Real world article
(written from a production point of view)
Rubie's Costume Company is an American costumer founded in Queens, New York in 1951.
It is the largest supplier of Halloween costumes in the world and retails products in the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, South America, Australia, and Asia.
Star Trek releases[]
In 1990, Rubie's signed a merchandising license with Paramount to allow it to produce costumes featuring designs from a number of Star Trek television series and films.
In 2008, it was announced that Rubies had been awarded the license to produce costumes based on Star Trek, the 2009 film. The company was slated to offer all three Starfleet division colors, as well as Uhura's dress, in "Deluxe" and "Grand Heritage" versions.
See also[]
- Warp One - a British company which owned a license to produce costumes based on Star Trek: The Next Generation in the mid 1990s.
- Anovos - an American Star Trek costume manufacturer
External link[]
- Rubies.com – official web site