Captain On Deck

[kevin_standlee]

It's repeating a costume used before, but I have it on hand and it still fits, so I'm in my WSFS uniform and will be heading to the office in a few minutes. Happy Halloween!

Comments

[yourbob.livejournal.com]

This is not meant to belabor...but I got curious. Here are a couple of alternate examples for future reference.

"Uniform at sea will consist of navy blue trousers, black shoes, white navy regular shirt and epaulets denoting rank." from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Mariner

and

http://www.congressionalgoldmedal.com/ArthurHenryRostron.htm
(which is from about 100 years ago....(you have to scroll down to see the photo. He was captain of one of the Titantic rescue ships.

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

Good point. Thus it comes down to corporate style, since the White Star Federated Spacelines are a private operation, not a government one. This is an element of the mythos we never worked out, but we were content to parallel the present-day cruise ship style because we knew it's what most people would recognize.

[yourbob.livejournal.com]

no worries