The TWOK-era Uniform Paradigm

As a preface to my TWOK-era costuming resources, I thought it would be interesting to take a broader look at the overall uniform paradigm of the movies, as established by costume designer Robert Fletcher and carried forward by his successors. http://youtube.com/watch?v=mgF8eSVCaH4&feature=youtu.be Watch on YouTube TMP to TWOK On the surface, the uniforms for The Wrath of Khan were a major …

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Help Me Pattern from Dozens of Screen-used Uniforms on this EPIC Costume Research Trip!

I have an amazing opportunity I could really use your help with. A couple people with incredible screen-used costume collections have invited me to come and study some of their costumes. It’s a pretty major undertaking – but more on that in a minute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EITfyF8oxio Watch My Quick YouTube Video “MONSTER MAROONS” Probably my number one request over the years …

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The TMP Uniform Paradigm

As a preface to my TMP-era costuming resources, I thought it would be interesting to take a broader look at the overall uniform paradigm of the movie, as established by costume designer Robert Fletcher. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zrUtzX6X_g&feature=youtu.be Watch on YouTube I realize I may be in the minority, but I love TMP. I appreciate its thoughtful tone. I enjoy the subtle and …

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Full TMP/TWOK jumpsuit video walkthrough!

There’s been a great response to the TNG jumpsuit walkthrough I made a while back, so I put together another one – this time for the TMP “Class D” and TWOK-era enlisted jumpsuits. It’s a terrific supplement to the free sewing tutorials here on my blog; I actually filmed the process of making several uniforms! And every step of the …

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TWOK Cotton Division Fabrics!

In addition to the full range of TWOK wool gabardine fabric accents that I recently posted about, I also matched all eight division colors on cotton twill! This is a more budget-friendly fabric that looks very similar to wool gabardine. TWOK cotton division accents The colors are all just as close as the wool, and like the wool, both “officer” …

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TWOK Wool Division Fabrics!

For the past several years, I’ve been quietly working on color-matching many of the STAR TREK fabrics and division colors, and I’m thrilled to finally show you what I’ve been up to …  At long last, a full range of wool gabardine fabric accents in all eight TWOK-era division colors, all matched directly to screen-used costumes or elements! TWOK wool …

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