Like with the VOY undershirts, several neat tricks were employed to keep the DS9/NEM division shirts looking as good as possible on screen while maximizing comfort (or minimizing discomfort) for the wearer.
Sometimes, for instance, the long sleeves were omitted, since they were unlikely to be missed anyway (especially when the characters' wrists were out of frame and/or they were standing), as evidenced by this screen-used Riker division shirt from Nemesis:
As well as these screen-used Dax division shirts (yes, the auctioneers erroneously put her tank top on OVER her division shirt for some reason):
Also, there was the occasional technique of constructing the DS9/NEM division shirt in the form of a "onesie" - that is, with the bottom of the turtleneck-style shirt wrapping around the bottom of the wearer's torso, as evidenced by this screen-used O'Brien division shirt:
The "onesie" technique kept the undershirt from riding up on the wearer and minimized fabric pulling its way out of the jumpsuit's neck opening.
Oddly, O'Brien's division shirt "onesie" appeared to close in back (if at all), whereas the screen-used Worf division shirt below conveniently closed in the front via hook-and-loop tape ("Velcro"):
The above Worf-style division shirt is what we call the "standard onesie" on our men's undershirt pattern, except the bottom closes from above instead of below.
The Sisko's division shirts appeared to at least sometimes have a onesie that had a fly opening:
The above Sisko-style division shirt onesie with the fly opening is what we call the "fly onesie" on our men's undershirt pattern.
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