NEW YORK ¨C Italian fashion house Prada unveiled on Sunday the inner-layer garment set to be worn by NASA astronauts heading to the moon, underscoring the brand¡¯s push to be the first major luxury player to make inroads in the space industry.
The body-hugging suit, created in collaboration with Houston-based space ?infrastructure developer Axiom Space, features ventilation tubes knitted into the garment.
¡°We have really a ?broad spectrum ?of capability and know-how,¡± Lorenzo Bertelli, Prada¡¯s chief marketing officer, said at ?an event at Prada¡¯s Manhattan store, sitting beside a mannequin donning the new Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment.
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