Favourite Cabin Crew Uniform
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hey guys and gals!
I am about to start for thomsonfly (charter) ground rep at leeds in the next couple of months, i am just wondering if my uniform will be the same as cabin crew attire? from what i can picture its looks very smart, any By crews or groundstaff like to comment?
pm me if u like, if ure flying from leeds in future be a laugh to see ya!
Ash
I am about to start for thomsonfly (charter) ground rep at leeds in the next couple of months, i am just wondering if my uniform will be the same as cabin crew attire? from what i can picture its looks very smart, any By crews or groundstaff like to comment?
pm me if u like, if ure flying from leeds in future be a laugh to see ya!
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Originally Posted by SkySista
I don't think a policewoman in a skirt any less authoritative than one in trousers, and not many would say she wasn't wearing a 'proper' uniform...
Is it correct that until recently, female police in the UK weren't allowed to wear trousers?? If so, there must be a reason they changed this..
Is it correct that until recently, female police in the UK weren't allowed to wear trousers?? If so, there must be a reason they changed this..
Female officers have always been allowed to wear skirts or trousers on duty, although they were encouraged to wear their skirt. That being said wearing skirts is definately a 'generation thing' and only the older female officers will generally wear them.
I will only wear mine if I am based in the station the whole day (in the control room/front office/goaler) as it is practical to do so. If I am on general patrol out-and-about, esp if I am carrying a firearm, the wearing of trousers is manditory for practical reasons, which I agree with. (You can't go running after people and jumping over high fences and over fields wearing a skirt and thin black tights. It just is no longer practical. The tights for a start would end up like fishnets.)
The last time that I wore my police skirt (which is like a tent - long and baggy and just will never fit right
) was today at a full service funeral for an officer who I used to work with. Most of the women there wore their skirts and it looked spot on. This IMHO, is really the only when they should be worn outdoors - on ceremonial duties and the like.The other problem that I have is that the trousers they issue to women must have been modelled on a short, huge bummed woman, as the seat of the trousers were way too baggy. I have ended up ordering and wearing guys trousers as the cut/fit is far better and more comfortable.
The other major gripe that I have about the police uniform is the uni-sex look to it. The womens shirts are simply guys shirts, with the buttons round the other way. There is no room allocated for the chest area at all, and most forces make their female officers wear ties. Thankfully one one is still sticking to the cravat.
I really envy you girls having to be feminine with your job. Here even things like make-up is a no-no.
What is my favourate airlines uniform?? I would go for either BA or the new BMI (summer) uniform, as Red is so not my colour. Sorry to those who work at VS, it just would never suit me. I also prefer a suit type option, rather than a company like United, where they wear dresses. If I was working for BA, then I would probably wear a skirt more often than not, but would still wear trousers from time to time.
Female CC who wear trousers still look feminine IMHO. I recently saw a Female VS supervisior at LHR check-in wearing red trousers. Never seen that before or since.
FE
ps. Sorry for the long post and if it is slightly off-topic.
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Hi FE,
I don't mean to doubt you, because obviously you're a serving police officer and I'm not (and have never been), but I'm sure skirts were compulsory for policewomen in the past - like maybe 10-20 years ago?
Emma
I don't mean to doubt you, because obviously you're a serving police officer and I'm not (and have never been), but I'm sure skirts were compulsory for policewomen in the past - like maybe 10-20 years ago?
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Originally Posted by EmmaB
Hi FE,
I don't mean to doubt you, because obviously you're a serving police officer and I'm not (and have never been), but I'm sure skirts were compulsory for policewomen in the past - like maybe 10-20 years ago?
Emma
I don't mean to doubt you, because obviously you're a serving police officer and I'm not (and have never been), but I'm sure skirts were compulsory for policewomen in the past - like maybe 10-20 years ago?
Emma
Remember that programme Juliet Bravo ?? (Yeap, I know I am going back a few years) That was based on current force conditions then, and she wore trousers on occaisons. (yes rare but from time to time.)
FE
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From my vantage point there are a couple of interesting ones right here in Switzerland:
http://www.edelweissair.ch
could not find any dedicated pictures.
http://images.google.ch/imgres?imgur...lr%3D%26sa%3DN
hope this link works...
Also the old Tyrolean uniform was quite interesting.
http://www.uniformfreak.com/1tyrolean.html
http://www.edelweissair.ch
could not find any dedicated pictures.
http://images.google.ch/imgres?imgur...lr%3D%26sa%3DN
hope this link works...
Also the old Tyrolean uniform was quite interesting.
http://www.uniformfreak.com/1tyrolean.html
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Bubblygirl, yes the hat was very eye-catching!!
until a year or so ago, you could still see the hat (as well as the rest of the uniform) flying within Western Australia on Skywest Airlines.... sadly they've moved on... though I am liking the new light blue!!!
until a year or so ago, you could still see the hat (as well as the rest of the uniform) flying within Western Australia on Skywest Airlines.... sadly they've moved on... though I am liking the new light blue!!!
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Ok, I admit being quite partial to this one ...
Plane clothes investigation
CNN checks how airlines are getting fashionable at 30,000 ft
(CNN) -- Cabin crew uniforms are often seen as an extension of an airline's identity and with more carriers hiring top designers, there is increasing competition to produce fashionable flight wear.
But who is the most stylish in the air? To find out, CNN Business Traveller set up its own fashion runway -- on a real runway: the windswept Tarmac of London's Heathrow -- and enlisted the help of fashion experts.
Says British fashion designer Giles Deacon, uniforms do not just serve a functional purpose.
"They show the quality of the airline that you're flying with -- or that's what I think they should do. Plus, they have to be there to show some form of authority, to show the airline you're flying with knows what it's doing."
While Deacon is keen to create his own uniform, Australian designer Richard Tyler has already been recruited to tailor airline employees.
Tyler was hired by troubled U.S. carrier Delta airline to refresh its image at a time when it was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.
"I approached it like a runway," Tyler told CNN.
"I didn't tell the Delta people that, but I planned it so that the flight attendants who were walking down the concourse... would look like a runway show."
For the airline, the new outfits are seen as crucial to reviving fortunes.
"This uniform change is part of a complete transformation that's undergoing with the Delta brand," says Paul Matsen, the airline's chief marketing officer.
"We've been restructuring everything from our pricing and our fares to our on-board cabins with all new designed interiors and leather seats and the uniform program is just a fantastic new addition to that product transformation."
And, says Tyler, they have helped boost staff morale.
"I do clothing for celebrities and things like that and they tell me that if they put something on they just feel amazing. It lifts their spirit and this is true with the Delta uniform," he said.
"It's really lifted the spirits right through from the flight attendant to the people up front."
Style stakes
In contrast to Tyler's new creations, some carriers prefer to stick to a tried and tested formula. On CNN's Heathrow catwalk, the stewardess from Singapore Airlines sports a uniform designed more than 30 years ago.
"We feel that the uniform still works very well for us -- the Singapore Girl is an icon now, very much part of the brand and internationally recognizable," said airline spokesman John Cotton.
But for Deacon, who judged CNN's fashion show featuring Air France, China Eastern Airlines, Iberia, Kenya Airways, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways and Tyrolean Airways, one airline led the pack in the style stakes.
"I think my favorite one was Air France, really super chic, elegantly cut and I could see it suiting many ages and you could actually go and work in it," he said.
His choice reflects the fashion concerns of the airline, which recruited a top name from Parisian couture, Christian Lacroix, to dress its staff.
"In fashion you have to create for six months, one year. Here you have to create for 10 years -- it was something, in perspective, very different," says Air France's Carole Peytavin.
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/0...ion=cnn_latest
Plane clothes investigation
CNN checks how airlines are getting fashionable at 30,000 ft
(CNN) -- Cabin crew uniforms are often seen as an extension of an airline's identity and with more carriers hiring top designers, there is increasing competition to produce fashionable flight wear.
But who is the most stylish in the air? To find out, CNN Business Traveller set up its own fashion runway -- on a real runway: the windswept Tarmac of London's Heathrow -- and enlisted the help of fashion experts.
Says British fashion designer Giles Deacon, uniforms do not just serve a functional purpose.
"They show the quality of the airline that you're flying with -- or that's what I think they should do. Plus, they have to be there to show some form of authority, to show the airline you're flying with knows what it's doing."
While Deacon is keen to create his own uniform, Australian designer Richard Tyler has already been recruited to tailor airline employees.
Tyler was hired by troubled U.S. carrier Delta airline to refresh its image at a time when it was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.
"I approached it like a runway," Tyler told CNN.
"I didn't tell the Delta people that, but I planned it so that the flight attendants who were walking down the concourse... would look like a runway show."
For the airline, the new outfits are seen as crucial to reviving fortunes.
"This uniform change is part of a complete transformation that's undergoing with the Delta brand," says Paul Matsen, the airline's chief marketing officer.
"We've been restructuring everything from our pricing and our fares to our on-board cabins with all new designed interiors and leather seats and the uniform program is just a fantastic new addition to that product transformation."
And, says Tyler, they have helped boost staff morale.
"I do clothing for celebrities and things like that and they tell me that if they put something on they just feel amazing. It lifts their spirit and this is true with the Delta uniform," he said.
"It's really lifted the spirits right through from the flight attendant to the people up front."
Style stakes
In contrast to Tyler's new creations, some carriers prefer to stick to a tried and tested formula. On CNN's Heathrow catwalk, the stewardess from Singapore Airlines sports a uniform designed more than 30 years ago.
"We feel that the uniform still works very well for us -- the Singapore Girl is an icon now, very much part of the brand and internationally recognizable," said airline spokesman John Cotton.
But for Deacon, who judged CNN's fashion show featuring Air France, China Eastern Airlines, Iberia, Kenya Airways, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways and Tyrolean Airways, one airline led the pack in the style stakes.
"I think my favorite one was Air France, really super chic, elegantly cut and I could see it suiting many ages and you could actually go and work in it," he said.
His choice reflects the fashion concerns of the airline, which recruited a top name from Parisian couture, Christian Lacroix, to dress its staff.
"In fashion you have to create for six months, one year. Here you have to create for 10 years -- it was something, in perspective, very different," says Air France's Carole Peytavin.
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/0...ion=cnn_latest
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As said earlier, sorry if this is a repeat but its tooooo long a thread to read through after the day I have had........anyway
The female form can look fantastic in trousers, as said, it depends on the cut. And sorry FBW for once I dont agree with you. A skirt does not give you less authority than trousers. I am male and I dont listen to a female/male more or less because her/his attire, its the way I am spoken to. As I am sure it is to most, if you get the impression that your being spoken to respectfully you will comply. If we get grief from pax it aint cos of our uniform.
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The female form can look fantastic in trousers, as said, it depends on the cut. And sorry FBW for once I dont agree with you. A skirt does not give you less authority than trousers. I am male and I dont listen to a female/male more or less because her/his attire, its the way I am spoken to. As I am sure it is to most, if you get the impression that your being spoken to respectfully you will comply. If we get grief from pax it aint cos of our uniform.
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Originally Posted by 6chimes
The female form can look fantastic in trousers, as said, it depends on the cut.
That said, I do have a couple of pairs of jeans which I wear around the house, much to hubby's frustration...
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I do have a couple of pairs of jeans which I wear around the house, much to hubby's frustration...
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Originally Posted by captcat
Don't take it that bad Em, a little diet, a little working out at the gym, and hubby will look at your jeans again
.I'm not overweight or out of shape, I'm 5ft 7ins, just over 8.5 stone and wear a size 10 (UK...). I just happen to be married to a man who doesn't like women in trousers (and not just me... he just thinks it's a turn-off).
IMHO most guys think the same but keep quiet for an easy life.
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EmmaB - Honey we're beginning to get a little bit worried about you? A depressingly high number of posts on this one thread - usually about your dislike of women in uniform trousers. You've played the aesthetic card and the hygiene card: I'm expecting shortly that we shall hear that God has spoken to you and advised that he/she doesn't want women in trousers?
Honey we get it! - you don't like women in trousers. Unfortunately, other people do, or don't mind, or at least feel that now they are all grown up they can make the decision for themselves? Airline uniforms offer female trousers as an option in recognition of the diversity of human taste - Now, get over it dear...
has to be quite possibly the most exquisitely perfect example of one-line bitchiness that I've ever come across - If there are Oscars for the bitchy put-down, then this sweeps the board this year in the Dangerous Housewives category! I haven't smiled so hard in months. EmmaB - sweetie when it's that good, don't rise to it - just laugh and plan revenge another day...
Now please - could we drop the trouser thing?
Honey we get it! - you don't like women in trousers. Unfortunately, other people do, or don't mind, or at least feel that now they are all grown up they can make the decision for themselves? Airline uniforms offer female trousers as an option in recognition of the diversity of human taste - Now, get over it dear...
Don't take it that bad Em, a little diet, a little working out at the gym, and hubby will look at your jeans again
Now please - could we drop the trouser thing?
Some of the LH ladies look extremely smart in their trouser uniform.
Not to mention very attractive!
But those Caledonian Girls......
Not to mention very attractive!
But those Caledonian Girls......