What Will We Wear?

By Michele Orecklin and Stacy Perman

For fashion designers, the idea of the future usually extends only as far as next season. But when TIME asked a coterie of top designers to look a bit further, one thing became clear: our closets will not be stocked with unflattering space suits. Instead we'll see (mostly) sensible clothes featuring fabrics of greater comfort and adaptability--happy news for those who don't look good in silver