We believe it worth noting that the formal uniforms were actually the last uniforms to "upgrade" and join the DS9/NEM Starfleet uniform family, probably because the formal dress uniforms were probably the least frequently seen.
Right off the bat in First Contact, the VOY duty jumpsuits and undershirts upgraded to the DS9/NEM duty jumpsuits and division shirts, and the DS9/NEM "captain jacket" and "captain vest" showed up immediately as well. This was also the case when Deep Space Nine "upgraded" to the DS9/NEM uniforms almost halfway through its fifth season.
Early the following production year (Deep Space Nine's sixth season) came the DS9/NEM admiral jackets, and later that same year came the DS9/NEM cadet jumpsuits. The DS9/NEM formal uniforms would be introduced early the following production year in Insurrection.
Before then, a transitional version of the formal uniform was seen once in Deep Space Nine's early sixth season episode, "You Are Cordially Invited," which appeared to be an adaptation of the late TNG/VOY-style formal uniform, but with a DS9/NEM-style quilted yoke.
It can be difficult to see in the auction photos on the previous page, and it was nearly impossible to see in the actual episode, but thankfully there were some closer auction photos of the yoke:
Like the transitional admiral uniform briefly seen in First Contact, these transitional formal uniforms were probably hasty adaptations of the late TNG/VOY-style formal uniforms due to a combination of time constraints and the fact that they were only going to be seen very briefly in a single episode.
And, just as a recurring admiral character probably necessitated (or at least expedited) a DS9/NEM admiral uniform "upgrade" on Deep Space Nine, most of the main characters wearing formal uniforms during several scenes of a feature film probably necessitated/expedited a DS9/NEM formal uniform upgrade.
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