Early TNG-era Starfleet Uniform Jumpsuit Analysis
Part 8a - Pants Split and Piping
At the bottom of each of the TNG jumpsuit's pant legs was an upside-down-V-shaped split.
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| TNG, 1x7 "Lonely Among Us" |
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| TNG, 1x8 "Justice" |
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| TNG, 1x9 "The Battle" |
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| TNG, 1x14 "Angel One" |
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The lower front leg splits consistently appeared to be about 6" tall, on both the men's and women's jumpsuits.
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TNG, 1x16
"Too Short a Season" |
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TNG, 1x23
"Skin of Evil" |
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TNG, 1x25
"Conspiracy" |
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TNG, 2x4
"The Outrageous Okuna" |
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TNG, 2x4
"The Outrageous Okuna" |
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TNG, 2x13
"Time Squared" |
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TNG, 1x20
"Heart of Glory" |
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TNG, 2x1
"The Child" |
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TNG, 2x5
"Loud as a Whisper" |
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TNG, 2x12
"The Royale" |
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TNG, 1x13
"Datalore" |
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TNG, 1x14
"Angel One" |
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TNG, 1x17
"When the Bough Breaks" |
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TNG, 1x20
"Heart of Glory" |
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TNG, 2x9
"The Schizoid Man" |
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TNG, 2x11
"Contagion" |
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TNG, 2x15
"Pen Pals" |
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TNG, 2x22
"Shades of Gray" |
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TNG, 1x4
"Code of Honor" |
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TNG, 1x8
"Justice" |
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TNG, 1x14
"Angel One" |
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TNG, 1x18
"Home Soil" |
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TNG, 1x8
"Justice" |
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TNG, 1x6
"Where No One Has Gone Before" |
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TNG, 1x20
"Heart of Glory" |
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TNG, 1x20
"Heart of Glory" |
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The lower front leg split was embellished with division-colored piping.
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| TNG, 2x19 "Manhunt" |
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| TNG, 2x10 "The Dauphin" |
The method used to attach the piping - and the end result - seemed to vary; sometimes it seems to have been done hastily (which wouldn't be surprising, considering episodic television time constraints and the sheer number of these uniforms that had to be made and maintained).
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| TNG jumpsuit (male) auction photos |
Usually, though, the division-colored piping embellishment looked quite good!
Note that the upper edges of the piping were not "flat" (i.e. horizontal) across the top of the pants split, but, rather, the pants split (and piping) tapered upward to a point.
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| TNG, 2x11 'Contagion" |
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| TNG, 2x4 "The Outrageous Okuna" |
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| TNG, 2x10 "The Dauphin" |
Oddly, the uppermost couple inches or so of the lower leg piping on Q's uniform appear to have been sewn closed.
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| TNG, 2x16 "Q Who" |
The lower front leg piping detail is more easily observable in these auction photos.
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| Picard TNG jumpsuit auction photo |
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| TNG jumpsuit (male - probably Worf) auction photo |
The TNG jumpsuit pant legs' hem allowances were simply turned up and blind-stitched into place.
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| TNG, 2x22 "Shades of Gray" |
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