Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Why does everyone in the gritty used future have a mohawk? Why do all intergalactic militaries look the same? Why is Barbarella wearing a chainmail bikini? Let's take a broad look at the evolution of costume design in science fiction over the past century, discussing how aesthetics can describe our hopes and our fears for the future.

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VIDEO CONTENTS
00:00 - Intro
01:02 - Chapter One, Steampunk
04:59 - Chapter Two, Antiquity as Future
08:17 - Chapter Three, Mid-Century Retrofuturism
09:56 - Chapter Four, Sterile Space
11:47 - Chapter Five, World War Forever
13:33 - Chapter Six, Cyberpunk
15:26 - The Final Chapter, Closing Remarks

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