The women's formal trousers were different from the men's in two notable ways.
First, the ladies' formal trousers were made from black spandex (like the DS9/NEM "female hero jumpsuits" worn by Jadzia, Ezri, Deanna, and Beverly), rather than black wool gabardine, as you can see from these close-up photos of screen-used ladies' formal trousers:
Although usually indistinguishable from the black wool gabardine of the men's uniforms on-screen, under photography lighting, the black spandex was quite a bit shinier, usually making it quite obvious whether the uniform was intended for a male or female wearer:
Secondly, the women's trousers were attached to what appears to be (and what was described as) a sleeveless black spandex undershirt, forming what it technically a jumpsuit:
This is similar to the "jumpsuits" (faux pants + undershirts) seen with some of the ladies' DS9/NEM division shirts, DS9/NEM and VOY tank tops, and VOY "female hero undershirts."
The difference here is that these "jumpsuits," rather than give the appearance of an undershirt tucked into pants, were intended to appear as trousers, since only the lower portion would be seen and the upper portion would be covered by the jacket.
Our best guess is that since the ladies' formal jackets were so short and the accompanying trousers would have to be so high to compensate, it was deemed easier and/or more convenient and/or more convenient to the wearer to just make the ladies' formal trousers full-on overalls.
Unlike the men's formal trousers, which had the upper edge of the trim simply turned under and secured into place via topstitching, it appears the ladies' formal trousers had the upper edge of the trim sewn into the trousers/undershirt seam: |
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