"Fashion in Flight: A Photo Album" has been extended until October 2017 in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/UbL4YNFAUD. #womeninaviationThis tweet was posted on March 08, 2017.
#OnThisDay in 1923, French fashion designer André Courrèges was born. His 1973 uniform for UTA had a skirt or flared trousers option, a fitted sweater, and a short jacket in imitation leather. The pearlescent pink, powder blue, or red outfits came with white vinyl flat boots. This tweet was posted on March 09, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1895, legendary fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga was born in Getaria, Spain. He opened an Air France department within his Paris fashion house for the creation of this stewardess uniform from 1969. #AvGeek#AirFrance#BalenciagaThis tweet was posted on January 21, 2022.
@BPOC_SD For curating, nearly any idea has potential! Upcoming exhibits are on purses, aviation fashion, & art nouveau (2/3 cc: @AAMers)This tweet was posted on September 16, 2015.
@YSL designed the super fashionable @Qantas flight attendant uniforms in 1986. http://t.co/R7H7cwVoRK This tweet was posted on September 28, 2015.
@jefftabaco This upcoming exhibit is just the tip of the iceberg- we have a huge uniform fashion show planned for two years from now :)This tweet was posted on April 03, 2013.
@museumguy Always commercial aviation & currently airline fashion, Art Nouveau, & Marguerite Wildenhain for upcoming exhibits. #AskACuratorThis tweet was posted on September 16, 2015.
@samcatwells You wouldn't believe how heavy it is! It took four people to place it on the mannequin. Fashion meets core workout.This tweet was posted on February 27, 2014.
@sfbrent We do not have originals in our collection of the uniforms in Fashion in Flight that were shown in reproduction. The decision to display reproductions lay in the unavailability of originals of these uniforms for either acquisition or loan. Thanks so much for asking! #askacuratorThis tweet was posted on November 07, 2022.
A 1968 TWA catalog offers an array of flight bag fashion. "Starstream" gets our vote for best name! #avgeekThis tweet was posted on April 19, 2013.
A bygone era's fashion will soon depart. It's the last week for Flight Gear: Pilot Equipment from the Open-Cockpit Era! http://t.co/MUneYz77This tweet was posted on October 01, 2012.
Adorable cat and mouse detail on this early 20th century purse frame! #plastics#fashion http://t.co/gXP8FfhBIeThis tweet was posted on August 13, 2013.
Airline fashion from the mid-1970s largely paralleled popular tastes in women’s workplace attire. #FashionInFlightThis tweet was posted on August 31, 2016.
Anthony Cruz Legarda (b. 1963), a Filipino American fashion designer, employs Indigenous master weavers from the Philippines to create piña and piña silk fabrics for his collections. #PineappletoPina#piñaThis tweet was posted on August 29, 2022.
Artist, curator, and archivist Mickey McGowan (b. 1946) grew up in LA surrounded by experimental art and fashion, live beatnik jazz and rock ‘n’ roll music, surfing, hot rodding, and other elements of Southern California’s booming, pop-cultural scene #UnknownMuseumThis tweet was posted on June 27, 2023.
Aviation breakthrus made pilots fashionable heroes. Summer flying suits from A.G. Spaulding & Bros 1930 catalog: http://t.co/6LvmfpPIThis tweet was posted on March 07, 2012.
Aviator fashion, à la 1922: http://t.co/vGJMBTSw The large pockets on the leather jacket distinguish it from ordinary streetwear.This tweet was posted on February 22, 2012.
Born in Washington, D.C., Nathaniel Mathis began cutting the hair of his friends as a teenager. In 1969, Mathis opened the first Black unisex hair salon in D.C.. By 1970, Mathis was dubbed the “The Bush Doctor” for his expertise in fashioning male and female afros. #HairStyleSFOMThis tweet was posted on August 09, 2021.
Both fashionable and functional in reversible black and white, the smock worn with the #United#JeanLouis 1970 uniform is made of a double-faced polyester weave and has an attached matching belt. #avgeek#crewlifeThis tweet was posted on August 10, 2018.
Braniff's 1965 uniforms projected a cosmic vibe as a theatrical marketing campaign and changed the look of flight fashion. #FashionInFlightThis tweet was posted on December 02, 2016.
Created by the French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, the mid-1980s Qantas flight attendant uniforms consisted of a dress or blouse with a colorful blue, red, yellow, and brown print on white incorporating a newly updated kangaroo logo. This tweet was posted on January 02, 2019.
Custom colored pumps & platform shoes, & modish knee-high boots completed many of the uniform fashions of the 1960s & ‘70s. #FashionInFlightThis tweet was posted on October 19, 2016.
Decorative combs were essential #fashion accessories and in the late 19th century, designers quickly… http://t.co/yEdkinKXjqThis tweet was posted on September 05, 2013.
Dubbed “The Uniform for the Superjet Era,” and created for the new wide-body jet service, this 1971 Pan American #uniform marked a new direction in the airline's approach to fashion. #avgeekThis tweet was posted on December 05, 2018.
Dubbed “The Uniform for the Superjet Era,” this 1971 Pan American uniform was designed by Frank Smith who said it was meant to be a “functional and fashionable wardrobe that could be worn in all seasons, and of such quality that it would enhance the #PanAm image.” #MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on April 15, 2020.
Event Alert! March 28, 2023, at 7PM PST: Join our curator Nicole and fashion designer Anthony Cruz Legarda for a talk on our recent exhibition on Pina textile lace! The talk will be ONLINE. Sign up here: https://t.co/3cbIucGItA This tweet was posted on February 10, 2023.