Lieutenant Uhura’s original series minidress uniform is ICONIC. Is it ridiculous as a uniform? Yes, of course. Should scientific uniforms be gendered in the 24th (or 21st) century? No, of course not. Is Nyota’s uniform fashionable to the nth degree and worthy of celebration? Of a certainty. It is also political. In addition to the …
I would wear all of the component parts of this look.
Five years ago, September 2013, I brought my then eight year old daughter to see Star Trek Into Darkness. It wasn’t the first time we’d seen it and while we were walking to the theater she went over the things she was excited to see again, including “her, in her cool outfit!” I thought she …
Red is Nyota’s signature color. Not only does she wear a red uniform, she consistently wears red off-duty. Wow, this is so very late sixties. I love that Uhura has something so wild to wear in her quarters. Totally legitimizes my theory that Nyota likes to dress up when she has the chance. And as seen …
TOS is a trip. So Kirk, Uhura, and Chekov are abducted and forced to become gladiators (abduction for entertainment is a recurring plot). But Nyota fights in what amounts to her standard uniform plus a harness and collar, which I think means that what these women are wearing: is what they wear everyday. And that …
I love this scene! Uhura not only knows how to “rig up a sensor bypass circuit”, she respectfully stands up for herself and her work in response to Spock’s anxious impatience about it getting done. And he not only understands, he compliments her. Unfortunately, we never fully see exactly what this smock is. She wears …
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Uhura Prime was not unclothed on screen until 1989, 22 years after her debut, when Nichelle Nichols was 57 years old. 20 years later, Kelvin Timeline Uhura gets undressed on screen in her second scene, about 20 minutes into the film. Isn’t progress awesome? There is no narrative reason for Uhura to take off her …
Good costuming supports the character and the story. I’d be negligent in my analysis if I didn’t address the costume-and-characterization baggage T’Pol carries around. It’s quite possible T’Pol would be costumed differently without Enterprise’s behind-the-scenes issues related to brand overexposure, critical reaction, and low ratings. There is a distinct shift in her main fashion choices …
The pixie cut had its pop culture debut in Roman Holiday: A film about a rebellious runaway princess. On Kes it clearly supports the Tinker Bell comparison and makes her look spritely while showing off her ears: The wigs varied, starting out more poufy and layered as in the first cap (the pilot) and evolving …
These are the best example of Kes’s pixie-fashion. While the looks are arguably discrete, the silhouettes, color palettes, texture, and lines are the same. The lighter one appears in only three episodes (“Caretaker”, “Parallax”, and “Before and After”), and they could all be considered one appearance – Parallax is a continuation of the pilot and …