TNG-era Starfleet uniforms – costume analyses, sewing tutorials, and more Star Trek cosplay resources
As I mentioned in my TNG season 1 admiral costume analysis, a while back I had the opportunity to examine a screen-used Admiral Jameson uniform jacket, courtesy of Angelo Cifaldi. As a supplement to the broader costume analysis, in this…
With the introduction of his admiral uniforms partway through TNG’s first season, costume designer William Ware Theiss completed his family of TNG-era uniforms. And whether you think these admiral uniforms are brilliant, wacky, campy, hilarious, ugly, or anything in-between, I…
A little something different for today’s blog post – while my primary interests lie with the franchise’s actual Starfleet uniforms, I recently had the opportunity to examine a screen-used Wesley Crusher sweater from The Next Generation’s first season, courtesy of…
My updated TNG skant sewing tutorial is now available! Although I did polish the text a bit so a few things were clearer (etc.), the major updates are primarily the tutorial photos. I used to use the raw photos just…
All this TNG skant research got me wondering what The Next Generation might have been like if the entire cast had actually worn the unisex “skant” uniforms. Well, if you’ve ever wondered the same thing, or what the cast might…
The TNG skants may be alive and well in Star Trek fandom today, but they really weren’t around for much of The Next Generation before they quietly and inexplicably disappeared. In an attempt to make sense of the situation (in-universe),…
After posting about my examination of a screen-used women’s TNG skant, a fellow known as “Stasiuwong” was kind enough to share some photos of his screen-used men’s TNG skant, so I thought it would be interesting to take a quick…
As you’ve probably seen from my TNG skant analysis and TNG skant examination, I was really able to get a lot of mileage out of the screen-used TNG skant I examined a few years ago, courtesy of Steve Barnes. In…
As I mentioned in my TNG skant analysis, a while back I had the opportunity to examine a screen-used women’s TNG skant, courtesy of Steve Barnes. As a supplement to the broader costume analysis, in this blog post we’ll be…
For decades, the TNG “skant” uniforms have been a source of enduring fascination within Star Trek fandom, and they remain a popular choice among cosplayers. In this heavily-updated costume analysis, we not only explore the TNG skant’s short-lived niche in…
