Starfleet uniform (32nd century)

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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 chest. (DIS: "Die Trying")

Standard duty uniform

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

An officer in an operations division uniform

An officer in a sciences division uniform

An officer in a medical division uniform

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Tactical/security uniform

Around this time, a specialized uniform was worn by tactical and security officers, which 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. (DIS: "Die Trying")

Lieutenant Audrey Willa in a standard tactical uniform

A Human security officer in a standard tactical uniform without a gorget patch

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A Human security officer in a variant tactical uniform

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A Human security officer in an advanced tactical uniform

A holographic security officer in a variant tactical uniform

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Specialized duty uniform

Some officers of this era wore specialized uniforms that differed from those of standard officers. (DIS: "Die Trying")

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A Human officer in a medical specialized duty uniform

A holographic officer in a variant specialized duty uniform

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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. (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

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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

Kovich wearing a suit

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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.
• 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

Appendices

Appearances

• 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"

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")