Pool Party and Prosper With This Star Trek Swimsuit

ThinkGeek—the pop culture-focused online retailer where you can buy your very own lightsaber or a House Stark hoodie—is ready for summer. The store sells one-piece women’s bathing suits modeled after Star Trek: The Next Generation-era Starfleet uniforms, perfect for an afternoon in the Holodeck’s sauna program.

The swimwear comes in three colors: blue, gold, and red, which—as any geek worth her salt vampire knows—correspond to the three departments of Starfleet crew members (sciences, operations, and command). The designers draped collar pips down the right shoulder, so the $59.99 price tag includes the rank of captain for red and gold buyers, and commander for blue. 

The “Trekini Swimwear” line also includes a cover-up romper, which kind of looks like those weird space robes Captain Picard wore in his oft-interrupted down time; a two-piece bathing suit inspired by the original series; a purple one-piece that's decorated with TNG's most famous ships; and some colorful swim trunks for men (one version inspired by TNG, and another from the original series)

We don’t see how ThinkGeek failed to conceive of a beach-ready shoulder bag resembling Worf’s baldric with a d'k tahg-shaped sunscreen bottle to go inside, but apparently there was only so far they were willing to boldly go.

Updated for 2019.