Durinda Rice Wood Durinda Rice Wood was the costume designer on for its second season , taking over from legendary Starfleet uniform designer , William Ware Theiss with whom she shared an Emmy Award nomination . Her most notable contributions to " Star Trek " are Guinan ' s outfits and the early Borg costumes . In interviews given for the TNG Season 2 DVD - special features , Rice Wood revealed that she had wanted to redesign a few things including Worf ' s baldric . As for Whoopi Goldberg ' s character Guinan , Rice Wood also explained that she wanted her to look different without her typical dreadlock look and that ' s the reason Guinan is wearing large hats . Her first idea for the Borg design was kind of like a spine of a reptile and she was really amazed by actor Howie Seago . Wood also designed the Romulan uniforms ( reworking the design by Theiss for ) seen throughout the run of and in later incarnations , and the Ferengi uniforms seen for the remainder run of the series . Wood left " The Next Generation " after a single season and suggested her friend , Robert Blackman as her successor , who took over as the main costume designer for the " Star Trek " television franchise for the next sixteen years . Career outside " Star Trek " . Hailing from the East Coast and educated at the Bard College New York , the Yale School of Drama ( holding a 1985 Masters degree in Theater & Film Design ) and the California Institute of the Arts , Durinda Wood ' s first work as a costume designer in the motion picture industry was for the 1978 independent film " The Kid from Not - So - Big " , starring Barry Atwater and Don Keefer . She then worked on the 1979 science fiction / horror film " Parts : The Clonus Horror " , which became fodder for in 1997 . Wood was nominated for a Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction , Fantasy & Horror Films for her costume designs used in the 1980 science fiction film " Battle Beyond the Stars " . alumni Jeff Corey and Morgan Woodward both had supporting roles in this film . Further credits included the 1984 drama " Maria ' s Lovers " ( starring Keith Carradine and John Savage ) , ' s 1985 comedy , " The Sure Thing " ( photographed by Robert Elswit ) , " Back to School " ( 1986 , starring Adrienne Barbeau , Terry Farrell , Sally Kellerman and Robert Picardo ) , After her involvement with " The Next Generation " , Wood ' s subsequent film credits included " Listen to Me " ( 1989 , featuring Anthony Zerbe ) , and " Sibling Rivalry " ( starring Kirstie Alley and Scott Bakula ) . She also created additional costumes of the 1990 drama " White Palace " , starring Jason Alexander . She was nominated for a CableACE Award for her costume designs in the 1996 TV movie " Riders of the Purple Sage " and won a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on the ABC Afterschool Special , " Educating Mom " . The latter starred two - time DS9 guest actor Todd Waring . Wood later designed costumes for a number of comedy films from writer - director , starting with 1998 ' s " Almost Heroes " . She then supervised the costumes for Guest ' s acclaimed 2000 mockumentary " Best in Show " and designed the costumes for 2003 ' s " A Mighty Wind " and 2006 ' s " For Your Consideration " . Ed Begley , Jr . and Michael McKean starred in all three of these films ; Paul Dooley starred in the latter two . In 2007 , Wood again worked with Guest on an unsold pilot for ABC called " The Thick of It " , also starring Michael McKean . Wood won a Costume Designers Guild Award for her work on " A Mighty Wind " ( 2003 ) , having previously been nominated as additional costume designer on the acclaimed 2001 film " Mulholland Drive " . She most recently designed the costumes for ' s war drama , " Brothers " , the comedy " The Six Wives of Henry Lefay " , ( both 2009 ) , " Flipped " ( 2010 ) , " Quad " ( 2013 ) and was as of 2014 attached to the productions of " Lucky Stiff " , " Dulce Rosa " and " La Vida Robot " . Besides motion picture features , Wood also lent her talents to television series productions , and has contributed , apart from " The Next Generation " , to series like " She " , " Pasadena " and " Medium " . Additionally , she has been active in the world of theater for over twenty years , contributing to theater production performances across the United States . Emmy Award nomination . As Costume Designer , Durinda Wood received the following Emmy Award nomination in the category " Outstanding Costume Design for a Series " :