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Christian #Dior’s lasting influence on women’s #fashion began in 1947 with the debut of his Corolle collection in Paris. An international sensation, his “new look” heralded a return to femininity and romance. By 1960, as domestic and international airlines overtook rail and ocean liner travel, the economy of jet service in cost and time dramatically raised airline numbers. In this newly mobile society, the stewardess emerged as a powerful symbol of the glamour and worldly sophistication promised by an increasingly competitive airline industry, and high fashion took to the air. It is during this period that this unique career type, and the associated attire, began to achieve iconic status. See more flight attendant uniforms in "#FashionInFlight: A History of Airline #Uniform #Design", on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library and in the Main Hall of the International Terminal. The Aviation Museum and Library is open daily from 10am to 4:30pm. #WomenInAviation #CrewLife http://bit.ly/fashioninflight
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Parisian by birth, Hollywood costumer Jean Louis (1907–1997) designed for hundreds of leading ladies, including a famous strapless gown worn by Rita Hayworth in “Gilda.” A frequent nominee and Oscar-winner, Louis had a long engagement with United Airlines and created this uniform for the airline’s 4,500 stewardesses.
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World Wings International, Inc., a philanthropic organization of former Pan American World Airways flight attendants, conducted a series of career surveys among the airline’s flight attendants in 1990, 1991, and 2012.
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These wonderfully dressed ladies modeled various Pan American World Airways flight attendant uniforms (from 1950s through 1980) at SFO in 1985 for the 50th anniversary of the China Clipper’s inaugural flight.
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