"Fashion In Flight: A History of Airline Uniform Design" will be closing later this month.
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A new era of pluralism in fashion emerged in the 1970s, while space-age, psychedelic influences from the 1960s receded.
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A preeminent French couturier, Pierre #Balmain (1914–1982) opened his fashion house in 1945.
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A well-known and multi-talented Hollywood figure, Beverly Hills designer Don Loper (1906–1972) added airline stewardesses to the long list of stars wearing Don Loper originals.
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Air France engaged the House of Dior to launch its new collection in 1962 as the jet age transformed world travel.
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Airline fashion from the mid-1970s to the present has largely paralleled general trends and popular tastes in women’s daywear and workplace attire.
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Airlines have long embraced the use of #plastics for everything from meal service sets to flight bags to uniforms, such as this flight attendant dress by designer Emilio Pucci for Braniff International Airways.
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At the suggestion of actress Audrey Meadows, who was married to Continental’s president Robert Six, hostesses received pearls upon their graduation as worn with this uniform issued from 1967 to 1970.
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Boeing’s district manager Steve Stimpson conceived of this all-season uniform for the world’s first airline stewardess, registered nurse Ellen Church, who was hired in San Francisco.
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Check out these stunning ladies dressed in United stewardess uniforms from the 1930s to the 1950s.
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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.
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Commercial aircraft interiors are one of the most finely tuned, human-made environments.
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