Dear CF,
I give you Episode 4 of Season 1 of the Original Star Trek, “Mudd’s Women,” complete with amiable pirate, diabolically sultry besequined space-ladies in search of husbands, undomesticated miners and the shiny heart-shaped “Venus pill.”
Youtube apparently won’t let me embed the episode, but click on Mudd’s women and they’ll beam you on up.
Fondly,
Millicent
[...] gingham and wicker: so cheery, so kempt! Also, THANK YOU for the spectacle of costuming featured below. That green boob flash is one of those moments when I realize that, like storytelling, there [...]
I only saw parts here, but I love that ugliness is defined by mussed hair and no under-eye makeup. Kirk’s stern speech about “there is only one kind of woman” is also a kick. “You have to believe in yourself.” Okay, Kirk, sure. But can I have her sequins?