Cosmos couture: designer fashions stylish suits for space tourists.(Up Front)(Orbital Outfitters)

Los Angeles Business Journal | December 18, 2006| | Copyright

WHILE billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson battle to find a way to get people into space affordably, Rick Tumlinson wants to make sure they look good when they get there.

Tumlinson thinks the clunky, off-white spacesuits NASA uses leave a lot to be desired and should be a little more stylish. So the L.A. businessman has joined forces with Hollywood prop designer Chris Gilman, who won an Academy Award for a suit designed for a movie (and whose Global Effects costume and prop design firm was profiled by the Business Journal last year).

The duo have started ...

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