Poll Favorite Star Trek uniforms

[Nerys Myk]

We have to assume that "professional" dress for women in the 2260s meant short skorts.

 

[FormerLurker]

Oh, and not "everyone" wore go-go boots then and certainly not as part of professional business attire, as the female crew is supposed to be: professional women in work clothes. What they wore was more like what a female college student might have worn to a party and wouldn't have been considered professional business attire even then. Nor would an outfit so short that you couldn't easily bend over without flashing someone be considered practical attire to work in. For off duty, for a party, perhaps, but for work, no.

They did in Starfleet, which is the subject at hand. It was de rigeur for all personnel to wear calf-length or higher boots as part of both their standard-duty and their dress uniforms, at least on TOS. That was the professional attire of all STARFLEET personnel. I don't think I can spell it out any plainer.

Midi length was mid calf - I know, I was alive then. Women of that time who worked in offices didn't wear skirts as short as the Trek uniforms, which barely covered the rear ends and were more like long shirts than dresses. A stylish business attire length would have been about three inches above the knee. Women in the armed forces would have worn just about knee length.

I was alive in the '60s too. What's more, I've read up on fashion over the years, and know the difference. As far as skirt length, in the '60s midi was always just above the knee. Mid-thigh and higher was mini. Anything longer than knee-length was a standard full skirt, and today still is. Definitions may have changed since, but that was what they were then, and the Starfleet uniform skorts were between midi and long-mini. Except Uhura's. Nichelle Nichols wanted an extra short one, and got it.

 

[Six of Twelve]

Midi was calf length. Maxi was ankle length. Mini was well above the knee. Knee length skirts had no particular name. I got a midi raincoat circa 1970 that was calf length. You are mistaken in reference to midi length.

 

[Thot Tnak]

Under ST Uniforms, Ambiguous there is a ref to the Bonaventure crew on Elsia showing a supposed female crew member wearing a white uniform with blue collar and Starfleet logo patch over left breast.

Is this the original idea for Starfleet uniforms or just a guess as Bonaventure was lost? I'm assuming the female on the Elysian Council was supposed to be a survivor...?

 

[Thot Tnak]

Also, the pre-ST show "Space Patrol" of the '50s had female crew members with micro-minis depicting the uniforms of the 30th Century!

 

[Vorpal_Blade]

ST II-VI I think the uniforms look sharp and professional without being militaristic.

 

[Thot Tnak]

Also, the pre-ST show "Space Patrol" of the '50s had female crew members with micro-minis depicting the uniforms of the 30th Century!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Space_Patrol_cast_1950.JPG

 

[eobard]

ST II - VI. Looks super "orderly", neat and professional; very "Starfleet." It was a uniform where ANYone looked good!