/fa/ - Fashion

I think what you're seeing as a definitive genre or sub-genre of a pre-existing one, I think that the core essence of what you're getting at is a very particular era in science fiction, at that point where there was still a sort of outlaw/roaming
lawman western sort of vibe happening a lot because it's what was most relate-able at the time of its inception. A lot of pulp novels and comics featuring spacefarers and beatified galactic explorers, The look I'm seeing here is borrowed heavily from traditional & pre-popularized themes found in war fiction & american westerns.
I'm thinking that the fundamental difference is the period at which we're most commonly mining for inspo. Less like ALIEN and more like Pic Related. Eh? Nah?