Monday, November 9, 2009

Spacesuits



When jumpsuits jumped from utility to fashion, it was around the 70’s.
“The one-piece gained high visibility during the mid-1960s and 1970s when man took his first steps on the moon wearing a one-piece space suit and it was adopted by performers such as Elvis and worn by characters in movies such as Star Wars.”
http://www.viewonfashion.com/article/119-2431/THE-JUMPSUIT
Above is a photograph of Mercury Project astronauts Gus & Virgil Grissom with suit technician Joe Schmidt on Apollo Mission Photos. The Mercury Missions were the United States first attempt at putting a man into orbit around the earth. The program ran from 1959-1963.

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