Unsurprisingly, the actual length of the right chest pocket zipper varied considerably as well.
For instance, Reed's right chest pocket zipper was particularly short.
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| (publicity photo) |
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| (desktop theme) |
Travis' right chest pocket zipper was quite short as well (though not quite as short as Reed's):
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| ENT, 1x10 "Fortunate Son" |
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| ENT, 2x19 "Judgment" |
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| ENT, 2x20 "Horizon" |
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| ENT, 4x13 "United" |
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Here, you can see that Reed's right chest pocket zipper was slightly shorter than Travis':
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| ENT, 4x11 "Observer Effect" |
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| ENT, 1x4 "Strange New World" |
Naturally, the ladies' right chest pocket zippers tended to be on the short side:
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Plenty of male zippers were short, though, as evidenced previously by Reed's and Travis', as well as these auction photos for male ENT jumpsuits:
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| ENT jumpsuit (male) auction photo |
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| ENT jumpsuit (male) auction photo |
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| ENT, 2x7 "The Seventh" |
However, both Travis and Hoshi had at least one uniform each that appeared to have slightly longer (what we would call "medium-length") zippers:
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| Hoshi ENT jumpsuit auction photo |
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Commander Williams
ENT jumpsuit auction photo |
Captain Hernandez' and Commander Williams' right chest pocket zippers appeared to be "medium-length," too:
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| (publicity photo) |
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| Trip (stunt) ENT jumpsuit auction photo |
Trip's right chest pocket zipper was quite a bit longer than Reed's and Travis':
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| Trip ENT jumpsuit auction photo |
Other male ENT jumpsuits we came across in our research had longer zippers, as well:
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| ENT jumpsuit (male) auction photo |
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| ENT jumpsuit (male) auction photo |
By far the longest right chest pocket zipper we ever observed was, in fact, Archer's from the show's final season!
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| ENT, 4x10 "Daedalus" |
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| ENT, 4x13 "United" |
One might assume that the zipper length was proportionate to the wearer's physique; after all, the ladies' zippers were shorter, and Reed was not as large a man as Trip or Archer.
However, this is only a general standard, as Captain Hernandez was a fairly small woman and her zipper's length appeared to be in the same neighborhood as Commander Williams', who was a large beefy man - and both of them had zippers longer than Travis'!
One might also assume that the zipper length was determined by maintaining a consistent distance both from the pocket's centermost edge (about ¼") and the armscye (?) ... but this did not appear to be the case.
For instance, Reed's zipper appeared to extend to about 1" from the armscye:
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| ENT, 4x15 "Affliction" |
Trip's and Travis' zippers appeared to extend to about ¾" to 1" from the armscye:
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| ENT, 4x4 "Borderland" |
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| ENT, 4x13 "United" |
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This ENT jumpsuit's right chest pocket zipper appeared to extend to about ½" from the armscye:
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| ENT jumpsuit (male) auction photo |
And this one's appeared to extent to a mere ¼" from the armscye:
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| ENT jumpsuit (female) auction photo |
Yet Archer's fourth season zipper appeared to extend practically all the way to the armscye - no more than a mere ⅛" or so from it!
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| ENT, 4x13 "United" |
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| ENT, 4x10 "Daedalus" |
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| ENT, 4x21 "Terra Prime" |
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So really, who knows?
Just compare Archer's zipper length with Travis' in the same shot ... and this was a regular occurrence ...
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| ENT, 1x6 "Terra Nova" |
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| ENT, 1x15 "Sleeping Dogs" |
Regarding an ideal standard for the right chest pocket zipper length, we can only say, "Whatever you think looks best on you!"
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