The authors of a new book about the history of Star Trek costumes told us some Starfleet secrets.
For the last 50 years,Star Trekhas invited us to explore the final frontier.
Along the way weve met new life, new civilizations, and new Starfleet officers undertaking this mission.
They helped us believe in aliens and feel a part of this future for humanity.
Developing these stand out looks were not easy at the time however.
You couldnt show too much of the top of the breast?
Well hed show the bottom of the breast.
That throw in of thing.
His bang out of designing left a lasting impact and resulted in what is now called theTheiss Titillation theory.
However choosing those colors were the result more of technology than anything else according to Erdmann.
They said well these will work real well and not look alike.
It was actually a very light lime green, Block explained.
The original series ended after just three seasons, but that didnt mean the end of the franchise.
The beloved characters would return in the movieStar Trek: The Motion Pictureand with it introduce a new look.
He really expanded theStar Trekuniverse a lot.
Fletchers ideas were influenced by the producers of course, but he also went off on his own tangent.
The pale costumes are definitely less exciting than what was seen in the original series.
White, blue, and beige dominated the color scheme and each characters division in Starfleet was less noticeable.
Thankfully these uniforms disappeared as the franchise moved on toStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
A sense of color returned to Starfleet when Fletcher designed new uniforms once again.
The Vulcans were very straight forward and obviously logical in the original series.
That kind of surprised me.
They went farther in some things than they had been able to in the 60s… Block said.
The way costumes were handled also helped connect the expandingStar Trekuniverse.
At one point multiple series were on television as movies were also being released.
Those arent the only two unique locations designers shopped either.
Erdmann said they also went to used-clothing stores.
Its fascinating to me.
Then theres the upcoming series set to premiere in 2017.
Im very anxious to find out what the new series will be.
Theres a lot of discussion.
I see online that some of the fans are really skeptical.
They think oh well its going to be on some streaming channel so it cant be any good.
The wrong people are going to be making it.
Will any familiar aliens receive a makeover from how they looked in past decades?
