Another major feature of these uniforms was the ⅜" bias trim seen on the bottom of the yoke and shoulder points, which was wool gabardine (same as the jacket body and pants), dyed to match the gray wool elastique/cavalry twill of the yoke, and cut on the bias - basically custom-made bias tape.
This bias trim on all of the standard DS9/NEM uniform garments (the admiral jackets, standard duty jumpsuits, "captain jackets," "captain vests," and the officers' formal jackets) apparently reacted quite differently under different lightings and shone quite differently when shot by different cameras - much more than one might expect.
Sometimes, for instance, it possessed a notable sheen, almost like sateen or silk might - making it easily distinguishable from the yoke itself. This was most commonly seen in promotional photos.
Sometimes (usually on the big screen), there was a subtle difference in the color/lighting of the two; they subtly but clearly stood out as different fabrics:
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| Insurrection |
Other times (usually on television), the gabardine bias trim was almost indistinguishable from the yoke elastique/twill:
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| DS9, 7x1 "Image in the Sand" |
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