Bloomers were usually worn with stockings and after 1910 often with a sailor middy blouse. A sailor-collared blouse is called a middy blouse ("middy" derives from "midshipman"). The BDM uniform was a full blue skirt, middy blouse and heavy marching shoes. It features guest appearances from Kandi Kain, Middy and Trip. It was illustrated by Middy Thomas. Baraka appointed his brother, Amiri "Middy" Baraka, Jr. as his chief of staff. The original line and the heritage line are informally referred to as "the Middy Line". Middy arrives, revealing that Techno is his twin brother.