Misc. Observations, part 8

It is worth mentioning that, although the VOY undershirt collar seems to have been intended to wrap snugly around the wearer's neck, whether due to extensive use or by design, in the later years of Voyager, some of the collars were quite a bit looser around the neck.

Chakotay's collar, in particular, became noticeably "droopy":

VOY, 4x15 "Hunters"

VOY, 5x16 "Dark Frontier"

VOY, 7x11 "Shattered"

He wasn't the only one, though; Tom's was a bit loose in Voyager's early fifth season but tightened up again not long after:

VOY, 5x8 "Nothing Human"

VOY, 5x9 "Thirty Days"

VOY, 6x5 "Alice"

VOY, 6x1 "Equinox (part 2)"

We saw more of this in the later years amongst the supporting cast and extras, as well - again, perhaps because of the constant reuse of the undershirts (with the collars constantly being stretched), or perhaps because of the pre-made garment sizes not quite fitting the wearers.

This happened from time to time before those later years (usually when a character was either sitting, or perhaps leaning, craning their neck, or looking in a particular direction), but in our opinion, those were also exceptions rather than conventions and/or trends.

DS9, 5x7 "Let He Who Is Without Sin"

VOY, 3x20 "Favorite Son"

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