Lastly, the DS9/NEM and VOY duty trousers both had elastic "stirrups" at the bottom, which wrapped around the boot at the heel and kept the pant legs looking nice and sharp (preventing the pant legs from pulling upward or twisting much), just as their corresponding duty jumpsuits did:
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| DS9, 6x14 "Far Beyond the Stars" |
The same was true for the ladies' duty trousers on both shows:
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The elastic "stirrup" was hardly a new practice, as evidenced in R.I. Davis' wonderful book, Men's Garments 1830-1900:
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