Martas (Yvonne Craig) Caftan | STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES (1966-1969)

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Marta’s (Yvonne Craig) Caftan

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Marta’s (Yvonne Craig) caftan from Gene Roddenberry’s space adventure Star Trek: The Original Series. This caftan in a painterly plaid print is rendered in vibrant shades of pink, orange, aqua and ochre, with golden metallic panels and cuffs. It is trimmed with ocher colored grosgrain bows along the shoulders and sleeves. This costume comes from series costume designer William Ware Theiss’ personal collection and immediately following production was stored away from the damaging conditions often seen with traditional studio storage. Thereafter, archived by the Comisar Collection, it has been meticulously cared for and stored in a light, climate and humidity controlled fine art warehouse. The caftan is in excellent, production-used vintage condition overall indicative of its provenance.

In the episode ‘Whom Gods Destroy’ (314), Marta encounters Captain Kirk (William Shatner) while she is being held in a Federation asylum. Due to production budget constraints, ‘doubles’ (duplicates) of episode-specific costumes were seldom constructed for the series, and most likely this is the only such caftan Marta utilizes in the episode, which she wears in her death scene at the hands of Donald Cory (Koye Luke).

This item is located in London.