In years later, especially as the women’s movement took hold in the seventies, people began to ask me about my costume. Some thought it “demeaning” for a woman in the command crew to be dressed so sexily. It always surprised me because I never saw it that way. After all, the show was created in the age of the mini-skirt, and the crew women’s uniforms were very comfortable. Contrary to what many may think today, no one really saw it as demeaning back then. In fact, the miniskirt was a symbol of sexual liberation. More to the point, though, in the twenty-third century, you are respected for your abilities regardless of what you do or do not wear. I’ll tell you one thing: I would not have worn those silly high water bell-bottoms with the ruffle at the calf the guys had to wear for anything. Several times I offered Bill Theiss (Costume Designer) some unsolicited advice: “Why can’t you just cut those goddamn things longer and preshrink them?”