At the bottom of the outer sleeve seams of the ENT jumpsuits were zippers which could be opened to widen/loosen the sleeves.
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| ENT, 2x4 "Dead Stop" |
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| ENT, 2x4 "Dead Stop" |
When the lower sleeve was unzipped, the overall lower circumference of the sleeve was extended via a triangular fabric "gusset" which provided extra wearing ease without allowing the unzipped sleeve edges to flop around.
(You've probably seen a similar feature at the bottom of lightweight polyester exercise pants.)
The sleeve zippers extended all the way to the sleeve cuffs, and the zipper pulls were tucked inside.
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| ENT, 1x22 "Vox Sola" |
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| ENT, 3x20 "The Forgotten" |
The zipper was edge stitched around its perimeter (of course), and there was an additional row of topstitching ¼" away around its perimeter, as well.
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| Archer ENT jumpsuit auction photo |
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| ENT, 2x20 "Horizon" |
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| (publicity photo) |
The gusset was hemmed (with about 1" hem allowance, if the screen-used ENT jumpsuit "Lynsioux" photographed and shared is indicative of a standard) prior to being attached to the sleeve.
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| "Lynsioux" photo of screen-used ENT jumpsuit |
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| "Lynsioux" photo of screen-used ENT jumpsuit |
The actual gusset panel was attached to the lower sleeve seam allowances/zipper tape.
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| "Lynsioux" photo of screen-used ENT jumpsuit |
As you can see, the "sleeve gusset" was fully functional:
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| Archer ENT jumpsuit auction photo |
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| "Lynsioux" photo of screen-used ENT jumpsuit |
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However, the "sleeve gusset" was seldom used on the show (we only ever saw it intentionally used twice).
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| ENT, 2x8 "The Communicator" |
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| ENT, 3x3 "Extinction" |
Also - brace yourself - the lower sleeve zipper height appeared to vary.
(I bet you didn't see that one coming!)
Here are a couple examples, and we'll just leave it at that.
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| Archer ENT jumpsuit and Trip (stunt) ENT jumpsuit auction photos |
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