--- title: NYFW 2017: Bill Nye the Science Guy Walks Fashion Show Runway description: Bill Nye made his New York Fashion Week debut on the runway for menswear designer Nick Graham, alongside astronaut Buzz Aldrin. canonical: https://time.com/4655918/bill-nye-nyfw-runway-2017/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-31T22:39:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:31.002Z og:title: Bill Nye the Science Guy Just Made His NYFW Runway Debut og:description: He's got style down to a science og:url: https://time.com/4655918/bill-nye-nyfw-runway-2017/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bill Nye the Science Guy Just Made His NYFW Runway Debut twitter:description: He's got style down to a science twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Bill Nye the Science Guy Just Made His Out-of-This-World Debut as a Fashion Model > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 31, 2017 10:39 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 31, 2017 10:39 PM UTC [Bill Nye](http://time.com/4458284/bill-nye-climate-change-bet/)‘s no longer just the science guy. The science educator and beloved television personality made his NYFW runway debut clad in a metallic suit with a rocket print and his signature bow tie for menswear designer Nick Graham, whose latest collection has a space-inspired bent. Graham, who outfitted Nye for the science guru’s [upcoming Netflix show, _Bill Nye Saves the World_](http://time.com/4474277/bill-nye-saves-the-world-netflix/), also cast [iconic astronaut Buzz Aldrin](https://twitter.com/TheRealBuzz/status/826472121278853121?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) for the out-of-this-world presentation. In an interview with [_Vogue_ ](http://www.vogue.com/13527005/fashion-runway-new-york-fashion-week-mens-bill-nye/)about his fashion week experience, Nye confessed that he “would wear a lab coat all day every day if I worked in the right situation.” He also disclosed that he owns about 500 of his famous bow ties. See Bill Nye’s fashion week debut below.  Bill Nye walks the runway at the Nick Graham NYFW Men's F/W '17 show on January 31, 2017 in New York City. 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