How to get a name into the press that is relevant not until 2009? Create a strange but cool fashion show! Rocketplane Kistler is one of the (US) companies that plans to offer space tours for the usual tourist. That is the reason why they asked students to create a special space fashion. The results were presented in Japan:

The show featured models dressed in clothes designed for travel in weightless conditions. Some of the show's participants included a group of Japanese fashion designers who took part in the Hyper Space Couture Design Contest.

The clothes employed special designs suited for zero gravity, such as ruffles that expand under weightless conditions or small air-jet propulsion systems in the sleeves, which help the astronaut change direction while floating.

(such a pitty that I found no pictures yet...)

Via All Headline News

Picture via Space Service International