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In 1974, Qantas hired the celebrated fashion designer Emilio Pucci (1914–92) to create new, high-fashion uniforms for flight crews and ground staff. For Qantas’ female flight attendants, Pucci designed a floral pattern print dress, while flight service staff wore bright orange jackets (check out the detail work on the button!) with canary dress shirts and striped ties. See “Flying the Southern Cross Route: Seventy-Five years of Australian Commercial Air Service to North America” on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library and online at: https://bit.ly/3BnvkPy This image was posted on July 19, 2022.

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