Rubie's mens Star Trek the Next Generation Deluxe Science Officer Costume Shirt Adult Costume Top (pack of 1)

I am a high school science teacher and bought this for school costume event. The shirt is very well put together with strong double stitching and what seems to be a relatively durable fabric (not something to be worn everyday, but I expect that it will hold up well over many wearings). As others have stated, the metal rank insignia tend to weight the collar down a bit, but because there is a double layer of fabric around the collar I was able to cut small slits in the inside of the collar, slide strips of heavy weight paper card stock into the collar and pin the pips through it. My modifications allowed the collar to stay up even with all four Captain pips. The fit seems to be authentic as well since I found myself performing the "Picard Maneuver" on numerous occasions. The included communicator badge pin is plastic, as stated in the description and seems a little cheap in comparison to the metal rank insignia, but it does look reasonably good. It is certainly possible that a heavier comm badge would pull down on the shirt and not allow it to lay flat against the wearer's chest, so perhaps the plastic pin is in fact the best choice. I received a large number of compliments and I highly recommend this costume.

So I received the uniform today, the uniform top itself is of a decent quality, very please with that, the comm badge is a low quality pin badge and I received no rank pips, so need to pay out again to receive something that I was assured would be in with the uniform. No self respecting Starfleet Officer is seen without rank insignia

Very well made, not cheap feeling like the walmart-type hallowe'en costumes. Take it away number one! Zips up the back which can be awkward, but over all nice!

Great costume for dress up

I'm 5'10", bust-waist-hips measurements are 40-33-40 respectively, and I'm comfortably wearing two (old & worn-out) sports bras in the pictures. I have a very slightly beefy build due to my physical job. I bought the medium and it actually fits quite comfortably, plus the fabric is soft enough that I was able to wear it directly against my skin without an issue, even as an autistic person with some sensitivity to certain textures. The fabric isn't overly stretchy but it's not uncomfortably rigid either. I snapped a friend of mine and in all seriousness he asked if I'd had it tailored, hah. He couldn't tell from the picture I sent him that, like the other reviews here all say, the torso is quite short and will try very hard to act like a crop top. I wore it to work for a few hours and was definitely doing the classic TNG pulling-the-shirt-down motion every few minutes. If I'd worn it for a less dynamic and physically active occasion I think it would have been fine. The sleeves are also slightly unusually long, especially in comparison to the short torso, but not inconveniently so. Granted I'm tall, so my limbs are proportionate to that. The shirt was a little difficult to get on and off myself, as the zipper is in the back (which is screen-accurate, so that's fine), so I recommend having someone around to help you get in and out of it. I will say that it came missing the communicator badge. This isn't much of an issue for me, as I intend to buy a different and nicer one based on other reviews anyway, but on principle it's a little crummy. I contacted the seller and did get a partial refund for that. The pips look excellent, although the black one (not pictured) has some slight imperfections that you would have to look pretty closely at to notice. Overall I'm very happy with this, especially for the price. Once I get a good looking communicator badge I think this will honestly become a staple of my everyday wear because frankly I enjoy fun.