In 2025, the crew of Artemis III will be completely dripped out due to a collaboration between Axiom Space and famed Italian luxury brand Prada.
In a press release from Axiom Space last Wednesday, it was revealed that the company will work with Prada when it comes to creating designs that will protect the Artemis III crew against the distinctive environment of the moon.
In a press release, Axiom Space CEO Michael Suffredini said:
“Prada’s technical expertise with raw materials, manufacturing techniques, and innovative design concepts will bring advanced technologies instrumental in ensuring not only the comfort of astronauts on the lunar surface, but also the much-needed human factors considerations absent from legacy spacesuits,”
With the announcement of the Italian fashion giants partaking in the design of the spacesuits, many are starting to give their predictions on what they may look like.
USC fashion enthusiast Garth Ragsdale defintely put some thought into a concept for the suits.
Garth Ragsdale: If I had to envision some type of like space astronaut suit developed by Prada, I’m probably going from like, I’m looking at like some type of monogram flashy silver. I’m not really too sure they might even like throw some different suits in there. A gold in there, a black suit. I’m interested to see what it’ll look like, but yeah, no, I think it’ll be very flashy and I’m curious to see how extraterrestrial beings will deal with our presence there.
With NASA and Prada being the firsts to collab in this type of manner, it might be the start of a new trend where companies with different ideologies come together for the sake of fashion.
Co-president of the fashion industry association Simone Brown had an interesting take on the possible trend.
Simone Brown: I think that’s entirely possible, especially because there are other brands like Adidas or Nike, which aren’t necessarily big houses, but other bigger well-known brands that have kind of moved into the field of designing sports clothes or you might see like racing jackets or any of those kinds of things that are made for functionality in sport, that are now made by designer brands and fashion brands. So I think that could definitely be a movement there.
Who knows what is next? Although unconfirmed, we may go full boujee and see Louis Vuitton designed space helmets and Gucci space slides in future NASA missions.
One person you will not be catching in Gucci space slides is USC basketball player Isaiah Collier.
Isaiah Collier: Nah, I ain’t a fan of no slides in the space. Nah nah. Gotta keep the shoes for sure.
Whatever does end up happening, one thing is for sure. NASA astronaut’s drip game will be astronomical.