Thursday, May 23, 2013

Space Bras?

Wired:
Back in 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon, they were wearing custom-made suits crafted by people who had previously earned their living making bras and girdles. These very important people who played such a significant role in one of the great moments in history will soon have their story told on a big screen near you.
According to Deadline, Warner Bros. has hired Richard Cordiner to pen an adaptation of Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo, Nicholas de Monchaux’s book about the Playtex design team behind the Apollo outerwear. The book, released in 2011, “tells the story of the 21-layer spacesuit in 21 chapters addressing 21 topics relevant to the suit, the body, and the technology of the 20th century.” It also somehow manages to weave in details about cyborgs, latex, John F. Kennedy’s image, and a little bit of Christian Dior.
Obviously there’s no word yet on when this film could hit theaters, but amid this year’s summer slate of future-dystopia space stories — Oblivion, After Earth — news of a (presumably) happier tale of space exploration would be a welcome respite, especially if it can deliver something for fashion geeks and NASA nerds.
That is a bit of history I didn't realize.

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