This distinctive and colorful mod-style dress was created for the 1965 third season of Lost in Space, where Angela Cartwright wore it as Penny Robinson.

Costumes for the series were designed by the art director Paul Zastupnevich, and executed by Western Costume Co.

For regular costumes used in all three seasons, Zastupnevich chose velour for the tunics, while the pants were made of a stretch fabric called “Elastique” which allowed the actors considerable movement for running and stunts.

In a Starlog interview, Paul Zastupnevich said:

“I used primary colors in the early days of Lost in Space because I knew it would be a show for kids, and they love color. I wanted each individual to have their own color, so you could instantly tell who they were from a distance. I tailored the hues to the characters because certain colors make you feel good, while others make you feel threatened.”

Zastupnevich even had spacey names for the colors he chose, such as “meteor red,” “comet green,” “solar yellow,” “asteroid green,” “orbital purple,” and “jet pink.”

Most of the colorful costumes from the show have made their way to auction and are now in the hands of private collectors. This piece, however, was likely to have still been hanging on a rack at a costume house because it was pulled for use on Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla Presley in the 2023 film Priscilla.

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