Flight Attendant Uniforms : Then and Now

[PerfectPerfect]

Welcome....I THINK I saw one of the Halston dresses the other day while I was thrifting. It wasnt very nice, and it had the H letters all over. But it said Halston lll, so I was just boggled and left it there. I'm wondering if this is what it was from?!

 

[Diorling]

I would adore a Pucci print plane...That would be so frickin cool.

 

[@~PinkCouture~@]

Hello Kitty Has her own plane now??? Dang! What can't that kitty do??? *meow*

 

[ilaughead]

Hello Kitty Has her own plane now??? Dang! What can't that kitty do??? *meow*

I know! First ricecookers, now planes. What's next? Im saying a pink space station or something!

 

[yojuicy]

i once saw a balenciaga for kuwait airlines jacket at goodwill for only 5 bucks. they probably still have it.

 

[gius]

Flight Attendant Uniforms

aka steward/stewardess

 

[gius]

 

[Leeroi]

Flight attendants are seriously well dressed. Has anyone flown Korean Air before? Those flight attendants are dressed to impress. I guess they overcharge you an extra 100 bucks for the "scenery".

And I always wonder how perfect flight attendant faces are even after flying for so many hours. They don't look oily, tired, or anything. Haha.

Thanks for the thread.

 

[gius]

 

[gius]

all pics
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[~Fixation~]

I can't find any old pictures, but Singapore Airlines' iconic "Singapore Girl" uniforms are really gorgeous and have been the same for the past 30 years. They were designed by Pierre Balmain.

source: 1 2

 

[gius]

Nice^ So unlike the Balmain of now.
Seems like a traditional costume, with the textile pattern

If anyone has pictures of male flight attendants that would be great too I know they are out there. Usually I meet them on short flights in the smaller aeroplanes...

also: I'm with you on that, Leeroi lol. Always perfect !
Much more pressure for the men. They don't have the advantage of concealer.

 

[gius]

same source as above
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[Jacque Marcel]

Love it, back then flying was glamorous, people dressed up because it was an event to fly. I saw Boeing Boeing on broadway and have been obsessed with the idea of jet age/midcentury modern style. Flying now is so dreadful, especially if you're sitting next to someone in their pajamas and flip flops. Pity the TWA terminal at JFK is not still up and running

 

[BerlinRocks]

Dolls ... and real flight attendants.

A la demande d’Air France, Cristobal Balenciaga a créé l’uniforme des hôtesses d’Air France pour être à la fois pratique et féminin.
C’est au début juin de 1969 que les 1300 hôtesses d’Air France inaugurent la nouvelle tenue été.

* On Air France request, C. Balenciaga created the uniform for AF flight attendants to be both feminine and usefull. It's early june 1969 that 1300 AF flight attendants started to wear this summer outfit.

Lors de la mise en ligne du Concorde le 21 Janvier 1976, une robe signée Jean Patou est créée spécialement pour le personnel navigant du Supersonique.
De 1986 à 2003, la maison Nina Ricci a été choisie parmi les plus grands noms de la Haute Couture pour habiller sur mesure le personnel navigant du Concorde.
Cet uniforme de 1993 à été créé par le grand couturier, exclusivement dédié aux hôtesses du supersonique.

For the Concorde, Jean Patou started to design the uniforms (from 1976 to 1986). From 1986 to 2003, Nina Ricci Couture designs the uniforms. This one (ill.) is from 1993.



The 2005 uniforms for AF, by Christian Lacroix



sources : airfrance.fr, capachat.com

 

[Crying Diamonds]

I love how the uniforms can really reflect fashion, but also, as illustrated by ~Fixation~ they can be so well designed that they are classic and appropriate for decades.
I remember a flight attendant's uniform from the History of Style forum being designed by Balenciaga just before he resigned.
I think I see a lot of Pierre Cardin here Gius! Love his designs

 

[gius]

Here's Cardin for PIA (Pakistan International Airport)

1966-1975 (Copyright © PIA)

A PIA Air Hostess wearing uniform designed by Pierre Cardin. In 1966, Pierre Cardin, the renowned French fashion designer, came up with the legendary fawn and moss green summer and winter uniform edged with turquoise. The uniform consisted of a short, easy fitting "A" line tunic, slim-line trousers and imaginatively moulded dupatta that not only covered heads but also turned heads. The uniform became an instant hit, the slim-line trousers immediately were dubbed as 'PIA Pajamas'. Fashion-conscious young ladies, all across Pakistan, copied Cardin's design eagerly. This popular uniform design was used by the airline from 1966 to 1975

 

[gius]

The first air hostesses started with Air France in 1946.

The first uniforms were designed by Georgette Rénal. As was typical for the times, the uniforms had a very military bearing. Rénal had her House of Haute Couture on the Avenue du Président Roosevelt in Paris from 1946 to 1966.

(Only one year later, Pierre Cardin updated the uniforms with a more feminine cut.)

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1946 Georgette Rénal Air France uniform.

The stewardess seen on the front cover of Du Monde and on the ladder, embarking the DC4 was Air France's first Hotésse de l'Air.

 

[gius]

One more Pierre Cardin
minimadmod60s.com

 

[gius]

instyle.com
1968 - Balenciaga designs the uniforms for Air France’s stewardesses, then presents his final collection, calling fashion design “a dog’s life.”

orig post by flyme2themoon