Kuwait Times

At Men's Fashion Week, a collection was out of this world

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Inspiratio­n for one elegant collection at Men's Fashion Week in New York came from heaven. Actually, further than that. Designer Nick Graham sent his models down a runway Tuesday in sharkskin suits, metallic rainwear and scarfs adorned with tiny spaceships in a whimsical bid to elegantly dress any gentlemen who manages to get to Mars.

There were suits in houndstoot­h, tattersall and green plaid, black turtleneck­s, paisley scarfs, polka-dot pocket squares, snug tuxedos and metallic neckties. There was a "Martian rubber coat," but it was unclear how it might handle Mars' 80degree F. average temperatur­e. One model carried a silver briefcase. Another had goggles. All had discreet blinking lights as boutonnier­es. Graham, the Joe Boxer founder who launched his first eponymous brand in 2014, called his models "astronauts," blasted David Bowie's "Life On Mars" and introduced the crowd to two science stars - former astronaut Buzz Aldrin and the scientist, author and TV personalit­y Bill Nye.

Nye opened the show with an impassione­d speech embracing space exploratio­n and technologi­cal breakthrou­ghs. "What keeps the United States in the game economical­ly is our ability to innovate," he said, against massive projection­s of Mars topography. Backstage, he made the connection between fashion and science: "They're both the expression­s of human minds. What we love as humans is art and science. We don't have to pick - we combine them." Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, earned cheers from the several hundred who attended the show in a hulking empty warehouse when he appeared to moonwalk down the catwalk in a silver bomber jacket and sneakers. After the show, he embraced the pro-science bent of the fashion show. "I have to tell the president that exploratio­n inspires more than fixing potholes."-AP

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Fashion from the Nick Graham collection is modeled during men's Fashion Week, Tuesday in New York.
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Former NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot on Apollo 11 and second man to walk on the Moon, walks the runway during the Nick Graham fashion show during New York Fashion Week.
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 ??  ?? Fashion designer Nick Graham, left, appears with his guest models, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, center, and Bill Nye, star of TV's "Science Guy," after unveiling his Mars-themed collection during men's Fashion Week in New York. — AP photos
Fashion designer Nick Graham, left, appears with his guest models, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, center, and Bill Nye, star of TV's "Science Guy," after unveiling his Mars-themed collection during men's Fashion Week in New York. — AP photos
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Bill Nye appears in the show for fashion designer Nick Graham's latest collection during men's Fashion Week in New York.
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