Oleg Cassini, famed for dressing Jackie Kennedy and creating the popular “Jackie Look” of her White House years was tapped by Air West, another Howard Hughes airline now defunct, to create futuristic uniforms worn from 1968 to 1971. With the boots and shorter skirt, a new look was being created for flight attendants — less debutant, more sex kitten.
Virgin America’s New Uniforms: A 75-Year History of Fashion In Flight
Virgin America, a brand that prides itself on being on the cutting edge, is taking a gamble with a new line of uniforms that project a more casually stylish look
Air West, 1968-1971
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- Virgin America, 2012
- TWA, 1938
- TWA, 1965
- Aeroflot and Pan Am, 1968
- Union de Transports Aériens, 1968
- Mohawk Airlines, 1967
- Pan Am, 1970
- Air West, 1968-1971
- The Chic Race
- Braniff International, 1960’s
- National Airlines, 1971
- American Airlines, early 1970s
- Court Line Aviation, 1970s
- Alitalia, 1990s
- Song, 2003
- Hooters Air, 2003
- Air France, 2005
- Delta, 2006
- Singapore Air, 2012