The depth of the lower front triangular points may have been partially determined by the length of the jacket itself, which, unsurprisingly, varied amongst the cast.
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Although the specific lengths varied, we can safely point out that on both genders, the jacket bottom was approximately waist/navel level, about elbow-length when the arm hangs naturally at the side, where the body begins to widen and curve outwards for the hips:
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| Insurrection |
Like we said, though, the specific length varied quite a bit, which we were able to determine by counting the bib's horizontal ½" quilt lines.
On the men, the average jacket length appeared to be 16 ½", as evidenced by Captain Picard and Geordi both having jackets whose bibs had 25 quilt lines (12 ½" + bib panel).
Riker's and Wesley's formal jackets appeared to have 25 as well, although it might have been 26 ...
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(Of course, the question arises as to why Wesley's even there and in a Starfleet uniform, complete with rank ... but hey, if that was the most baffling thing in Nemesis, then maybe the franchise might not have had to be rebooted!)
Data's formal jacket appeared to be a bit longer - about 27 bib quilt lines, plus the bib panel ... odd considering Brent Spiner (Data) is slightly taller than LeVar Burton (Geordi), yet Data's bib extended lower than Geordi's:
One might be tempted to conclude that the difference in jacket length was directly proportional to the difference in height, but note that Michael Dorn (Worf) is considerably taller than Gates McFaydden (Beverly), while his jacket was barely longer than hers when compared to their difference in height:
The longest formal jackets we observed were Worf's, Admiral Ross', and Dr. Bashir's, all of which appeared to be 28 bib quilt lines deep (plus the lower bib panel):
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As you can see, there doesn't appear to have been a standard jacket length, nor does the jacket appear to have been lengthened in direct proportion to the height of the wearer; consider that Jonathan Frakes (Riker) is fully several inches taller than Sir Patrick Stewart, but his jacket was only about ½" longer, while Michael Dorn (Worf) had a jacket that was about an inch longer than that ...
NOTE: On our men's formal jacket pattern, the total jacket length begins at 16" for the size SMALL and increases by ½" with each larger size - i.e. the size MEDIUM is 16 ½", the size LARGE is 17", the size XL is 17 ½", and the size 2XL is 18".
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