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   From: Obveeus@aol.com   
      
   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?   
      
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