Screen-used TWOK-era Engineering Radiation Suit Examination
Among the many brilliant costume designs by Robert Fletcher were the movie-era engineering radiation suits, primarily worn by Scotty, his engineering crew, engineering trainees, and the anonymous assassins in The Undiscovered Country. These incredibly detailed costumes gave a genuine sense of realism to the engineering crews of the future, and they contributed to the overall visual richness of the movies …
Movie-era Engineering Radiation Suit Sewing Patterns!
I recently had the opportunity to study a screen-used engineering radiation suit (courtesy of Ray Minarcik), and in doing so I developed a whole new appreciation for these amazing costumes. I’ll be posting all about my detailed costume examination (and corresponding research) soon, but I’m also excited to announce two new Tailors Gone Wild sewing patterns – men’s and women’s …
Free TNG Admiral Uniform Pattern! (season 2 version)
As you may have seen in my previous post, a while back I had the privilege of examining a screen-used TNG admiral uniform from season 2, courtesy of Angelo Cifaldi. In addition to thoroughly documenting the costume’s dimensions and construction, I actually extrapolated a sewing pattern from it, using a technique I learned from a book called 101 Sewing Secrets …
Screen-used TNG Admiral Uniform (season 2) Examination AND Costume Analysis
With only two brief appearances, the TNG admiral uniform from season two is perhaps the most niche Starfleet uniform from the entire show. Admiral Nakamura had just over a minute of screen time in the fan-favorite episode, “The Measure of a Man,” and near the end of the season, Admiral Gromek appeared on the viewscreen for less than thirty seconds …
TNG Medical Smock – Sewing Tutorial
My updated TNG medical smock 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 as they were directly from the camera, but now I have Photoshop so they look much better. 🙂 TNG …
Free TNG Medical Smock Pattern!
As you’ve probably seen from my TNG medical smock analysis and detailed costume examination, I got a lot of mileage out of the screen-used Dr. Pulaski uniform I examined recently, courtesy of Angelo Cifaldi. In addition to thoroughly documenting the costume’s dimensions and construction, I actually extrapolated a sewing pattern from it, using a technique I learned from a book …