Evolution of the DS9/NEM Jacket, part 5

The 1998-1999 production year was an exciting one for costumes; that year came many additions to the Starfleet uniform family, including the DS9/NEM formal uniforms, the VOY jacket/pants combo, the VOY "female hero undershirt," the DS9/VOY "hero T-shirts," the DS9/VOY "hero tank tops," upgraded DS9/NEM division shirts for the TNG crew, and the DS9/NEM desert robes, amongst others, as well as a new round of uniforms for some of the main characters on both television shows. 

However, unfortunately, though hardly surprising given the sheer number of uniform endeavors going on during that period given the three simultaneous productions (!), things were a bit of a mess on all fronts ...

Specifically, that production year, there began a trend of beginning/extending the armscye trim on(to) the yoke and shoulder point trims. This trend was inconsistent but nevertheless prevalent in all three productions.

DS9, 7x17 "Penumbra"

DS9, 7x25 "What You Leave Behind"

DS9, 7x16 "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"

DS9, 7x22 "Tacking into the Wind"

Insurrection

We saw this on Captain Picard's DS9/NEM "captain jacket" that production year in Insurrection as well.

This was also a trend on the DS9/NEM duty jumpsuits and admiral jackets.

We believe it worth noting that, prior to this production year, the armscye topstitching never extended onto the yoke/shoulder point trim.

First Contact

DS9, 5x26 "Call to Arms"

DS9, 6x5 "Favor the Bold"

DS9, 6x6 "Sacrifice of Angels"

Once this inconsistent topstitching trend had been put in motion, The Powers That Be weren't shy about showing both versions on screen simultaneously!

DS9, 7x23 "Extreme Measures"

As mentioned previously, that production year gave us Insurrection, which, curiously, was something of a "mix and match" with the construction styles amongst the DS9/NEM family of uniforms. 

There's the aforementioned topstitching issue:

First Contact

Insurrection

This clearly establishes that Picard's jacket was not simply reused from First Contact (unless somebody has removed the lining, extended the armscye topstitching onto the yoke/shoulder point trims, then closed the jacket again, but considering how far-fetched that possibility is, we're comfortable ruling it out.) 

Other than that, however, Captain Picard's two jackets (from First Contact and Insurrection) appeared more or less identical.

First Contact

Insurrection

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