So close to the beginning of New York Fashion Week (and really the start of Fashion Month when looking at the cumulative calendars of the Big Four) and murmurs of guesswork is abuzz while some of those within the industry may wonder which contemporary events become inspiration.

The recent extraterrestrial happenings may very well be inspiration. Already musical artist Will.i.am debuted a song that was broadcast from Mars and recently we have a panoramic high definition view of a world being explored by an apt named probe called Curiosity. That one of Pedro Loreanco’s prints was observed by Style.com to resemble the Martian landscape was interesting; something many might have initially dismissed or downplayed again holds our rapt attention.

There can be no better diversion from the woes of the world than to see something presented with such clarity as to stir our imaginations of actually being there as opposed to here. And as more images and data come back, and in greater detail, someone is bound to find inspiration in the salmon and granite colours, rocky shadowed textures and barren dryness that fills or computer screens. That is, if someone isn’t doing so already.

Just as the first Mars rover inspired designers such as Stephen Sprouse in the 90s with his 3D prints, or when the voyages to the moon made a huge impact in the 60s, the next generation of frontier exploration taps into our more primal need to explore and conquer unchartered territory. And fashion finds a way to translate our interest through design, be it cut, colour or print.

We won’t know until later this week. So close, yet so far, far away.