Ever wonder about the long white gloves and thigh high boots Emma Frost wears ? There is some basis for the appearance. When Emma was much younger one night she dressed in a naughty white-lace outfit and waited for her lover to appear in a small secluse park. Her lover was late and Emma fell fast asleep on a park bench. She didn't realize that the weather forecast called for extremely cold conditions that evening. She was found by a passer-by unconscious and dying from hypothermia. Her lover never appeared. Emma was hospitalized with severe frost-bite. She lost most of the skin off her arms and legs as a result. Rather than become an amputee, a wealthy friend paid for her to have specialized medical care in the form of artificial skin replacement until she recovered. The skin replacement was a bright white in color and she had to wear it for months while she recovered. It became a recognizable feature of hers almost a part of her personality. She decided to wear white gloves and boots as a reminder of the times.