New BA uniform
 

BA have released pictures of their new uniform to staff and the press. Theres more pictures in this weeks BA News (if you know someone who works there and can get hold of a copy!)

Up close its VERY smart and has some lovely design touches.

Heres a peek..........

http://www.vogue.co.uk/vogue_daily/s...asp?stid=16648


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Looks very smart.... !!
Have to also comment, seen the new MyTravel uniform the other day to, believe they started wearing it on monday!! it looks nice too!!! really smart!! glad to see the old Airtours one go!

Oooohhh, I hope that blouse buttons further up!! With my chest and the bottom trolley drawer, I could be insulting someone!! lol

Thanks for posting that iitb, shame we dont have the mens uniform and the womens trouser version too. Sure its only a matter of time.....

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Heres another picture - too small to see much but you get the idea.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/04/05....ap/index.html

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The uniform is also featured in BA cabin magazines this month. I hope it's worth all the cost.

Allegedly :hmm: , it costs less to produce than the current uniform.

Personally I can't wait for it to come out, its got a smart look and by all accounts is better wearing than the current uniform.

Not too sure about the tie though, I thought we were getting different ones!

BA Uniform
 

Does anyone know if the new hats will be compulsary i.e to be worn by all female crew on every flight, or will they be worn at the discretion of the crew member?

stuart212,
The hats with the new Julien McDonald uniform will only be worn by members of the BA promotional team, and crew operating special and VIP flights.

gladrags:cool:

Ahh No - what a shame, I think they look great - really smart!

....and yet more pictures - click on the photo to enlarge it.....


http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifean...ing%20Standard

It's very classic 'BOAC' I particularly like the hat which tops it off nicely...I am very impressed it is certainly unusually stylish for this day and age...I hope it is as practical :ok:

I'm reminded of an experience some 16+ years ago, when as a television director, I was assigned to make a non-broadcast programme (for BA) about the last-but-one "stripy" uniform for crews.

Unfortunately, at the time we made the programme, the real print materials had not been received by the uniform makers, so some bright spark at BA had a load of uniforms made up which had poster paint (or similar) stripes painted on to the white fabric (shirts, blouses, ties etc.). At one point, we had a short scene where a group of cabin crew had to walk from a LHR pan, across to an aircraft. So far so good. Unfortunately though, it started to rain. Within seconds, all of the "models" resembled an explosion in a paint factory. :p

I'm flying with BA tomorrow MAN-LHR-DOH, will I get to see it? I like the look of what I've seen, the female uniform looks nice (slighty subject to the wearer of course! ;) )

I think it is absolutely gorgeous! I would love to have something similar for our new uniform at DL, but for some reason getting f.a.s over here to consider a hat is difficult. What do you guys think of the hat? I love it!

Not seen any yet. I think the rollout will be fairly slow initially.

As an ex-british airways employee I think it looks fantastic! It once again will give british airways an 'edge' over some of it's competitors. People will once again 'want' to fly 'the world's favourite airline' If they also do a new ad-campaign to go with it to revamp the airlines image after the demise of concorde & dwindling passenger numbers to LCC's etc I think they'll once again get it right. Add some of that lovely opera music they play alot & you've got an airline to be even more proud of than before. Well done B.A. :ok:

All I can say is that I can't wait to get into the uniform!!!! It's stylish, practical and sexy!!! But c'mon guys, lets vote the hat back in!! I think all us crew should wear it, we'll all look so good. can you imagine us all walking through the terminals in that uniform with the hat! We'll look fantastic! :) But that's just my opinion...hehehe. I know Im gonna be first in line on Monday to book my uniform fitting appointment! :)

I find the new uniform dull-bland bordering the boring but it is a new garment so I welcome it with no reservations and I can t wait to wear it in the hope to change my mind about it.