Up, Up, and Away in a Rocket Skirt From Girl In A Whirl

As anyone who reads this blog knows I'm a quite a fan of science fiction, particularly Star Trek.   What I most love about Star Trek, and other mid-century science fiction, is the hopeful optimistic attitude towards science and exploration.   I really feel that in the 1950s and 60s more Americans where excited about Science and optimistic about exploring outer space then are today.  

 Below is an excellent you tube video of one my personal heroes, astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson talking about 1960s NASA and the  importance of investing in NASA:

Personally, as someone who is fascinated by Science, and by space exploration in particular, I think it is very sad that so much enthusiasm, and essential funding, for space travel has been lost.   I truly wish we could recapture some of the hopeful dreaming about the future that Americans in the 1960s experienced through the space program.    

 That spirit is perfectly captured in one of my favorite children's books This is The Way to The Moon by M. Sasek

M. Sasek was a talented illustrator who wrote a series of children's travelogues about major cities such as New York, Rome, London, Venice and others.  

 His books are absolutely dripping with mid-century charm and reading them is like a trip back in time.  My favorite of  his books though is not a traditional travelogue, its a story about Cape Canaveral Florida and America's quest to reach the moon.  Sasek's illustrations perfectly capture atomic age space enthusiasm.  You can really see that he was inspired by actual photos of the time.

When I discovered that Girl In A Whirl, the talented seamstress who made my pug and poodle skirt, made skirts inspired by the works of mid century artists I started thinking about a skirt based on my favorite M. Sasek book.  I sent here a photo of the book and together we came up with the color, deep navy, and the design (a copy of the book's cover).  As you can see its a perfect match

Mr. Tuvok even seemed to like it:

I paired my skirt with my 1950s swell dame blouse, a cardigan I was gifted, a gold lucite box purse, gold re-mix shoes, atomic jewelry from Etsy shop the Alamo Basement and my Star Trek pin that a lovely blog reader sent me.  

I really love the graphic primary colors in the skirt so I added a big stack of my bakelite bangles.  (Im also holding a Star Trek plate just because).

This is such a happy uplifting skirt if fills me with a mid-century enthusiasm to go exploring.  Up, Up, and Away!

Outfit Details:
Skirt-Girl In A Whirl
Blouse-Sell Dame
Cardigan-A Gift
Lucite Box Purse-
Atomic Earrings and Brooch-The Alamo Basement
Star Trek Pin-Blog Reader
Bakeloite 
Shoes-Remix