Star Trek Costumes ─ Five Decades of Fashion from the Final Frontier

This deluxe book showcases the unique costumes featured in the Star Trek franchise, from Mr. Spock’s staid Starfleet uniform to Uhura’s alluring mirror universe outfit. The book features a dazzling wardrobe gallery that explores beautiful and innovative fashions from the various film and television versions of Star Trek, including many different iterations of the iconic Starfleet uniform, exquisitely designed alien garb, and much, much more.

Every costume is examined in intimate detail, tracing the design process from preproduction sketches to the final stunning outfit. Exclusive interviews with costume designers and experts put the images into context. This unique visual treat delightsStar Trek fans and fashionistas alike.

Paula M. Block is the co-author of the novella Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Lust’s Latinum Lost and numerous nonfiction books about the entertainment industry, includingStar Trek The Original Series 365, Star Trek 101, Monk: The Official Episode Guide,The 4400 Companion, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion, The Secrets of Star Trek Insurrection,Star Trek: Action!, and The Magic of Tribbles. She is also the co-editor of Pocket Books' popular short story seriesStar Trek: Strange New Worlds. She has been a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, the Midwest correspondent forBiotechnology Newswatch, and the international editor for Chemical Week. After 19 years overseeing and editing licensed publishing for Paramount Pictures and CBS Television, Paula moved to Southern Oregon, where she and her husband, author Terry J. Erdmann, write a monthly entertainment column for The Jacksonville Review.

Terry J. Erdmann is the co-author of the novella Star Trek: Deep Space Nine—Lust’s Latinum Lost and numerous nonfiction books about the entertainment industry, includingStar Trek The Original Series 365, Star Trek 101, Monk: The Official Episode Guide,The Last Samurai Official Companion, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion,The Secrets of Star Trek Insurrection, The Magic of Tribbles, The Tribble Handbook,Star Trek: Action!, and The 4400 Companion. As a motion picture publicist, he helped to create the marketing campaigns for dozens of films, fromCocoon, Aliens, and Willow, to What’s Love Got to Do With It,Father of the Bride Part II, G.I. Jane, and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. He lives in Southern Oregon, where he and his wife, author Paula M. Block, write a monthly entertainment column forThe Jacksonville Review. Both live in Jacksonville, OR.

Robert Blackman is a multiple Emmy Award–winning costume designer best known for his work on the Star Trek franchise. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Blackman has also designed for such TV shows asPushing Daisies, Rizzoli & Isles, GCB, and Glee. He currently works on CBS'sExtant and lives in Palm Springs, FL, with his husband, Mark, and their three dogs.