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an analysis of the costumes worn by Nyota Uhura

The blue cadet jumpsuit Nyota wears for Kirk’s (third) Kobayashi Maru is great because it is exactly the same as what Kirk, and McCoy, and every other cadet in the scenario is wearing. But that is also strange as it is not true in any other scene. Why can women and men wear the same …

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We barely see Nyota in the dress uniform so none of the following is specific to her, but I’m generally not a fan of it. Content warning for Nazis. There is a passing resemblance to Nazi Germany: And sure, it also resembles a US military dress uniform: Which is more likely what they were going …

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Nyota Uhura wears the ‘monster maroon’ Starfleet uniform of the late 2270s through the 2350s in 6+ films.

The uniform redesign for The Motion Picture was widely lambasted for making it look like the Enterprise crew wear their pajamas to work. Accurate. Nyota looks better than everyone else but it is still weird, unforgiving, and BEIGE. Luckily she has an alternative uniform. Fashion wise, look how much better Nyota’s top-and-slacks version of the …

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First of all, she looks amazing. The skimpy-ness is even more profound and absurd than in the Prime universe because in this alternate universe people are constantly pulling knives or worse on you, but, it’s a chic little look, if impractical in basically every way. I love the asymmetry of both the top and skirt …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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