Bringing in Kate and Jack Spade didn’t help Delta’s low-cost airline Song survive. The uniforms were part of the brand’s efforts to become a “boutique hotel in the air.” The ¾ length sleeve of the jacket, which you can’t see in the sketch, says In-Flight Insider’s Paddock, was beloved by crew: “Long cuffs get grubby doing all the serving, the hauling of suitcases and cleaning up.”
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
Song, 2003
Full List
Sky Style
- 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