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Dressing for the final frontier

08 Sep '25
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Dressing for the final frontier
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Insights

  • Private companies are reshaping space travel.
  • Prada's mastery of advanced fabrics and precision sewing inform tomorrow's spacesuit.
  • It reflects a shift towards cross-industry collaboration, proving innovation in space is still stitched from textiles.
  • Kevlar and Nomex became icons of astronaut safety in the 1960s, protecting crews from micrometeorites, fire and atmospheric extremes.

Fast forward to today and the story of the spacesuit is entering a bold new chapter. Private companies—led by figures like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Richard Branson—are reshaping space travel and with them comes a wave of collaborations few would have predicted. The most striking example is a NASA mission to the Moon equipped with a spacesuit co-designed by a luxury fashion brand.

Style and substance

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