NowPrada is headed therevia a collaborative project with NASA.

Designers fascination (or should that be fashination?)

Their silver-and-white Space Age aesthetic set the template for futurism in fashion.

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Chanel, fall 2017 ready-to-wear

Feel free to explore.

Jennifer Turcios contributed additional image research for this story.

Balenciaga

Mugler, fall 1995 couture

Models wearing Space Age designs by Andre Courreges in 1967.

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Anrealage, fall 2022 ready-to-wear

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Balenciaga, fall 2021 ready-to-wear

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Balenciaga, fall 2021 ready-to-wear

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Kiara Kabukuru, right, in a 3-D print developed by Stephen Sprouse from imagery provided by NASA, for fall 1999.

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Stephen Sprouse, fall 1999 ready-to-wear

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Moncler 5 Craig Green, fall 2018 ready-to-wear

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Moncler 5 Craig Green, fall 2018 ready-to-wear

Jil Sander fall 2023 readytowear

Jil Sander, fall 2023 ready-to-wear

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Chanel, fall 2017 ready-to-wear

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Chanel, fall 2017 ready-to-wear

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Balmain, fall 2021 ready-to-wear

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Chalayan, fall 2017 ready-to-wear

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Alexander McQueen, fall 2003 ready-to-wear

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Féraud, spring 2002 couture

threeASFOUR fall 2023 couture

threeASFOUR, fall 2023 couture

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Chalayan, fall 2007 ready-to-wear

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Undercover, spring 2019 ready-to-wear

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Noir Kei Ninomiya, fall 2022 ready-to-wear

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Givenchy, fall 1999 ready-to-wear

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Jane Fonda in a Paco Rabanne–designed costume forBarbarella,1966.

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Balenciaga

Mugler fall 1995 couture

Mugler, fall 1995 couture

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Models wearing Space Age designs by André Courrèges in 1967.

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Chalayan fall, 2009ready-to-wear

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Chalayan fall, 2009 ready-to-wear

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Iris van Herpen, spring 2011 ready-to-wear

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Schiaparelli, spring 2022 couture

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Rodarte, fall 2014 ready-to-wear

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Vetements, spring 2016 ready-to-wear

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Preen by Thornton Bregazzi, fall 2014 ready-to-wear

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Louis Vuitton, spring 2019 ready-to-wear

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Louis Vuitton, spring 2019 ready-to-wear

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Undercover, spring 2019 ready-to-wear

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Gucci, fall 2017 ready-to-wear

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Givenchy, fall 2023 couture

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Givenchy, spring 2002 couture

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Balmain, spring 2019 ready-to-wear

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Alexander McQueen, spring 1997 ready-to-wear

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Louis Vuitton, resort 2023

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Givenchy, fall 1999 ready-to-wear

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Jean Paul Gaultier, fall 1995 ready-to-wear

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Jean Paul Gaultier, fall 1995 ready-to-wear

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Givenchy, spring 2014 menswear

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Alexander McQueen, fall 2012 ready-to-wear

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Solange in Giles, fall 2015 at the Met gala.

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Balmain, spring 2019 couture

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Alexander McQueen, spring 2010 ready-to-wear

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Iris van Herpen, fall 2019 couture

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Stephen Sprouse, fall 1984 ready-to-wear

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Christopher Kane, resort 2011

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Giorgio Armani, spring 2013 ready-to-wear

Dior Men prefall 2023

Dior Men, pre-fall 2023

Dior Men prefall 2023

Dior Men, pre-fall 2023

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Louis Vuitton, fall 2018 menswear

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Stephen Sprouse, spring 1985 ready-to-wear

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Schiaparelli, spring 2022 couture

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Alexander McQueen, fall 2016 ready-to-wear

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Gucci, fall 2016 ready-to-wear

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Andrew Gn, fall 2020 ready-to-wear

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Alexander McQueen, fall 2007 ready-to-wear

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Christian Dior, fall 2011 couture

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Emilio Pucci, fall 2015 ready-to-wear

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Valentino, pre-fall 2015

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Viktor & Rolf, fall 2019 couture