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Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo.

de Monchaux, Nicholas

Cover of Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo.
Cover of Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo.
Year
2011
By
de Monchaux, Nicholas
Published
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Edition
English. First edition, first printing, softcover, dust jacket.
Shelf
L9
Catalog
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History of the Apollo A7L spacesuit, built by Playtex’s parent company, the International Latex Corporation, from twenty-one hand-sewn and hand-glued fabric layers rather than the rigid, engineered hardsuits competing contractors proposed. Argues that the suit’s soft, garment-based construction, drawing on the company’s bra- and girdle-making expertise, succeeded where more conventionally engineered alternatives failed, and situates it within wider Cold War histories of design, fashion, and the body.

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de Monchaux, Nicholas. Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011. English. First edition, first printing, softcover, dust jacket. The Alustiza Collection, Reference Shelf. https://www.spacecollector.net/reference/spacesuit-fashioning-apollo/