhood friend 'Harry Osborn' aka the 'Green Goblin', with his girlfriend 'Gwen Stacy' (Emma Stone) suffering a tragic fate.

Spider-Man suit worn by Andrew Garfield

in The Amazing Spider-Man 2

This screen-used red and blue costume was photographed on display upside-down at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 13, 2025.

Deborah Lynn Scott is Costume Designer on this movie sequel, inspired by Spidey's classic suit in its first appearance in 1962's Amazing Fantasy #15 comic book when he was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, and the fabrication is done by Ironhead Studio and is made from synthetic fabric and plastic.

Fans of the movie can also check out Emma Stone's Gwen Stacy costume from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on display when the film was released theatrically.

Plus Marvel Comics fans can also take a look at all these other Marvel superhero costumes on display in recent years.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie billboard

Halle Berry's Storm movie costume from X-Men on display...

Last Monday I finally made it to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles and was thrilled by all the screen-used costumes, props, set pieces and more on display there. Being an avid Marvel Comics reader since the 1980s, if I had to say what my favourite discovery there was, the thing that really got my nerdy fanboy heart pounding, it would be Halle Berry's weather-controlling 'Ororo Monroe' aka 'Storm' costume from 2000's X-Men movie. The film really was the start of the modern superhero movie era and saw the telepathic 'Professor Charles Xavier' and his band of former students and super-powered teachers at the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters take on 'Magneto', the Master of Magnetism, and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants on the big screen for the first time.

Storm costume worn by Halle Berry

in X-Men

This iconic screen-worn costume was photographed on display at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 13, 2025.

Louise Mingenbach is Costume Designer on Bryan Singer's film and the superhero outfit is made from vinyl, metal and lamé.

Fans of the X-Men film franchise can also enjoy these X-Men: Apocalypse movie costumes, these X-Men: Dark Phoenix movie costumes and these Deadpool 2 film costumes on display.

You can also check out Louise Mingenbach's designed Superman Returns costume worn by Brandon Routh on display.

If you get a chance, do yourself a favour and go and see Storm's costume up close and in person, it just hits differently.

X-Men movie poster

The Fantastic Four: First Steps Flashback Space Suits on display...

Rather than simply retelling the Fantastic Four's origin story, The Fantastic Four: First Steps movie cleverly uses flashbacks to explain how the family and friends foursome gained their powers and their history on Earth-828, where no other superheroes exist. Super-smart scientist 'Reed Richards' still blames himself for the accident that resulted in their superhuman transformation as the quartet of adventurers face a new threat to the world and their family from outer space with the coming of a female 'Silver Surfer' and the world-devouring, ancient cosmic being, 'Galactus'.

Ben Grimm, Johnny Storm, Reed Richards and Sue Storm

Flashback Space Suits worn by

Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby

in The Fantastic Four: First Steps

These flashback space suits are what the Fantastic Four wear for their infamous space flight which bombarded them with cosmic rays which gave them their super-powers.

These screen-used costumes were photographed temporarily on display at Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre on August 1, 2025.

Alexandra Byrne is Costume Designer on director Matt Shakman's latest MCU entry and you can also see the Fantastic Four's retro flashback costumes and film props on display from the movie.

Fans of space travel can also enjoy these other cinematic spaces suits, including Matt Damon's NASA spacesuit from The Martian, Anne Hathaway's Interstellar spacesuit, Ryan Gosling's First Man spacesuits and Sandra Bullock and George Clooney's spacesuits from Gravity on display.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps movie billboard