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Originally Posted by Buddahaid
Looks to be but they were called skants. They didn't last very long.
He looks like he wants to choke her for making him wear it....
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Originally Posted by Buddahaid
That's what it's supposed to fit like. |
When you posted that picture it jogged my memory; there was a bit of backlash in the
ST:TNG production world when the series first came out over the uniforms; I didn't really remember the above costume, but I'd be willing to bet some one, probably the network, got negative feedback over the 'guy in a dress' thing and told the producers to dump the idea; one thing I do know for sure is when the series started and some female characters were wearing short skirts/dresses, which were a nod back to the miniskirts/mini-dresses of the female crew on the original series (Gene Roddenberry was know as a 'leg man'); times had changed in the nearly 20 years since the end of the original series and objectifying female characters wasn't as acceptable; when the first few
TNG episodes aired, there were not a few criticisms about the short skirts, particularly the uniform worn by Counselor Troi played by Marina Sirtis...
Not only did a lot of the female viewers (and some male viewers) object to the costumes, so did some of the female actors who had to wear them; Sirtis really didn't like the original Troi uniform, which she derided as something like a 'space cheerleader' getup; Sirtis also didn't like that the uniform drew attention to her being a bit overweight and the producer agreed and the 'space cheerleader' was gone and replaced with a a tailored body suit that evolved as the series progressed; myself, I actually liked the body suits better than the cheerleader outfits, particular when, in
Voyager, it reached its finest refinement in the bodysuit worn by 7 of 9...
Now,
that's a uniform...
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