It's amazing what you can learn on Twitter on a Friday afternoon, namely that United Airlines is all in a tizzy today over the announcement that a new look is coming for their flight attendants: uniforms by fashion designer Cynthia Rowley. Already, the Chicago Tribune is on the case, discovering that the redesign is the "first time in recent history that United has tapped a well-known designer for the job."
We're not so surprised however; Cynthia Rowley is a Chicago native, and United is not only based in Chicago, but calls the Willis (née Sears) Tower home. The new uniforms won't come until Rowley completes her trip to visit United employees in Chicago, LA, New York and London to ask them for their opinions. And although Rowley is known for her ready-to-wear designs for women, the United designs will cover all bases, literally: "The uniforms will be designed for flight attendants, pilots, customer service representatives and maintenance employees."
The goods won't be in United employee closets until 2011 however, but it's still exciting now. We still have fond memories of the short-lived Song Airlines and their smart Kate Spade-designed frocks. The questions now is if we'll be able to buy the Rowley designs via the duty-free catalog, cause we might want to.
Related Stories:
· @UnitedAirlines [Twitter]
· United Taps Cynthia Rowley To Redo Crew Uniforms [Chicago Tribune]
· United coverage [Jaunted]
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