Hollywood costume clothes designer Jose Fernandez has take on a project that ’s truly out of this world . Fernandez is have it away for designing the superhero causa forBatman quintet Superman(2016),The Avengers(2012 ) , andIron Man(2008 ) , as well as incredibly futurist costume forTron : Legacy(2010 ) andJupiter Ascending(2015)—and now , he ’s design the place suits for real astronauts .
SpaceX has yet to unveil its raw blank space suit , butGizmodoreports that founder Elon Musk hired Fernandez to design a fashionable new ensemble for the 21st century . Though Fernandez has finish his design , the company must now reverse - engineer a interlingual rendition that will be fully functional in blank .
Fernandez toldBleepthat he never expect to lick on an actual astronaut suit : “ SpaceX , the caller escape by Elon Musk , touch out to me to ask if I would produce a place courtship . I did n’t experience what SpaceX was and I thought it was a plastic film . Then I realized it ’s an factual quad program . ” Nevertheless , he was lofty to work on the SpaceX space suit with Musk . “ You look heroic in it , ” he explained . “ It ’s an iconic thing be a part of . ”
Musk is n’t the only space CEO concern with style : In January , Virgin Galacticunveiled a contrast of silklike , futuristic space courtship designed for quad tourism in coaction with Adidas ’ fashion brand Y-3 . But Musk seems to be taking knocked out place fashion a step farther . He does n’t just desire to develop a more sleek space suit , he wants his spaceman to see like they ’re stepping straight out of a skill fabrication picture show .
Fernandez told Bleep that he work with Musk for six months to evolve a space wooing that was both iconic and practical . “ [ Musk ] wanted it to look fashionable , ” Fernandez explained . “ He keep enounce , ' Anyone looks good in a tux , no matter what sizing or cast they are , ' and when people put this distance suit on , he wants them to face better than they did without it , like a tux . ”
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