Fashion Forward: 5th Graders Design Futuristic Galactic Getup
Nick Sudthisa’s fifth and sixth graders are preparing for their school’s first fashion show: Project Runway. All of the finalists created impressive designs, but I would like to personally endorse the galactic getup pictured above. Here’s a bit more information from Mr. Sudthisa:
Our fashion project is about the FUTURE. Jittrin ‘Frank’ Pancharoen and Patcharapol ‘Tle’ Polvanich are both 5th grade students from Bangkok, Thailand. As co-leaders of their design team, ‘The Mighty F&T,’ they decided to tackle the issue of global warming and its affect on everyday fashion. To them, everyone will soon be sportin’ the ‘man on the moon’ look. In order to survive in the future, everyone will have to wear an Ultraviolet Mobile Protective Unit (UVMPU). Users will be able to wear regular civilian clothing underneath the suit. The UVMPU uses highly reflective material as part of its cooling system, is especially designed to be lightweight and can be easily transformed into a convenient carrying bag to be worn as a shoulder strap or a backpack.
In their prototype, they used a plastic shower curtain material to simulate the reflective suit, zippers for pockets and various plastic tubes, located strategically in different areas of the suit, to rid of waste.
Currently, ‘The Mighty F&T’ are working hard on a life-size version for a school fashion show set to take place on October 30, 2009.
Good luck Frank and Patcharapol!
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