The future of style.

[Helen Troy]

I thought of mentioning the Firefly style before, because of the old west- inspiration. Very cool. (But I did not fall for the show in general.) Blade Runner is very cool in the same way: Lots of cool 40s inspired women suits and hairstyles, as I recall. And for very old vintage, mixed with sci-fi, how about these gentlemen from babylon 5. Very 1700s done the alien way, I think!

In the future, we will all wear tail coats with Napoleon hat-style hair!

 

[HadleyH]

---firefly, Napoleon, aliens....... booooo.... the future of style will be uniforms, we'll all be dressing the same. Yes I know, it's hard to hear, but better face it now, that's how it's going to be...... (HadleyH leaves the computer and runs fast for her life )

 

[Vladimir Berkov]

This is what I am talking about.

 

[MrBern]

But thats what the space diapers are for.....

Ah, yes, the true future, every aging babyboomer will have astronaut diapers & a designer diaperbag
http://www.diaperbags.com/

 

[Diamondback]

---firefly, Napoleon, aliens....... booooo.... the future of style will be uniforms, we'll all be dressing the same. Yes I know, it's hard to hear, but better face it now, that's how it's going to be...... (HadleyH leaves the computer and runs fast for her life )

If that happens, the suit comes out of mothballs, and the red tie goes on with it.

When all of society goes "uniform", style is worth going "outlaw" for. Why is it that people who have no idea how to dress try to force their atrocious ideas of "fashion" on everybody else?

 

[Jovan]

This is what I am talking about.

Sure, if you want to be a racist, sexist Space Nazi. lol

 

[Diamondback]

What he said. If I'm gonna wear an ugly shade of green, it's gonna be more like this:

Now who could that be styled after?

 

[vonwotan]

Proceed with caution - rant ahead

Given the outfits I see around town, I believe your uniforms may have too much detail and design. Sadly, the lemming like drive to be like everyone else (or at the least, not to stand out), taken to its extreme makes me think of Huxley's Brave New World. I imagine a world 100% in jump suits, the fabric much like hospital scrubs, with different colors to separate the category of worker. Those non-conformists hoarding beutiful fabrics/textiles and spreading the forbidden knowledge of neapolitan tailoring will either be re-indocrinated / re-programmed or exiled.

On the way to work, black or grey pants, blue shirt and pea coat are the local uniform, and the only hat a baseball cap. Even when required to wear a suit and tie, in an effort to demonstrate that they are one of the guys, not dissimilar, baseball cap (or watch cap) and pea coat accompany the suit in foul weather.

Can you tell I woke up a bit grumpy this morning? Perhaps a second cup of cofee...

 

[Jovan]

Diamondback: The uniforms actually looked anything from grey-taupe to brown in the movies, which has created WAY too much debate among fans about what the "correct" colour should be.

 

[Diamondback]

Agreed about the excess of debate. Lighting changes how colors look on camera dramatically, and a trip to Fort Knox oughtta answer the "correct color" question once and for all. Don't they still have one of his uniforms in the Armor Museum?

I still wanna know who GCS's tailor was. The only other cases I've found of khaki uniform shirts with dead-rectangular (90-degree bottom corner) flaps was with MacArthur and his headquarters team... (And it's being a real pain trying to find someone who makes that style, I may have to buy some extra fabric from WWII Impressions and have my usual tailor correct the situation...)

 

[Orgetorix]

Agreed about the excess of debate. Lighting changes how colors look on camera dramatically, and a trip to Fort Knox oughtta answer the "correct color" question once and for all. Don't they still have one of his uniforms in the Armor Museum?

I still wanna know who GCS's tailor was. The only other cases I've found of khaki uniform shirts with dead-rectangular (90-degree bottom corner) flaps was with MacArthur and his headquarters team... (And it's being a real pain trying to find someone who makes that style, I may have to buy some extra fabric from WWII Impressions and have my usual tailor correct the situation...)

I think Jovan was referring to the Star Wars uniform with his comment on the color.

 

[Diamondback]

Oops. Either way, the Imp uniform still looks nasty, just OMGwhatisTHAT-grade UGLY. Beats stormtrooper armor, though...

 

[Miss Neecerie]

Given the outfits I see around town, I believe your uniforms may have too much detail and design. Sadly, the lemming like drive to be like everyone else (or at the least, not to stand out), taken to its extreme makes me think of Huxley's Brave New World. I imagine a world 100% in jump suits, the fabric much like hospital scrubs, with different colors to separate the category of worker. Those non-conformists hoarding beutiful fabrics/textiles and spreading the forbidden knowledge of neapolitan tailoring will either be re-indocrinated / re-programmed or exiled.

Can you tell I woke up a bit grumpy this morning? Perhaps a second cup of cofee...

You seen Equilibrium recently?

Have some Prozium with your coffee dear....

 

[vonwotan]

That's one I keep meaning to rent. I caught part of the movie while visiting friends, but we left for dinner after about twenty minutes of watching with their nephew...

Soma, Prozium, there have been a few others - many "distopian (?)" films that have dealt with the suppression of emotion, art and the homogenization of society. One of the great casualties tends to be style and any form of self expression.

You seen Equilibrium recently?

Have some Prozium with your coffee dear....

 

[Jovan]

Oops. Either way, the Imp uniform still looks nasty, just OMGwhatisTHAT-grade UGLY. Beats stormtrooper armor, though...

I actually like them, personally.

 

[Vladimir Berkov]

I think the Star Wars Imperial uniform is probably the best sci-fi/fantasy military uniform I have ever seen. Heck, it is a well-designed military uniform even by contemporary standards.

From what I understand, Star Wars had pretty competent guy handling the uniforms, apparently someone with experience with military history/equipage. The result is uniforms and insignia far better than you usually see in any fictional work.

 

[MrBern]

sci-fi fascist retro costume for the badguys....

Cant say I prefer it to the crew of ForbiddenPlanet designed 20 years earlier

 

[Jovan]

I think the Star Wars Imperial uniform is probably the best sci-fi/fantasy military uniform I have ever seen. Heck, it is a well-designed military uniform even by contemporary standards.

From what I understand, Star Wars had pretty competent guy handling the uniforms, apparently someone with experience with military history/equipage. The result is uniforms and insignia far better than you usually see in any fictional work.

Indeed. It's noteworthy how they even made the pilots' uniforms make sense... like an emergency oxygen pack for if life support shorts out, emergency flares, etc. It's been suggested that the Rebel pilots' uniforms can convert into a zero-G suit, but I don't see how that's remotely possible, especially in dire times.

 

[Vladimir Berkov]

Indeed. It's noteworthy how they even made the pilots' uniforms make sense... like an emergency oxygen pack for if life support shorts out, emergency flares, etc. It's been suggested that the Rebel pilots' uniforms can convert into a zero-G suit, but I don't see how that's remotely possible, especially in dire times.

My memory is fuzzy but I sort of remember in the old X-wing game there was a cutscene which showed a rebel pilot after ejecting wearing nothing but his orange pressuresuit/jumpsuit and helmet, although the helment had an additional "mask" type component added. It has been a long time though, so I might be mistaken. I agree though that in general, the idea doesn't make sense. If I were to guess as to the best means of survival for an ejecting pilot I would say some sort of self-pressurized ejection pod enclosing the pilot's seat, sort of like they had on the XB-70 Valkyrie.

 

[MrBern]

Meanwhile the fans who wear the stormtrooper suits comment on poor visibility & the boots are terrible.
Theres even a scene inthe original of a trooper bopping his head.

Just cuz they feed the fans a line on the design's capability doesnt mean its more than a costume.