In the US Coast Guard (I was a PO3), if you were on the ship working (or on base working), you were in uniform. Usually for us (a buoy tender/ice breaker), it was usually the dark blue "work uniform" with ballcap.Any of you military/Navy people want to weigh in on this? What’s the dress policy for general duty, off-duty hours, shore leave, et cetera?
Gym togs would be considered uniforms, much like our P.T. gear in the USCG. Plus, Kirk's had a logo on it, IIRC (I could be wrong.).Kirk was in gym togs once, and he lost his shirt a lot. So did Spock, once. And there were lots of coveralls in TOS.
One base now as most of McChord's functions moved to Fort Lewis. BDUs was the uniform of my era they are gone now replaced by ACUs and ABUs.In southern Tacoma, near the combined Air Force/Army base (bases?), it very common to see men and women in BDU uniform, at gas stations, grocery stores, casual restaurants, movie theaters, etc. going about their business.
Even in Seattle, some distance away, it not too uncommon.
![]()
Yet in the episode when Kim falls in love with the 'hologram', Paris tells the computer exactly what he wants Kim to wear without checking for replicator rations or being told he can't, etc.Voyager's crew had a legitimate excuse. They had replicator rations.
I second that!Or naked rampages for that matter.
Holodeck attire can be holographic until the replicators get repaired; e.g. Captain Proton is from the later seasons when there no longer was scarcity. Seven got her three pieces of clothing after the ship had re-achieved full operational status, too.
I think most of the budget would be spent on AOTW. I doubt the creators gave any thought to an in-universe reason beyond they're in the military.I don't buy the wardrobe budget as the excuse for lack of civilian clothing.
All TV shows have wardrobe budgets and we don't see tons of shows with the characters wearing the same outfits all the time. In most every other show, the characters change clothes like, you know, real people.
I can't believe ST's wardrobe budget was so much less than other shows that they couldn't afford more than one outfit per actor.
Plus, ST has a long history of adapting current off-the-shelf product to serve as 24th stuff. Not every piece of 24th century clothing has to be specially-designed futuristic garb. I'm sure some modern-day clothing could be used as ST civilian clothing, as seen in some of the photos posted here already.
No, I can't believe it was a production budget reason.
Gotta be some in-universe reason, which is even harder to justify when there are replicators.
The impression I had is that Neelix's clothing were on his ship when he came aboard. Certainly they were similar in cut and style to the clothing of other Talaxians we saw in the show.It also never stopped the likes of Neelix, Kes or Seven from having a varied wardrobe.
We use essential cookies to make this site work, and optional cookies to enhance your experience.