@sfbrent “Fashion In Flight: A History of Airline Uniform Design" exhibition included only a portion of the uniform collection held at SFOMuseum. 1/2
This tweet was posted on September 13, 2017.
A slideshow of airline uniforms over the years featuring some uniforms in our collection! http://t.co/aDd2tKDoBM
This tweet was posted on August 31, 2015.
Air West’s stewardesses were outfitted in futuristic, slim-cut, high-fashion ensembles created by Oleg Cassini and reminiscent of uniforms worn in the original Star Trek television series, which was popular at the time. #DefunctThursday #AirWest
This tweet was posted on March 24, 2022.
As with other Braniff uniforms, the 1974 Classic Collection featured a decorative, gold-plated, dove-shaped pin by Alexander Girard (1907–93). #FlightPatterns
This tweet was posted on February 02, 2022.
Awesome! (Air West's uniforms straight out of Star Trek!) RT @SFist: Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Air Hostess http://t.co/5HxaZTEP #Aviation
This tweet was posted on August 01, 2012.
Before Lawrence, commercial airplanes were rarely painted in bright colors & uniforms were based on a form of military chic #WomenInAviation
This tweet was posted on August 03, 2016.
By the end of the decade, flight attendant uniforms became cool and chic rather than regimented and conservative. This exhibition features some of the wilder uniforms made between 1967–74 for Braniff, Northwest Orient, Pan American, TWA, and United. #FlightPatterns #avgeek
This tweet was posted on April 04, 2022.
Casually sophisticated, the pinstripe flared pants and a rib-knit turtleneck top of TWA’s 1974 uniform by Stan Herman were worn with the belted safari-style polyester jacket. #StanHerman
This tweet was posted on September 17, 2021.
Check out that Hughes Airwest outfit in Cliff Muskiet's collection of stewardess uniforms! Yow! (via @CNN) http://t.co/Hb97DS7u #AVgeeks
This tweet was posted on March 30, 2012.
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.
Credited as one of the first to introduce pant suits for women, this 1974 TWA uniform by Stan Herman in lightweight wool was part of a popular mix-and-match set worn until 1977. #StanHerman
This tweet was posted on September 17, 2021.
Cuban-born designer Adolfo Sardiña (b. 1933) established his own New York salon in 1963. His uniform program for Pan American’s 6,800 flight attendants in 1980 has #Adolfo’s “romantic look” of simple, elegant design. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on June 19, 2019.
Custom colored pumps & platform shoes, & modish knee-high boots completed many of the uniform fashions of the 1960s & ‘70s. #FashionInFlight
This tweet was posted on October 19, 2016.
Did you get it right? The answer was Galaxy Gold! This 1969 Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) uniform was also offered in “Superjet Blue.”
See more flight attendant uniforms in "#FlightPatterns" on display in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 or online at: https://t.co/cdhjKWBIwa https://t.co/42SZFkVRmW
This tweet was posted on March 04, 2022.
Did you get it right? The answer was Miami Sands! This 1968 United Airlines uniform was also offered in Hawaiian Sunset and Maliblue.
See more flight attendant uniforms in "#FlightPatterns" on display in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 or online at: https://t.co/hPoLHA3zf2 https://t.co/u8ckgd8E40
This tweet was posted on March 02, 2022.
Did you get it right? The answer was Poppy Orange! This 1968 Trans World Airlines uniform was also offered in Avocado Green and Golden Yellow.
See more flight attendant uniforms in "#FlightPatterns" on display in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 or online at: https://t.co/kmduVg7iMo https://t.co/kVIFKSG63a
This tweet was posted on March 02, 2022.
Did you get it right? The answer was Wonder Bread! This 1973 United Air Lines uniform was reminiscent of the spotted packaging of Wonder Bread!
See more flight attendant uniforms in "#FlightPatterns" on display in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 or online at: https://t.co/FbC47meGtH https://t.co/1s08yxlD11
This tweet was posted on March 04, 2022.
Drawing on the success of his Ultrasuede ready-to-wear sportswear lines, American designer Roy #Halston Frowick used earth tones of light brown, beige, and ivory in #Braniff's 1977 flight attendant uniform suit with tie-belt jacket and H-pattern nylon crepe.
This tweet was posted on December 19, 2018.