Milan, October 2026. OVER VIEW opened its first edition on 24 September 2026 at Palazzo Lombardia, home of the Lombardy Region government. Conceived and organised by Switch Style Italy, the evening brought together around a hundred invited guests from fashion, technology, startups, digital and the press, high above the Milan skyline in the Sala Silvio Berlusconi.

The idea behind the event was simple and ambitious: put the technical textiles of fashion, the engineering of human spaceflight and the food of space missions in one room, and let them talk to each other.

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From the 39th floor to low Earth orbit

The evening opened with a welcome from Debora Massari. The stage then went to some of the key voices of the Italian space and innovation ecosystem, among them Fabio Massimo Grimaldi, President of ALTEC, and Silvano Burloni, President of Switch Style Italy, together with speakers from D-Orbit, REA Space, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and D-house laboratorio urbano.

The fashion show followed, with three creative visions of what we might wear beyond the atmosphere:

• REA Space, the Apulian startup designing wearables and protective systems for humans in space, presented its spacesuit prototypes;
• D-house laboratorio urbano, the Milan innovation hub working at the intersection of fashion, technology and responsible production;
• Idriss Guelai Atelier, the Florence-based jewellery atelier.

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Throughout the evening guests moved between VR stations, a real spacesuit on display, freeze-dried space food and molecular cocktails, before the closing immersive show of holograms and lasers.

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Somaspace's role

Somaspace took part in OVER VIEW as main partner and supporter, working alongside Switch Style Italy on:

• organisation, helping shape the format and bring together the voices from the space sector;
• creative direction, defining the visual identity and the narrative of the evening;
• production of communication materials, from the digital and printed assets to the guest experience on site.

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Why we were there

Space is still too often seen from a distance: a world of acronyms, launch windows and closed rooms. We believe it should become more open and more readable for everyone. Technology transfer is one of the bridges that makes this possible, because the materials, systems and ideas born for orbit end up in the clothes we wear, the food we eat and the cities we live in.

OVER VIEW was a chance to build that bridge in person, and to let people who work in space and people who have only looked up at it meet in the same room.

"Every astronaut talks about the same moment: seeing the Earth from above and realising there are no borders. We wanted to give a small piece of that feeling to people who will never wear a spacesuit. Space shouldn't belong only to those who build it. It belongs to everyone who looks up, and our job is to open the door and make the conversation possible." Michele Rosari, Founder & CEO, Somaspace

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Thank you

A sincere thank you to Switch Style Italy for imagining and organising OVER VIEW and for inviting us to be part of it, to Paolo Nespoli for sharing his story, to the brands on the runway and to every partner and guest who joined us on the 39th floor.

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Relive the evening: watch the event recap on spaceoverview.it.

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