Overview
- Prada publicly revealed the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment on Sunday, describing a body-hugging inner layer with ventilation tubes knitted into the fabric.
- The garment was developed with Houston-based Axiom Space and is designed to connect to a life‑support system and sit beneath Axiom’s AxEMU outer suit for NASA use.
- Prada and Axiom say the LCVG regulates body temperature inside a spacesuit, a key safety function for missions that will face large temperature swings at the lunar south pole.
- Company executives framed the work as both a technical contribution and a branding play to reach affluent customers who may travel to space, while other apparel firms have already formed space partnerships.
- The new inner layer follows Prada’s 2024 outer-suit announcement and comes as the luxury sector recovers from two years of weakness and disrupted travel, leaving open whether peers will adopt similar technical deals.