Fashions
Yes, let's talk about fashion. Extra-super-micro skirts, pajama-like uniforms in the series which are even acknowledged as such by Kirk in Tomorrow is Yesterday ('just something I slept in', or something like that), and of course the strange hairdos of the ladies.
Let the show begin!

The Series
Were No Man Has Gone Before The Mostly Regular Stuff
The Disguises The Mirror Universe
The Unspeakable Vulcan Fashion

The Films
ST I: TMP ST II: TWoK ST III: TSfS
ST IV: TVH ST V: TFF ST VI: TUC

 

Were No Man Has Gone Before
Well... The colours are wrong, the eyebrows are wrong, the shirts are wrong, the braids are wrong, the earpiece is wrong, the Doctor is wrong, and for once we see a woman, Dr Elizabeth Dehner, in trousers. Even Spock acts strange and shouts stuff. At least Gary Mitchell's good-looking, in spite of the weird eyes which almost blinded the actor so that he looked down on everything and everyone (which actually ties in with what happens to his character).

How No One Will Dress, After


Sulu in blue, Scotty in yellow, a woman in trousers. Yep. And the older guy is the Doc: no Bones yet.

Mr Spock has strange eyebrows, a yellow shirt and acts more emotional than usual. And the fringe is all wrong!

A guy in blue at Uhura's station, no wireless earpiece, and note the tunics and braids (and their number) are different.

 

The Mostly Regular Stuff
Bones's short sleeves and shiny top! Kirk's green wrap-around shirt, or the plain, yellow one! His often naked, gleaming chest The dress uniforms! The girls' outlandish hairdos! And also the boys': see Chekov!

Uniforms


Kirk, Bones and Spock in dress uniforms. Aren't they shiny?

Bones in his short sleeves, and... Kirk in the wraparound shirt! note the strap on the side.

Bones and the Captain in their plain shirts.

Commodore Matt Decker

Red Alert! A good view of Kirk's wraparound shirt...

...and a variant of it!

Kirk, Bones, Spock and Scotty in dress uniforms!

Bones in his shiny short-sleeved top, again - note the pinkie ring, also here.

Scotty in dress uniform - note the glued hair!

 

The Jumpsuits


Blue: usually, when you're ill or doing surgery... (see the green blood!) (Journey to Babel)

...and, apparently, for work (Uhura in Who Mourns For Adonis?)

Red for technicians (and so why not Uhura's? besides, her uniform IS red...) (A Piece of the Action)

In the Mirror Universe, we see all three colours for Jumpsuits: here, a Vulcan in blue

Poor Mirror Kyle! He's in red just like his counterpart. But then again, red is unlucky in Star Trek...

Yellow jumpsuits, which I can't remember ever seeing apart from in Mirror, Mirror

The mysterious white jumpsuit from Balance of Terror...

...running from a radioactive leak? a volcano?

One more cell... this is what an Enterprise bride looks like. No, no jumpsuit. Sorry.

 

The Environmental suits (presumably) in The Tholian Web. Compare with the Naked Time binbags.


Real tinfoil! Shiny look! Lots of colourful tubes! Great for parties!

They even come with nameplates and an incorporated communicator!

And an inside view: more tinfoil!

 

Scotty!


Monty the Scot!

Scotty wears gel in his hair!

Scotty talking to computers!

Scotty in his element!

Scotty in command.

The infamous missing right middle finger! And a drunk Scotty.

 

Khan's Hair Fetish in Space Seed mirrors Star Trek's obsession with women's hair


Khan seduces Lieutenant Marla McGivers

From a traditional ST:TOS-style hairdo...

...she ends up with a loose, simple one!

 

The (in)famous Rand Beehive


The (in)famous Rand Beehive in Naked Time - I hope it was a wig!

Yeoman Janice Rand off duty in Charlie X, magicked onto the bridge

A close-up.

 

The Chekov Mop


In Immunity Syndrome

Ensign Pavel Chekov in Who Mourns for Adonais?

Mirror Chekov, in... Mirror, Mirror

 

Nurse Christine Chapel


Christine Chapel in Naked Time

A Private Little War

Christine in Amok Time

Christine and a temporarily mind-wiped Uhura in The Changeling

Christine in Journey to Babel, looking over Kirk.

Christine in Operation: Annihilate!

Christine looking OMG perfectly decent in Wink of an Eye!

Christine in The Tholian Web.

Christine in Plato's Stepchildren - see more here.

Christine in Paradise Syndrome and in the wind!

Christine in Paradise Syndrome

Christine in Plato's Stepchildren - see more here.

 

Colonists


In Devil in the Dark: lavender! And armed, too.

Angry Denevans in Operation: Annihilate! with giant stirring rods!

A guy armed with a giant key in Operation: Annihilate! Spock will promptly nervepinch him.

 

The Disguises
Sometimes, our boys get dressed as locals, they steal uniforms or they try to put a cap over Spock's ears. It's never believable, and he usually gets caught... But it's fun!

The Return of the Archons


Sulu

Bones

Kirk and a not so inconspicuous Spock...

At last, Spock without the thing

Further disguised as lawgivers

At the very end

 

Errand of Mercy More Men in Tights here


Spock is pushed into Kirk's arms!

Check out the boots...

They've even kept their usual colours...

Spock and his blue eyeshadow!

Kirk is all manly!

And from the back!

 

City on the Edge of Forever one of the very best episodes!


Kirk steals some clothes...

...so they don't look that out of place...

...and they get dressed!

Spock gets his customary cap...

...and Kirk is entranced by Edith Keeler!

Intimate... and a thankfully cap-less Spock!

Spock in cloak!

Kirk is going out...

'Helloooooo!'

 

A Piece of the Action


Kirk takes some of the gangsters' clothes!

'Sharp!' 'Right!' 'Check!'

Shatner Shatners his way in this very funny episode!

 

A Private Little War


Kirk and Bones beam down in native costumes

A close-up - pointy sideburns!

Kirk and the orange-clad witch with boobs, Nona!

 

Patterns of Force - see our boys be tortured and jailed too! Drool at their their naked chests including Spock's! More on the last set of costumes here.


Kirk and Spock about to beam down.

Poor Spock... another cap!

It wasn't for long!

Kirk gets his disguise too!

Our Boys in (nazi) uniforms

Found out! And Spock is smug, too.

After the whipping, yet another uniform!

Spock has still to find his... Who cares?

Here are they dressing up again...

Spock takes off the helmet!

The 'journalists' hide in the closet to call the Enterprise...

...and wait for Bones to join them before making their coming out exit!

 

Bread and Circuses , where our boys spend a lot of time in jail! See more of them in jail here.


Bones and Spock in a cap.

They're arrested!

Bones and Spock in Roman chairs!

Does he look like a prisoner? Well, he is.

Bones and his ring!

An argument with Bones. Again.

 

Assignment: Earth


The first disguise

We thankfully see Spock without his cap for a moment.

That's better!

Oh no! A hat, again!

Spock looks good whenever he's hatless!

Kirk's not too bad either...

 

Paradise Syndrome


It all begins with the Medicine man's badge which bears a representation of the Giant USB plug.

Kirok dresses like Miramanee's people! They are, you know, simple, happy, Native Americans-like. And yes, there's an explanation for it.

Miramanee's father, the chief, paints his son-in-law-to-be!

He's happy.

Very happy. Got it? 'Cause it won't last.

LSD + Cruella de Vil = ritual cloak for his marriage with Miramanee.

More nekkidness here!

W00t! Facial caterpillars giant sideburns!

YEEAAAH throw rocks at meeeee!

 

Plato's Stepchildren - also check out the kink show!


Christine and Uhura find themselves on the planet... they still look Starfleet-normal. So far.

Oh no! They're forced to put on fake greek clothes!

Chest! Legs! Mwahaha!

Uhura, thy boobs are, like, totally hot. Also, she looks a bit like an Egyptian queen.

Christine about to be poked by Spock's hot poker of love

Uhura about to be whipped by her Captain!

 

The Mirror Universe
Star Trek has its own, in-built Alternate Universe which we enter in a couple of episodes throughout the various series. It made fanfic canon, then, since the episode Mirror, Mirror implied several parallel universes may exist in other dimensions - and what is fanfic if not more or less alternate universes? Watch out for Sulu's scar, Uhura's knife, Spock's beard, aaaaand... the Gold Bolero! and the gold sashes, too. Shiny! And, of course, there's some torture...


Kirk and Spock. One feels too warm, the other too cold...

The landing party in Sickbay

Mirror Sulu

They are all armed to the teeth. There is one other Vulcan here, keeping an eye on Mr Spock.

A close-up on Mirror Spock.

Knives tucked into women's thigh-high boots! And check out the Empire Emblem on the door.

 

The Unspeakable
Here comes the truly horrible stuff: strange protective suits, work-out clothes, off-duty stuff, and the most outlandish alien garments. I mean, some were really worse more memorable than the rest.

The work-out 'costumes' in Charlie X See more of Kirk's smooth, manly chest!


Kirk, Charlie and guy

At least we often get to see a bulge in Kirk's trousers...

The socks!

 

The binbags protective suits in Naked Time. Compare with the later ones in The Tholian Web .


Horrible when seen from a distance...

Open at the chin and wrists!

Poor Spock!

 

Apollo and Lieutenant Carolyn Palamas in Who Mourns for Adonais?


Lieutenant Palamas has a reasonable hairdo at the beginning, given what her colleagues pile up on their heads

But Apollo changes her clothes and piles up her hair in something which would make Janice Rand herself green with envy and impotent rage!

Apollo's golden dress short toga is very virile... See also the ridicule section.

 

Thralls and bondage in Gamesters of Triskelion Gamesters of Triskelion (see also the whipmarks, whipping and harness)


Dracula Galt, Shana and Tamoon

Chekov is not interested in Tamoon

Shana (check out the boobs!) and a whipped Kirk in harness

 

Vulcan Fashion
People are dressed in tinfoil suits, which must be very comfortable in the heat, especially when you fight. And the women have elaborate hairdos!


The guards

T'Pau

T'Pring and tinman Stonn

 

In Journey to Babel, we meet Spock's parents (see also Spock's Family). Amanda, a Human who has adopted a Vulcan lifestyle, wears strange things on her head and Sarek looks quite martial, for all his 'we Vulcans believe in peace' attitude towards Starfleet.


Kirk can't help sniggering: he knows where Spock's habit of steepling his fingers comes from...

The thing is made of a veil and a very high collar (see Spock's Family)

The Vulcan salute, ta'al, by Sarek at his arrival... to the Doctor. And our heroes in dress uniforms!

 

Star Trek: The Motion Picture - In Thy Image
Really, really bizarre uniforms with ugly, unpractical boxes on the front to register your medical data. And the frighteningly orange spacesuits. But we get to see Spock in black Vulcan clothes. And there's the Sickbay scene.

Star Trek: The Wrath Of Khan
Here we're introduced the lovely, sexy, dignified, brand new, red and black uniforms.

Star Trek: The Search for Spock
Vulcan costume, out of duty costumes...

Star Trek: The Voyage Home
The most successful Trek film, most of it takes place in San Francisco in the 1980s. Kirk splashes about in San Francisco Bay in a wet lavender shirt. Which he's been wearing the whole film.

Star Trek: The Final Frontier
Hailed as the worst Trek film ever...

Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country
We join the full Enterprise crew for one last adventure before their retirement...