space fashion

The Hyper Space Couture Design Contest aims to elicit space tourism fashion ideas.The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Rocketplane Ltd asked designers to work up concepts of ‘space suits’ for the Hyper Space Couture Design Contest, the USA Today reports:

The multi-part competition has been underway for several months, patterned to elicit space tourism fashion ideas. A key rule is that suborbital wear submittals must be functional and scientific — but don’t forget a stylish chic.

“Rocketplane made the fundamental design decision to fly in a true ‘shirtsleeve environment’ very early in the development program,” explained Chuck Lauer, Vice President of Business Development for Rocketplane, based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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