-: So this is Kai Opaka's costume
from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
-: Who are you?
-: Kai Opaka.
-: Who are you?
-: Don't you know me? -: Know you?
How can I know someone who doesn't know himself?
-: It was designed by the series costume designer,
Robert Blackman.
-: Because of my training in theater,
I tend to work from text and character development.
-: One thing that's actually really cool about this costume
is that, speaking to sort of
the inclusivity of the costumes,
I love this one because, if you are someone who's like,
more into like modest dressing or like,
even like head covering, stuff like that,
this is like a great costume that sort of just like
comes as-is and like doesn't need to be adapted
to become, like, modest, accessible.
So it's like full-body covering, which is like great if that
just happens to be what you're more comfortable with.
-: Heed her words.
-: So, if you're trying to do this one at home,
this is a brocade fabric.
You can probably find something like this
in any fabric store.
These two pieces are shot silk,
which is also known as changeable silk taffeta.
You'll see, it changes from like,
sort of a muddy brown to a bright pink.
That's just the benefit of getting the right fabric
for this one and really like, going for accuracy.
My advice is if you're trying to find a changeable silk,
you're gonna wanna go to whatever the fashion district is
in your area and do some bartering.
Like, some local, like, flavor
is really gonna do you well in this situation.
It just requires a little bit of extra effort.
This is sort of just a spandex that should be, like,
pretty cheap, it's a thin spandex
and you don't need to go for any more weight that, woo!
Any more weight than that.
Hello.
So, she is a leader within the Bajoran religion,
and they all wear these beads,
like several varieties of beads that are all over the place.
This is an amazing detail to like, be able to see up close,
just because it kind of tells you exactly
what you should be looking for when you are out shopping
at our favorite domestic partners, Michael and Jo Ann.
The lines of beads that you're gonna need are here,
coming off sort of this connector that connects
the bottom part of her sort of, sari-like dress to the top.
You're gonna need earrings, and then she also,
on this side of her hat, has like another bead detail.
So it's con season.
WonderCon has wrapped, C2E2 has wrapped,
in July we will be at San Diego Comic-Con,
we will be at Star Trek Las Vegas,
and then I'm sure the rest of you,
some of you are gonna be going to DragonCon
on Labor Day weekend,
some of you will be at New York Comic Con.
Wherever you're going this summer and into the fall,
we wanna see the costumes that you are making based on
either the ones that we've shown you here
or your own Star Trek costume creations.
Please share them with us, share any pictures,
any video you have, everything.
You can reach us @StarTrek on every social handle.
So that's Instagram, YouTube, Twitter.
And then of course you can also come to StarTrek.com
to read about some of the other builds
that Star Trek fans around the world are making
and have made in the past.