September 25, 2015

Analysis, part 12 - Fitting Darts

On the ladies' ENT jumpsuits, there were fitting darts at the front waist and the underside of the bust. 

These darts were sewn on both the chest pockets AND the jumpsuit body. 

Note that on the right chest pocket, the dart did not extend onto the "pencil pocket" (but did extend underneath it).

(publicity photo)


On the left chest pocket, the dart seemed to nearly always begin on the outer bottom corner of the zipper (lower right on screen and in photos).

(publicity photo)
ENT jumpsuit (female) auction photo


Sometimes it was a little off, though (probably just a minor error):

(publicity photo)


Although we only ever saw a single dart on each chest pocket, sometimes the jumpsuit body had a single dart on each side, and other times it had two (presumably depending on the physique of the wearer). 

These ENT jumpsuits, for instance, appear to have had a single fitting dart on each side:

ENT jumpsuit (female) auction photo
ENT jumpsuit (female) auction photo
ENT jumpsuit (female) auction photo

ENT jumpsuit (female) auction photo
(from season 4)
ENT jumpsuit (female)
auction photo
ENT jumpsuit (female)
auction photo
ENT jumpsuit (female)
auction photo


Hoshi's uniform (as well as several others), however, had two fitting darts on each side of the jumpsuit body.

(publicity photo)
(publicity photo)


These female ENT jumpsuits also had two fitting darts on each side of the jumpsuit body: 

Crewman Cutler ENT jumpsuit auction photo
ENT jumpsuit (female) auction photo
ENT jumpsuit (female) auction photo


The excess material the fitting dart created was pressed toward center and edge stitched into place.

(publicity photo)


Note that although there were (separate) darts on the lower chest pockets and jumpsuit body, there were none on the waist straps or thigh pockets!


Also note that while the chest pocket/ jumpsuit fitting darts aligned nicely on Hoshi's and Crewman Cutler's ENT jumpsuits, the separate darts did not always align on the extras/background costumes:

ENT jumpsuit (female) auction photo
ENT jumpsuit (female) auction photo
(from season 4)
ENT jumpsuit (female) auction photo



While easy to see in publicity photos and visible in many auction photos, the ladies' jumpsuit fitting darts were usually rather difficult to see on screen.

We did manage to catch a couple clear glimpses, though!

ENT, 1x22 "Vox Sola"
ENT, 2x3 "Minefield" (deleted scene)
ENT, 2x3 "Minefield"



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