Style Icon: Retro Space Babes

Recently, instead of posting on this blog (yeah I'm bad at this) I've been watching weird movies on Netflix/Hulu in my room. But this has not been for naught, for I have had the privilege of watching Barbarella; a 60's space movie starring Jane Fonda. My eyes have been opened to the ridiculous world of retro space babes, and I will never be the same...
The movie has a very loose plot that I was struggling to follow almost the entire time (and if you watch it you'll also understand how uncomfortable the movie made me) but what I did understand was that Barbarella (the "Queen of the Galaxy") had fantastic wardrobe changes every 30 minutes. I mean really, see for yourself.

I mean, really.

It has a full length tail.

So impractical for space travel, yet so perfect.

This one gets torn up within 2 minutes of screen time.

 

The use of plastic and basically every shiny material known to man in these costumes is superb 

*round of applause* I need the costume designer to come and work for me so I can just be Jane Fonda always.

Another inspirational group of retro space babes are the pirates from outer space in the online comic I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space!!! The title is pretty self-explanatory: five lesbian space pirates kidnap a human and have wild adventures, what fun!!! The uniforms on these girls are wonderful and their hair is even better. 

How could you NOT want to be them?

Technicolor hair? Knee-high boots? RAY GUNS? That sounds like perfection to me...

Also, the comic is beautifully drawn and you should all go read it here.

So because it is not (yet) socially acceptable to dress like this in daily life, I guess I can settle with spending all of my time and effort into making a Halloween costume that replicates one of these costumes perfectly. Now excuse me while I take at least 2 months to make this grueling decision.

If you know of any more old space movies/TV shows/comic/books that showcase beautiful space fashion, lemme know so I can swoon over it.

Love, Bella

*All Barbarella photos are from Google and the I was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space one is from her website