Starfleet uniform (32nd century)

By the 32nd century, the Starfleet uniform was mostly gray in color, and trimmed with the division color of its wearer. Additionally, a Starfleet tricom badge was worn on the left breast. (DIS: "Die Trying") By 3190, a new variant of the uniform was in use, which made the jacket predominantly division-colored. (DIS: "Kobayashi Maru")

Standard duty uniforms

Fleet uniform

Type A

This uniform style was used commonly by Starfleet Headquarters and starship personnel until 3189.

Captain L'Teis Kardashev in a command red uniform (captain's variant)

An officer in an operations gold uniform

An officer in a sciences blue uniform

An officer in a medical white uniform

Type B

By 3190, some starship crews began to transition to this new uniform style, while others continued to use the previous design. It consisted of a jacket in division colors with a black vertical stripe worn over a black sleeveless jumpsuit. (DIS: "Kobayashi Maru", "Anomaly (DIS)", "All In")

Captain Saru in a command red uniform (captain's variant), with an additional medal from Kaminar on his right breast

Lieutenant Christopher in an operations gold uniform

Ensign Adira Tal in a sciences blue uniform

Doctor Hugh Culber in a medical white uniform

Lieutenant Commander Joann Owosekun in an operations gold uniform jumpsuit

Space station uniform

A lieutenant junior grade in an operations gold uniform

This uniform style was used on Federation space stations such as Deep Space Repair Beta Six. (DIS: "Kobayashi Maru")

Flag officer uniform

The flag officer's uniform was a two-piece outfit. Rank was denoted by flag epaulets, and a mostly golden tricom badge was worn on the chest. It dated back to at least 3177. (DIS: "Forget Me Not", "Die Trying")

Admiral Senna Tal wearing an earlier flag officer’s uniform and badge

Fleet Admiral Charles Vance in the flag officer’s uniform of 3189

Cadet uniform

Cadet Harral in a red duty uniform

Cadets wore red duty uniforms. (DIS: "All Is Possible") They also had a distinct version of the tricom badge, which lacked the oval backing.

Federation Security uniform

A specialized uniform was worn by Federation Security officers. It featured a black "honeycomb" design, and additional padding. As with the standard duty uniform of this era, a tricom badge was worn on the chest. Senior officers wore a gorget patch on the collar of their uniform, while junior officers apparently did not. (DIS: "Die Trying", "Rubicon") Several variants of the Federation Security uniforms existed, either black and gray or all black, or white and gray in the case of holograms. (DIS: "Die Trying", "That Hope Is You, Part 2", "Rubicon")

Lieutenant Audrey Willa in a standard tactical uniform (senior officer's version)

A Human security officer in a standard tactical uniform (junior officer's version)

A Human security officer in a variant tactical uniform

Commander D. Nhan in a variant tactical uniform

A Human security officer in a variant tactical uniform

A holographic security officer in a variant tactical uniform

Dress uniform

The dress uniform was gray in color for most officers, blue for cadets, and red for captains. (DIS: "Kobayashi Maru")

Officer dress uniforms

Captain dress uniform

Admiral dress uniform

Cadet dress uniform

Cadet and captain dress uniforms

Special use uniforms

Excursion uniform

(DIS: "Kobayashi Maru", "The Examples")

Arctic gear

For extremely cold environments, officers were given appropriate wear including a hooded jacket, gloves, and boots. Officers wore black-colored arctic jackets, while cadets wore red ones. (DIS: "All Is Possible")

Sylvia Tilly in Arctic gear

Starfleet cadets in Arctic gear

EV suit

EV suits were used for extravehicular activities or situations without active life support systems. (DIS: "Stormy Weather") The suits had accents in division colors, with black for command instead of red. (DIS: "Rosetta")

Captain Michael Burnham in a command black EV suit

Lieutenant Commander Keyla Detmer in an operations gold EV suit

Doctor Hugh Culber in a medical white EV suit

Casual wear

Sportswear

Lieutenant Commanders Joann Owosekun and Keyla Detmer in sportswear

These outfits were worn during sporting activities and exercise. (DIS: "Stormy Weather")

Accessories

Gloves

A Starfleet cadet wearing a dress uniform with blue gloves

Gloves in division colors were worn by some officers with duty uniforms or dress uniforms. (DIS: "The Examples") In the case of cadets, the optional gloves were red when worn with duty uniforms, and blue with dress uniforms. (DIS: "All Is Possible") Gloves worn by flag officers were grey. (DIS: "Under the Twin Moons")

Other uniform features

Certain officers aboard the Federation Headquarters space station wore attire other than the standard uniform, though they still wore tricom badges. (DIS: "Die Trying")

Eli in a holographic medical outfit

A holographic officer in a variant duty uniform

Kovich wearing a suit

Eli's bow tie was inspired by performer Brendan Beiser coming in to a meeting with Alex Kurtzman with a bow tie, and Kurtzman asking Phillips to integrate it into his costume. (TRR: "Unification III")

Rank insignia

Officer rank insignia was indicated in various ways:

• All officers' ranks were indicated by pips on the right side of the tricom badge, with admirals also having the bottom part of their badges colored light gold, as opposed to the light silver coloring used by all other ranks.
• Captains wore shoulder straps with an additional insignia on either side of their uniform, as well as one rank bar gorget patch, all showing the same number of pips.
• Admirals wore two rank bars – one on either side of their collar – in the form of gorget patches, as well as on epaulets.

Crewman	Ensign	Lieutenant junior grade	Lieutenant	Lieutenant commander	Commander	Captain	Commodore	Fleet admiral

This chart represents the rank insignia seen on screen throughout these uniforms' appearances.

Appendices

Appearances

Type A

• DIS:
  • "Forget Me Not"
  • "Die Trying"
  • "Scavengers"
  • "Unification III"
  • "The Sanctuary"
  • "Terra Firma, Part 1"
  • "Terra Firma, Part 2"
  • "Su'Kal"
  • "There Is A Tide..."
  • "That Hope Is You, Part 2"
  • "Anomaly (DIS)"
  • "All Is Possible"
  • "Stormy Weather"
  • "All In"
  • "Rubicon"
  • "The Galactic Barrier"
  • "Rosetta"
  • "Species Ten-C"
  • "Coming Home"

Type B

• DIS:
  • "Kobayashi Maru"
  • "Anomaly (DIS)"
  • "Choose to Live"
  • "All Is Possible"
  • "The Examples"
  • "Stormy Weather"
  • "...But to Connect"
  • "All In"
  • "Rubicon"
  • "The Galactic Barrier"
  • "Rosetta"
  • "Species Ten-C"
  • "Coming Home"
• VST:
  • "Holiday Party"
  • "Holograms All the Way Down" (hologram)

Background information

Uniforms with various division stripes

The 32nd century Starfleet uniform was designed by costume designer Gersha Phillips, and was first seen in "Forget Me Not". Phillips describes the design process and what makes these uniforms unique in a segment for The Ready Room: "Federation uniforms for the 32nd century." Phillips chose the particular fabric for the "cleanness that it gives, it makes it so clean and so streamlined."

The costume design team looked to old Star Trek video games for ideas on how to change up the uniforms and add new elements. Parts were 3D printed, molded with thermoplastic, and laser cut to provide an added "techy" look. Most of the uniform was put together with a bonding system so no stitching would be visible. The new uniform boots were made by a company in Portugal. (TRR: "Unification III")