Author: Anika

The orange and red is notably more colorful than anything we see other Ocampa wear and compliments the dialogue that expresses Kes’s culturally controversial personality: TOSCAT: You defied the Caretaker by going to the surface, Kes. Learn from the experience. Follow the path he has set for us. KES: I’ve learned very well, Toscat. I …

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This purple outfit is much more structured than any of her others, and is a solid color which I think of as “less Kes”. But I do like how it references the Starfleet uniforms of the crew from within her aesthetic. I love the cut outs here, but the colors read a little dusty, like …

Read more “Kes Fashion Project | Purple and Peach”

With few exceptions Kes wears layered minidresses over tights. I love it. Kes is probably the Trek character whose fashion choices most closely resemble my own personal ‘character design’ (Kira’s casual outfits are the only others in the running and they are also made up of layers in different textiles). Kes resembles Tinker Bell:  I …

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How Deanna Troi can Kes be? So Deanna.  Same color (Starfleet Medical Blue). Same cut: I mean, seriously, that asymmetric collar is so very Kes and so very Teal!Deanna at once that a tiny part of me thinks they built asymmetry into Kes’s aesthetic to reference Deanna from the beginning. It’s worn over matchy tights …

Read more “Kes Fashion Project | Turquoise”

These two outfits are the closest Kes gets to a uniform in design. The blue especially shares traits with clothes worn by both Deanna Troi and T’Pol, clothes that are specifically not Starfleet issue but are nonetheless uniforms of a type. In contrast, these two looks fall outside what Kes normally wears. The blue jumpsuit has …

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