2nd place in Derby #178 Mid-Century Modern Design , with 579 votes!

Bubble-helmets aside, we’re not sure these spacesuits afford sufficient protection. Sure, these astro-vixens’ gams are lookin’ shapely right now, but check again in a few seconds, when the absence of atmospheric pressure has their flesh swelling up to twice its normal size. Then there’s the temperature to consider. And the radiation. And micrometeoroids. This get-up just seems ill-considered all the way around.

Don’t get us wrong: We’re in favor of sartorial form trumping function once in a while. Otherwise everyone would wear sweatsuits and coveralls all the time, and that’s not a world in which we want to live. People should take some pride in their appearances.

But if there’s ever a time to wear something frumpy and practical, it’s in the cold, dark, airless void of space.

Wear this shirt: around your swingin’ launch pad.

Don’t wear this shirt: outside Earth’s protective atmosphere.

This shirt tells the world: “That’s why it’s not called a GUY-axay.”

We call this color: Groovy Navy

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