How exactly did the TNG series uniform work???

[Bacl]

Alright, the thought popped into my head: How exactly did Starfleet officers get into their TNG-series-era uniforms? Were these things one-piece jumpsuits? Were the slacks supposed to be seperate from the top?

And if so, was that top worn more like a long-sleeve shirt, or meant to be zipped up in the back?

I just can't imagine Worf zipping himself up in the back every morning.

The later uniforms of DS9 and the TNG-movies made more sense, although they looked darker and less like Star Trek, but I can't for the life of me figure out the TNG series mechanics of these things.

Any insights?

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

The idea was that the fasteners were invisible and it closed in the front, so yeah.

 

[Admiral Shran]

In the episode Ensign Ro, Ro takes her uniform top off and gives it to a Bajoran orphan. So, it's clearly a two piece uniform.

From the camera angels, we never see exactly how she takes it off, but it appears that it fastens from the front somehow.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

^ Wasn't that a later season though?

I think the OP may be referring to the 1st or 2nd season uniforms (I hope), which certainly appeared to be one-piece.

 

[Bacl]

I think the OP may be referring to the 1st or 2nd season uniforms (I hope), which certainly appeared to be one-piece.

Nah, I meant seasons 2-7.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

S2 still had the same ones as S1, I believe. Then S3 changed most of the crew into the ones with the higher collars. There were still some of the S1/S2 ones around though, probably budgetary reasons.

 

[ladyheather69]

Gee, I just thought they transported into them

{I really don't think we were supposed to think about HOW they got into their uniforms---but my 2 cents is that there were probably some sort of 'invisible' zippers or whatever to let them get into them easily}

 

[Keith1701]

In the episode Ensign Ro, Ro takes her uniform top off and gives it to a Bajoran orphan. So, it's clearly a two piece uniform.

From the camera angels, we never see exactly how she takes it off, but it appears that it fastens from the front somehow.

I think it was season 2 that Capt Picard started doing what was then called "the Picard Manoeuvre"

 

[DGCatAniSiri]

Didn't Beverly start unzipping her uniform in 'The Naked Now'?

Oh God, did I really just open that can of worms? I think I did...

 

[FormerLurker]

I think it was season 2 that Capt Picard started doing what was then called "the Picard Manoeuvre"

Oh, no, that started with Encounter at Farpoint. Their uniforms were supposed to look spanking fresh and unwrinkled at all times, so they all did that. Picard just moved around more and had to do it more often, and then we got the episode the name came from.

 

[Nardpuncher]

In the episode Ensign Ro, Ro takes her uniform top off and gives it to a Bajoran orphan. So, it's clearly a two piece uniform.

From the camera angels, we never see exactly how she takes it off, but it appears that it fastens from the front somehow.

Oooh! I wanna see the camera angels!

 

[cultcross]

The costumes had some badly hidden zippers and hook-and-eye fastenings at the back to close up the jackets, but I think we weren't 'meant' to see those - When Ro removed her jacket it undoes down the front with an 'invisible' fastening - this is in keeping with the original uniform idea from early on that we wouldn't see obvious fastenings (or pockets!) on 24th century clothing.

 

[Timo]

...Which probably means that the uniforms do have pockets. They just happen to be invisible, or perhaps temporary: they only exist when they are needed.

Really, something like that would be a natural application for the highest high tech in the Federation. The military wouldn't be at the cutting edge or anything: they always buy cheap, and only buy stuff that's been proven to work by years or decades of precedent. But the consumer market would go for the hottest new stuff in a heartbeat, and spend fortunes perfecting it. And clothing would be an obvious consumer product that would enjoy the advantages of high material tech, as different manufacturers would compete on that very issue in order to please and attract customers.

...This quite regardless of whether the UFP consumer economy works on "money" or "prestige" or perhaps something even more futuristic.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Holdfast]

I seem to vaguely recall hearing something about invisible magnetic closures on Fed uniforms. Can't remember where or whether it was a canon reference or a jokey aside in an interview.

 

[T'Girl]

Didn't Beverly start unzipping her uniform in 'The Naked Now'?

She starts to open her top to revel her cleavage ... but then Beverly remembered she doesn't have any.

Jumpsuits are a pain to get in and out of if you've never worn one before, especially in the shoulder area. In ST:TMP Ilia's bathrobe simply appears when Kirk hits a button, forms around her in the shower squence.

 

[Doug Otte]

...Which probably means that the uniforms do have pockets. They just happen to be invisible, or perhaps temporary: they only exist when they are needed.

It kinda gives new life to the old line: "Is that a rocket in your pocket or are you happy to see me?"

Doug

 

[Mytran]

In ST:TMP Ilia's bathrobe simply appears when Kirk hits a button, forms around her in the shower squence.

That was one of GR's new, futuristic innovations for the movie and is mentioned in a couple of pre-TMP magazine articles.

 

[sbk1234]

My 4-year-old daughter has little trouble getting into her one-piece feetsie pajamas. I bet being the renaissance man that he is, Capt. Picard can get into his own feetsies.