Star Trek: 10 Secrets Of The Next Generation Uniforms

Following Star Trek Generations' new uniform snafu, costume designer Robert Blackman admitted "I overextended myself in a way that did not provide the best product". Blackman stepped aside for the following three motion pictures, restricting himself to co-designing the Starfleet uniforms that appeared in Star Trek: First Contact, Insurrection, and Nemesis and designing the wardrobe for every episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager... slacker.

Blackman, though, wasn't the only one who apparently had a tough time in the Star Trek Generations costume department.

While the brand new uniforms didn't make it into the final film (though they did go on to inspire the Starfleet uniforms in Star Trek: Lower Decks), a unique costume was created for Patrick Stewart. Identical to the coveralls worn on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine at the time, Captain Picard's uniform featured a belt buckle. New combadges were also created specifically for Generations. Debuting first in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's "The Search", the new combadge was designed by John Eaves and replaced TNG's oval backing with a rectangular one.

Unfortunately, when the Generations production crew traveled to Nevada to film the scenes set on Veridian III, someone forgot to pack Captain Picard's combadge.

In the finished film, Picard beams from the Enterprise down to the planet and his combadge somehow doesn't make the trip with him. Many simply assumed that the Duras Sisters had removed it, but the real-world explanation is that the production couldn't afford the time or the money it would take to retrieve a badge from Los Angeles, so filming continued with it.

And now you'll never be able unsee this mistake in Star Trek Generations, but hey, now you'll also notice Captain Picard's belt.