Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 2 (1967)

Costume Design by William Ware Theiss

'Amok Time'

This episode had Spock returning to his home planet Vulcan to partake in a surprisingly vicious wedding ritual, which is overseen by the elder T'Pau (Celia Lovsky) who is clad in a black and silver dress fitted with a translucent lilac cloak, with shiny copper-like segments adorning the front, as well as similar material lining the silver skirt piece.

Spock is to be bonded with T'Pring (Arlene Martel) in a silver dress with a large ridged skirt segment, worn over silvery leggings as well - the design sense of the Vulcans in this episode does seem to feel a tad 'Eastern' in inspiration, but that was honestly nothing out of place when it came to 'alien' attire in this era.

The various ceremonial guards wear silvery tunics with pointed shoulders worn with sash belts, with some of them wearing domed helmets (repainted Romulan helmets from the previous season's 'Balance of Terror'), whilst one of them has an exposed chest and oddly designed protective mask.

'Who Mournes for Adonais?'

In this episode, the Enterprise crew come under the control of Apollo (Michael Forest), supposedly the very same one from Ancient Greek mythology, clad in a shiny golden tunic designed in the cliched fashion. Apollo gets one of the Enterprise's crew, Palamas (Leslie Parrish) under his control, and so she starts to sport a pink and silver gown cut in an asymmetrical and (of course) revealing fashion - this is definitely on the more ahistorical and fantastical end, hence why I'm including it.

'Mirror, Mirror'

In this episode, Kirk ends up in a parallel 'mirror' universe where instead of his world being a peaceful society it is instead a fascist regime where violence and backstabbing is the norm - and for some reason, everyone is dressed so much flashier! Instead of the green wraparound tunic, Kirk wears a glittery golden one with epaulettes, worn with a golden sash - an item worn by the rest of the male Starfleet members whose uniforms are otherwise unchanged.

The female uniforms, worn in particular by Uhuru (Nichelle Nichols), is of course wildly more sexed up compared to the original versions, concisting of a miniskirt and crop top (fixed with the same sort of collar as the typical Starfleet dress, with glden lining) worn with thigh high boots and the golden sash once more, as well as with lots of jewellery. Not really the fashion sense I'd associate with fascists, but...

Of course, the civilian fashion doesn't seem so different in the mirror universe, judging by the multicoloured gown worn by Marlena (BarBara Luna) in her quarters!

'Catspaw'

In this episode, the Enterprise ends up on a planet that seems to be controlled by a pair of magicians, one of which, Sylvia (Antoinette Bower), dons some more striking outfits compared to her usual lace gown, such as a shiny black dress, and a puffy floral gown even more briefly.

'I, Mudd'

This episode marked the return of the devious Harry Mudd, who this time has taken control of an army of androids, his women bodyguards in particular all wearing translucent rose-coloured shawls worn over silvery leggings. Also, please appreciate Mudd's own wardrobe, consisting of that regalia-adorned frilly shirt and pantaloons!

The other women androids tend to just be in a variety of pink and redd dresses, with the android copy of his nagging wife wearing a mottled black dress fixed with feathered strips at the shoulders.

'Metamorphosis'

In this episode, the Enterprise crew is ferrying a Federation official, Nancy Hedford (Elinor Donahue), to imminent treatment when it ends up crashing on a mysterious planet. Throughout the whole episode, Nancy sports a blue and green dress, worn with a green shawl-like garment, blue tights and gloves.

'Journey to Babel'

This episode introduced Spock's father Sarek (Mark Lenard), as well as his human mother Amanda (Jane Wyatt) - Sarek sports a black suit with sharpy cut hems, and in two different versions. The first version just has a strip on the side, whilst the ceremonial version has a panel of green and golden material over the front, with a sash of coloured material on one sleeve.

Amanda sports several dresses in this episode, with her first one being a blue dress worn with a lighter blue cape with a large open collar, perhaps one of the few times that typical scifi design motif appeared in this series.

Amanda's second dress is a mottled green and red dress with a flower worn on one shoulder, though sadly this one is partly obscured by the dinner table in the shot that shows its full length.

Amanda's third dress, worn for the majority of the episode's length, is this translucent pink poncho-like garment with pink furred lining, worn over a pink jumpsuit as well.

This episode's plot involved the political squabblings between the pig-like Tellarites and the blue-skinned Andorians, who are wearing chainmail tunics with hems that are stiff and curved, giving it an almost bell-looking shape - this is worn with a studded vest, sometimes decorated with curved etchings, and worn with black tights. It does seem designed to resemble some sort of medieval warrior motif.

The Tellarites meanwhile are dressed in speckled silver jumpsuits, with blocks of shiny blue material all over the jumpsuit, in particular the chest, legs, sleeves and back - these jumpsuits appeared again in the third season episode 'Whom Gods Destroy', worn again by Tellarites, though the makeup wasn't quite as fakey this time round!

'Friday's Child'

In this episode, the Enterprise ends up on the planet Capella IV, which still has a primitive culture and is undergoing a power struggle made worse by the Klingons. The denizens of Capella IV all wear hooded unitards with asymmetrical fur capes and a plume from the top of the head, the only exceptions being their leader Akaar (Ben Gage) and his scheming rival Maab (Michael Dante) who both wear tasseled lining around the chest and shoulders, with Maab's blakc unitard having one green sleeve and Akaar's having an array of colours. Maab is also distinguished by wearing a shiny black hood.

'The Deadly Years'

In this episode, the crew of the Enterprise are struck with an affliction that makes them age rapidly, with one of the scientists trying to help them being Dr Janet Wallace (Sarah Marshall) who instead of any sort of conventional medieval gear wears a rather lovely pink dress with yellow-brown lines down the sides.

'Wolf in the Fold'

This episode was more or less a murder mystery set on another planet, with one of the first victims being Kara (Tanya Lemani), an exotic dancer wearing a shiny golden bikini with pink tinsel lining, as well as a skirt and headdress made almost entirely out of red and pink tinsel as well - definitely a riff on the classic belly dancer design but with a twist.

'The Trouble with Tribbles'

Perhaps one of the most remembered episodes of the original series, mostly on account of being returned to later on in the sequel series Deep Space Nine, this episode involving the space station K7 being overrun with little fuzzballs was partly set in its bar, whose bartender wears a pink leather jacket with coloured strips over the chest, worn with grey trousers.

Also onboard K7 is the Federation official Nilz Barris (William Schallert) who sports a rather severe suit which seems to be a nehru jacket with the hems cut in a pointed manner, as well as the collars being peeled back to show the patterned shirt underneath.

'The Gamesters of Triskelion'

In this episode, the Enterprise ends up being abducted by an alien intelligence that wishes to make them perform in gladiatorial games for its amusement, and so they come across several other enslaved warriors, one of which is Shahna (Angelique Pettyjohn), who sports a shiny silver bra, pants, gloves and boots - and need I mention the green hair? Another female warrior is Tamoon (Jane Ross) who wears a coloured pink swimsuit-like top with silver belts and pink shoes.

'A Private Little War'

This episode involved a primitive planet stricken by war and being supplied more advanced weapons, all of them being dressed rather trampy with the exception of Nona (Nancy Kovack) who sports baggy black trousers, and a crop top adorned with orange furred lining.

'By Any Other Name'

In this episode the Enterprise is taken over by a group of aliens originally from the Andromeda galazy, with one of the number Kelinda (Barbara Bouchet) sporting a pale blue top and leggings, with the top having a deep collar as well as being cut in a way that exposes the sides of the torso no less!

'Bread and Circuses'

In this episode the Enterprise ends up on a planet that has modeled itself on a sort of modern version of Ancient Roman, gladiatorial games and all - their fashion however is more contemporary, with the proconsul Claudius Marcus (Logan Ramsey) wearing a shiny golden double-breasted jacket and patterned blue jumper, worn with black trousers.

The women of this world, such as Drusilla (Lois Jewell) dress a tad more futuristic, with Drusilla wearing a dress made of shiny golden fabric, with the chest covered by an panel that tapers down to the waist, again allowing the sides of the midriff to be exposed.

'Assignment: Earth'

This episode was originally meant to be the pilot for another television series entirely, but was reworked to be set in Star Trek to act as a springboard for a spinoff, hence why its conspicously set on Earth in the twentieth century - this episode involved a mysterious time traveler, Gary Seven (Robert Lansing) who the Enterprise track down to the 1960s. Lansing has a cat who in fact is a shapeshifting alien, Isis (April Tatro), who in her humanoid form sports a black dress with silver leggings and the same silvery collar as when a cat - also not the pink and orange top worn by Seven;s secretary Roberta (Teri Garr)!