The existence of replicators makes the logistics of changing uniform styles pretty trivial. I'm sure there are plenty of bored admirals who like to tinker with this sort of thing.I don't understand why Starfleet constantly has to change the uniforms.
I thought Starfleet was an organisation for space exploring and not a fashion house.
As I see it, the TNG uniforms were the best, followed by those in the first seasons of DS9 and Voyager.
Every Chief of Starfleet Operations has their own idea of uniforms.
Why not? It's a post scarcity universe (supposedly, except when it isn't). Manufacturing uniforms isn't difficult.
Evolve it how? Because the AGT/Endgame uniforms were back to the primary color scheme, though a full color tunic rather than the shoulders. What's the next evolution of the uniform? Also, how do uniforms evolve? I mean, TOS went from primary colors to neutral shades with no clear connective tissue.
Yeah, fashion has certain trajectories it follows, but it really doesn't 'evolve' like an organism would. In one decade one thing is fashionable, on another it is something else. An there can be drastic shift, as designers intentionally try to do something new that sets their thing apart. People also get tired of things over time. After a decade of everything being in bright primary colours people have grown tired of that and neutral cool greys and beiges seem fresh.
Same here. I see no reason why that one style would inform the next.
So...they have been a wartime uniform since BEFORE the Dominion war? That would be the oddest retroactive statement to date. We already know the uniforms were established in DS9 before the war began. Why change that up?
Not sure why people are agreeing with your reasoning. That still makes no sense...so then at the time, was the Federation and Starfleet going through some kind of idea that changing to grey is somehow better for wartime? It makes no sense...why would Starfleet officers choose to change their uniforms in times of war? They aren't on the field, they are in starships or starbases...so again, it doesn't make sense to hide the division colors in wartime when the opposing factions ALREADY know about them. The only reason they would 'retcon' the grey uniform idea was for pure commercial reasons, nothing more. Like I said before, they are just trying to gain casual viewers and disregard the actual fans of the show.
