The French naturally tapped their star designer Pierre Cardin for these uniforms (pictured in May 1968), both summer light gabardine and dark jersey shift and coat for winter. Cardin also designed uniforms for Pakistan International Airlines with a chiffon hood, edged with satin for the Muslim country. Eleanor Ginsberg of Los Angeles’ Flight Path Museum and Learning Center says, “You can see the quality on old uniforms — the buttons, the tailoring, the details, like little pockets, and beautifully cut and notched lapels.”
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
Union de Transports Aériens, 1968
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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