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Sylvia's (Antoinette Bower) Momentary Illusion Green Pantsuit - STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES (1966

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Sylvia's (Antoinette Bower) Momentary Illusion Green Pantsuit - STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES (1966


Sylvia’s (Antoinette Bower) green pantsuit from Gene Roddenberry’s space adventure Star Trek: The Original Series. This floral print jumpsuit features multicolor burnout velveteen with wide, full sleeves and legs. Elaborately decorated, this garment has festoons of various faux flowers attached along the sides of the legs, along the cuffs, and at each hip.

This costume comes from series costume designer William Ware Theiss’ personal collection and immediately following production was stored away from the damaging conditions often seen with traditional studio storage. Thereafter, archived by the Comisar Collection, it has been meticulously cared for and stored in a light, climate and humidity controlled fine art warehouse. The pantsuit is in very fine production-used vintage condition overall indicative of its provenance.

In the episode ‘Catspaw’ (207), the crew of the USS Enterprise encounters Sylvia on a planet previously thought to be abandoned. Sylvia wears the pantsuit as she attempts in a momentary illusion to seduce Captain Kirk (William Shatner). Due to production budget constraints, ‘doubles’ (duplicates) of episode-specific costumes were seldom constructed for the series, and most likely this is the only such pantsuit utilized by Sylvia in the episode.

Provenance: Mr. William Ware Theiss