Out of This World

Ground Control to buyers: space as a theme is as hot as a supernova. With the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing coming up, Elon Musk promising SpaceX trips to Mars in the not-too-distant future and reports of possible alien encounters gaining frequency, designers are drawing inspiration from galaxies far, far away. Planetary orbs, stars, quasars, lunar phase diagrams, rockets and astronauts are just some of the space-themed motifs found on boys’ and girls’ playwear, sleepwear and accessories for this fall. A palette rich in futuristic silver, deep space blue, spaceship gray and Mars red completes the mission.