Space Clothes: Difference between revisions

* In [[Vorkosigan Saga]] There are a number of uniforms. Imperial full-dress red and blue is only worn for the most formal of court and parade functions. Every Count has his own colors for his family and retainers but Vorkosigan family is Brown and Silver(naturally some counts come in late when all the best contrasts are drawn and get rather unappealing ones). The Dendarii Mercenaries wear a rather mundane grey. Cetagandans are naturally rather [[Understatement|unusual]] in their clothing, having all sorts of weird arrangements especially for court dress which is gaudy enough on Barrayar.

 

* During the "Time Capsule" Showcases on ''[[The Price Is Right]]'', the models would wear this type of costume as they revealed prizes to the theme songs of ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'' and the disco version of ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''.

* ''[[Blake's 7|Blakes Seven]]''. Just watch Jenna and Cally go down to rescue the boys in 'Star One' clad in floor length skirts and six inch heels. And then there was Avon's fondness for leather and studs...

*** For the [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|Centauri]], the fact that they [[Bling of War|look ridiculous]] is [[Rule of Funny|the whole point]].

* In the 1970's [[British Series]] ''[[UFO]]'' (set in the [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|future world of 1980]]) silver bodysuits are standard wear for space personnel (though interceptor pilots wear blue, with white plastic belts and boots). The Moonbase [[Bridge Bunnies]] also wore their trademark purple wigs, elaborate make-up, and cosmetic belt-kits (as seen in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuXIBOqBitg&feature=related this famous scene] which seems like a lot of trouble to go to for a ten minute coffee break... A non-canon explanation for the purple wigs was that they prevented static electricity on Moonbase, but that didn't explain [[Double Standard|why the men didn't wear them]]. But that wasn't as strange as the Skydiver personnel who wore [[Fan Service|fishnet shirts that showed off their nipples]]. Even the women!

** [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|The reboot]], on the other hand, averted this to the point of [[No New Fashions in the Future|having the Colonials wear stuff more or less off the shelf]]. The sole exception were the Colonial Fleet uniforms, which were nevertheless not exactly far-fetched.

* ''[[Farscape]]'' costumes started out pretty racy already, and eventually evolved into All [[Fetish Fuel]] All The Time. ([[And the Fandom Rejoiced|Nobody complained]].)

** ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'' often continues the "done right" trend, though it's hard to tell whether ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]]'' meant to play this straight or not - Neelix is usually the worst-dressed being imaginable, with complicated cuts and folds of an eye-hurting blend of colours, but that also feeds his [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] as an irritating sociopath. Guest aliens include people who appear to wear strings of LEDs and wrap themselves in shower curtains.

*** The Ferengi civilian clothes are done quite notably well. Civilian Ferengi males typically wear clothing that is styled similarly to the uniforms of starship crew, but also different and more expensive-looking, in much the same manner that contemporary business attire resembles (usually older) military uniforms. (Until Quark and company came along, we didn't see any Ferengi that weren't crew on a ship.)

** Jubal Early's jumpsuit thingy is a spacesuit, or doubles as one. He used it to float between his ship and Serenity.

** One does have to wonder, however, about how Pesephone's return to [[Regency England|Regency]] fashions came about...

* The 2007 ''[[Flash Gordon (TV series)|Flash Gordon]]'' series averts this, for the most part. Ming the [[Just the First Citizen|Benevolent Father]] almost always wears a military uniform and is only once seen in a ceremonial robe. Baylin, being a [[Bounty Hunter]], wears rugged clothing reminiscent of [[Star Wars|Han Solo]]. If anything, most clothing seems old, which makes sense given that Mongo is a [[Crapsack World]] after their environment was poisoned and the old civilization destroyed. This was probably deliberate to make the show less campy than the original.

* ''[[Space: 1999]]'' was obviously an influence on ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'' with its double knit uniforms in taupe. One standout design feature was the single colored sleeve that told the audience what department the character was in. Season Two added an orange parka that actually made them less Space Clothes-like.

* In ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', Rimmer and Lister initially wore their Red Dwarf uniform of jacket, shirt, trousers and boots (Rimmer kept his immaculate whilst Lister wore a [[Custom Uniform]] variation.) By the third season though Lister's clothing stayed pretty much the same, but Rimmer wore a bright green suit.

* Classic ''[[Doctor Who]]'' was a repeat offender, but the new series has mostly avoided silvery spandex.

 

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