Vogs in Space
I went to see the new Star trek movie last night. First off, it rocked. But that’s not what I’m here to talk about. I’m here to talk about Romulans, and how well-dressed they are. Sadly, I haven’t been able to find much information (yet) about the deconstructed layers of awesome or the half-hooded trench coats that seem to abound in the evil empire. Eric Bana is dressed like the hippest kid in the club and carrying an awesome steampunk phaser to boot. Sadly, there are very few screen caps yet available, and no information on designers that I can find. But one (possibly accidental) moment of product placement answers the question of the footwear of the future- as Nero’s boot stamps down towards Captain Kirk, the camera focuses in on the hella distressed leather boots of the future- and a familiar swirl at the base of the laces. At first I thought that the Romulans were wearing Fluevogs, but thanks to you guys for realizing that those swirls were Spiral Tabi boots from Ayya.
Tags: costuming, fluevogs, star trek movie
May 14th, 2009 at 8:11 PM
I liked their look too.
May 14th, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Now I MUST see it.
May 15th, 2009 at 12:55 AM
I dunno, they looked awfully like these to me:
http://www.ayyawear.com/store/boots/spiral-tabi
They also have a swirl… and I happened upon them randomly last night after coming home from the movie… following a link from Stylish Gent… which was linked from Haute Macabre!
May 15th, 2009 at 1:36 AM
Jika-tabitastic!
No, really. I just got back from seeing it myself and the clothing and CG were the first things I noted when I got to the car.
Absolutely fantastic and verrryyy inspiring! I loved every minute of the movie/the great little finds all over the place.
May 15th, 2009 at 2:56 AM
Some of the designs came from my friends!
the boots from http://www.ayyawear.com
the jackets from http://ad2013.com/
cheers,
j
May 15th, 2009 at 4:41 AM
Glad to know that I wasn’t the only one lusting after their wardrobe choices. Haha!
May 15th, 2009 at 5:47 AM
The costume designer is Michael Kaplan, who also designed costumes for Bladerunner. He had never seen any of the Star Trek movies before being hired, nor was he that familiar with the show. I think the fresh approach to the Star Trek Empire made the costumes fresh in return. All of the fabrics were custom produced in Bali. The main raglan sleeve shirts worn on the bridge have small Star Trek icons, which is think is hilarious because the convention LARPers are going to have a hard time reproducing that. One of the fans I talked to is sure that they are going to start selling the icon embossed knit at Jo-Anne fabrics soon, which would be a smart business move especially since they signed on for two more movies.
Great post!
May 15th, 2009 at 5:53 AM
At least one future universe is not dedicated to New Rocks.
May 15th, 2009 at 9:28 AM
Those ever so hip Romulans were also wearing spiral tabi boots! Mentioned on your site about a month ago! It pays to be the villians sometimes,
May 15th, 2009 at 10:42 AM
I agree with Samantha.
May 15th, 2009 at 11:45 AM
i thought the boots were by ayya (http://www.ayyawear.com/store/boots/spiral-tabi) but i am probably mistaken.
they have the costumes on display at the arclight in hollywood. very amazing, indeed.
May 19th, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Actually, they are Fluevogs. We sold the costume crew a dozen pairs of the 240s for the guys (http://www.fluevog.com/code/?w0=search%3Ageoff&p=1&pp=1&view=detail&colourID=937) and the Tillies (rubber wedge Friend lace-ups) for the lady Romulans. Vog On!
May 19th, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Wait, that’s Eric Bana???
May 23rd, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Ben – Thanks for such specific clarification! We did a follow up article once we realized our mistake, not sure if you saw it or not : Vogs in Space, Part 2 : Not Vogs, Actually.
May 26th, 2009 at 10:16 AM
hello. all. Little credit to the Eion 2013 team who designed for Michael Kaplan. Mitchell Kulkin, Kelly Crawford, and Elijah Sound. You can find more great clothing of Star Trek Romulan designers at http://www.ad2013.com. E
June 10th, 2009 at 10:51 AM
The designer of the clothing is Mitchell Kulkin. He met Michael Kaplan as a result of the jacket he was wearing at a flee market. From that meeting the Romulan costumes for Paramount were conceived. Mitchell has actually set up the manufacturing for the costumes. You can contact him at captainsidetrack@gmail.com. He is just putting up a new site http://www.romwear.com
June 30th, 2009 at 7:58 AM
The boots were done by AYYA – the Pali ones linked above… I believe the Romwear site is a collaboration between Mitchell Kulkin and AYYA gear – as you can see, not only are they the exact same boots, but I spoke to the creators of AYYA last night in regards to a custom order (aren’t their vests to die for) and they confirmed.
You can purchase either location – Kulkin makes the jackets and then the boots are completed by AYYA.
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April 18th, 2010 at 1:19 PM
ive only just got around to watching Startreck, i expected it to be lame if i am honest… but wow! i was so surprised, full of action, great story, no doubt i will be watching this a few times!!
June 11th, 2010 at 5:49 PM
Does anyone know where to find Star Trek 2009 Nero, or Romulan clothing?