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From: Obveeus@aol.com
On 6/28/2017 6:12 AM, A Friend wrote:
> In article , Obveeus
> wrote:
>
>> On 6/27/2017 4:48 PM, A Friend wrote:
>>> In article , Doc O'Leary
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> For your reference, records indicate that
>>>> "Jim G." wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I read that this particular batch of idiots even sent someone to
>>>>> Sweden or some such place to research fabric materials for the uniforms.
>>>>> You can't make this stuff up.
>>>>
>>>> The issue I would take with that is that, despite there being a *lot*
>>>> of wardrobe changes over the years (and even just in TOS if you look
>>>> at how Shatner’s vanity had him in at least half a dozen different
>>>> shirts), I have never heard of any reasonable in-universe explanation
>>>> why Star Fleet keeps deciding to re-tailor their standard uniforms so
>>>> often. If there were ever a topic in the Star Trek universe to bring
>>>> in . . . . stereotypical token “diversity”, that would be it. Tell
>>>> *that* story; it’d be a fun watch!
>>>
>>>
>>> My own handwaving about that revolves around some psychologist at
>>> Starfleet believing that changing the outfits as often as they did kept
>>> morale up on long voyages. Since Trek people can produce whatever they
>>> want in any quantity, coming up with new uniforms every so often
>>> wouldn't be much of a problem. Maybe they even had Uniform of the
>>> Month contests.
>>
>> Maybe the early uniforms turned out to have been made by American Airlines?
>
>
> One of the first reviews of ENTERPRISE said that the uniforms looked
> like what they wear down at the Jiffy Lube.
...but do they need to be replaced because they make the wearers itchy
and hive-y and protest-y?
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