On Couture, recycled IN SPACE

[gominokouhai]

Yeah. I've decided, the film company can't have this back. I'm never taking it off^[0]. You can't make me.

Sean, said I to the producer, if it makes it easier for you... if it's one thing less for you to remember... I can just hold on to this for the duration of the shoot. I promise not to use it for personal sexy times or anything.

He gave me a Look, so I had to clarify: I know some weird people. I was joking, but the moment I got home, stormsearch came over all why, hello, Captain. I may be learning things I didn't necessarily want to know. Oh well. Engage!

I came home from the shoot having stopped by Sainsburys on the way back, so I had a bag full of frozen food. Naturally the first thing that came to mind was not J, please put these things in the freezer, but instead was Doctor Crusher, place these items in stasis. It turns out that J is Crusher now. This makes sense. Television has taught me that no ship can have more or less than exactly one hot redhead.

A couple of minutes ago I found myself involuntarily performing the Picard Maneuver. It's true. These things ride up, yo.

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[0] It's theoretically possible. It's acrylic; I could probably shower in it.

Comments

[scotm]

The Pizza of Rassilon is dead... Long live the new flesh!!!

[(Anonymous)]

I wouldn't wear it too often if I were you.. You know what happens to red shirts!

Suzi

[gominokouhai]

As everyone knows, that only applies to TOS red. This shirt is cranberry.

[digitalraven]

I am envious. Mainly because I couldn't pull it off.

[highlyeccentric]

I was joking, but the moment I got home, [personal profile] stormsearch came over all "why, hello, Captain". I may be learning things I didn't necessarily want to know. Oh well. Engage!

But does that uniform date from an era in which the command division wore red?

[spudtater]

It's Picard's shirt. (Although the red looks a little... hmm... saturated to me. Perhaps even in the 24th century, colours fade in the wash.)

[highlyeccentric]

*peers* Oh, so it is! The shade of red threw me.

[gominokouhai]

Cranberry.

[highlyeccentric]

Cranberry would be right and proper! You, sir, appear to be wearing red. Although that could partly be my laptop screen's fault...

[gominokouhai]

You shut up, I look good in red, and I'm the Captain.

If it's not red enough for you, you need to take it up with *hunts for label* Rubie's Costume Co., Inc., Authorized User. Far as I'm concerned, it's quite cranberry enough for me. I look awesome.

[highlyeccentric]

I must say, you do look good in this colour which may be red or cranberry depending on one's viewpoint.

[gominokouhai]

Also depending on one's particular adherence to personal canon. Personally, it's referred to as cranberry in the novelization for Encounter at Farpoint: that's good enough for me.

I want a movie-era uniform. According to a colour chart I saw in a car dealership once, that would be tornado red.

[highlyeccentric]

And they deliberately made it out of WEIRD FABRIC that you can't buy anywhere except from licensed retailers.

This is meeaaaan.

[gominokouhai]

During my research for the part (I research these things, I'm thorough), I did come across this retailer that sells patterns: presumably, you can make them out of whatever you like.

I mentioned this to J, and she's interested and owns a sewing machine. Dear Goddess, what have I started?

[gominokouhai]

You'd have to take that up with my photographer.