Uniform fashion sense

[Captain Seafort]

Combat kit should certainly, but the main purpose of naval uniforms is to make the wearer look smart, and thereby to foster a sense of pride and esprit de corps. Note that when combat kit was required, they changed into the warmer duffel-type jackets from ST II, or far more utilitarian trousers and pullover in ST V.

[Reliant121]

Without doubt the ST II-ST IV uniform get my favourite. I would accept the FC-NEM uniform as a compromise though

[Sionnach Glic]

They are to bulky and cumbersome in my opinion, uniforms should never restrict movement

They don't restrict movement. Not as far as we've seen.
And while they may take longer to get dressed in than other era's uniforms, I'd hardly call them bulky or cumbersome.

and should always provide some sort of benifit (camo, carrying stuff, protection) something these uniforms had nothing of.

Why would a naval officer, whose roll is to stand on a starship far from the enemy, need camo or body armour?
As for carrying stuff, they probably had pockets.

The purpose of naval uniforms, as Seafort point out, is to look snappy. ST2 era uniforms acomplished that nicely.

[Mark]

They had a sense of pride about them. But I hated the casual look when they opened that front flap.

[Teaos]

They are to bulky and cumbersome in my opinion, uniforms should never restrict movement

They don't restrict movement. Not as far as we've seen.
And while they may take longer to get dressed in than other era's uniforms, I'd hardly call them bulky or cumbersome.

and should always provide some sort of benifit (camo, carrying stuff, protection) something these uniforms had nothing of.

Why would a naval officer, whose roll is to stand on a starship far from the enemy, need camo or body armour?
As for carrying stuff, they probably had pockets.

The purpose of naval uniforms, as Seafort point out, is to look snappy. ST2 era uniforms acomplished that nicely.

Not restrict movement? With those belts acorss them and thick coat it would restrict movement. Not a huge amount but its not something you could run around in easily.

And why not have a funtioning uniform over one that just looks good? Let it serve a purpose, you can also make it look good while being practicle. They have dress uniforms for when they need to look tidy.

[Captain Seafort]

Not restrict movement? With those belts acorss them and thick coat it would restrict movement. Not a huge amount but its not something you could run around in easily.

And why not have a funtioning uniform over one that just looks good? Let it serve a purpose, you can also make it look good while being practicle. They have dress uniforms for when they need to look tidy.

To look good is the primary function of the uniform - they're naval officers, not soldiers.

[Tsukiyumi]

...they're naval officers, not soldiers.

That would explain their awful battle tactics.

[Teaos]

Not restrict movement? With those belts acorss them and thick coat it would restrict movement. Not a huge amount but its not something you could run around in easily.

And why not have a funtioning uniform over one that just looks good? Let it serve a purpose, you can also make it look good while being practicle. They have dress uniforms for when they need to look tidy.

To look good is the primary function of the uniform - they're naval officers, not soldiers.

Cant they have a dress uniform to look good and a normal uniform to work in?

[Sionnach Glic]

Not restrict movement? With those belts acorss them and thick coat it would restrict movement. Not a huge amount but its not something you could run around in easily.

And why does a naval officer need to run around? Their job is to stay on the bridge and direct operations from there. Running is not required.

And why not have a funtioning uniform over one that just looks good? Let it serve a purpose, you can also make it look good while being practicle. They have dress uniforms for when they need to look tidy.

What's the point? The current uniform allows them to work fine, while still looking nice.

[Teaos]

Why do they need to look nice? Or more to the point why cant they look nice in uniforms that dont restrict movement.

And they didnt just stay on the bridge, they wore these uniforms everywhere, including away mission that may require a high degree of mobility.

[Tsukiyumi]

...why cant they look nice in uniforms that dont restrict movement...

Yeah, I can't stand tight pants for that exact reason.

[Reliant121]

The whole point is there SHOULD have been two uniforms. Uniform A for on board ship, and at diplomatic meetings w/e. Looks good.

Uniform B for going into hostile or dangerous situations, IE Away missions. Practical.

[Mikey]

Cant they have a dress uniform to look good and a normal uniform to work in?

They DID seem to have a couple of duty alternates - the fatigues/mechanic sweater that Seafort mentioned from STV (which I thought was great,) the cargo jackets from STII, the bomber-style alternate jackets from STIII-IV, and a duty fatigue/coverall seen on some security and engineering personnel.

Asking why they usually wore the more formal unis when on standard bridge or command duty is like asking why Admiral Nimitz or General MacArthur wore neckties.