Jaunted

Flight Attendants / Cathay Pacific / Fashion Travel / In-Flight Fashion / Airline Uniforms / → All Tags

Cathay Pacific's New Star Trek-Like Uniforms Start Flying Today

We know, we know. We're geeks about many things airline-related, but we really truly have a soft spot for Flight Attendant fashion. The latest new styles to hit both sorts of runways are those from Hong Kong's airline Cathay Pacific, which we were fortunate enough to inspect firsthand at Cathay's awesome world headquarters back in December.

At the time, Cathay's fresh-faced crews were just seeing the new designs for the first times themselves, and being fitted for their own duds. Well, todays is the day; today the new Cathay crew uniforms take to the skies.

To an infrequent Cathay flyer, the changes may not be so noticeable, trust us that these are so much more chic, in addition to slightly resembling something someone could wear in an episode of Star Trek.

more ›

Airport Photo Shoot / Airports / LAX / Angelina Jolie / Celeb Travel / In-Flight Fashion / → All Tags

Angelina Jolie Touches Down at LAX in Aviators and All Black

If anyone can look glamorous after a 13-hour flight, it's Angelina Jolie. Angie landed at LAX last night looking chic in aviator sunglasses and dressed in head-to-toe black after spending a few days with refugees in Tunisia.

Angie took the trek as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador to bring attention to the 440,000 people who have traveled to Tunisia from Libya since violence erupted in that nation. But, it's the actress' new tattoo that has people talking.

more ›

Airline News / Fashion Travel / Flight Attendants / Airbus / A330 / Virgin Atlantic / Airline Uniforms / In-Flight Fashion / → All Tags

Virgin Atlantic Flight Attendants to Strut the Aisles in New Red Shoes

When you think of flight attendant shoes, you don't exactly think sexy, do you? FAs are on their feet more than we can even imagine, trucking their luggage through airport after airport, on moving walkway after moving walkways and up and down airplane aisles for hours on end. Somehow, through most of this, the women manage to wear their heels.

Virgin Atlantic, whose flight attendants are easily spotted in airport thanks to their sharp red uniforms, are switching it up. The uniform by John Rocha, first introduced almost 10 years ago, is swapping the black shoes for a sexier red patent. The reason? Apparently their new ad campaign and commercial, which features red shoes on the FAs, has been so successful that now the public expects the higher level of glam.

Of course this will freshen up the uniform until they can get new ones, a change expected to occur in three years. Mark it on your calendars.

more ›

Videos / In-Flight Safety / Celeb Travel / John Travolta / A380 / Qantas / Airline News / Airlines / Flight Attendants / Airline Uniforms / In-Flight Fashion / F1 Racing / → All Tags

The Video That Pissed Off Qantas Flight Crew, Starring John Travolta

SCROLL DOWN in above window FOR VIDEO (automatically starts)

What do you call a whole bunch of lions? A pride. What about a group of barracuda fish? A battery, which sounds like it has awesome band name potential ("The Barracuda Battery!"). So then what is the proper term for a plane-ful of flight attendants and other airline staff? A crew, if you know what's good for ya.

According to the Telegraph, some in-flight crew over at Australia's Qantas are pissed at John Travolta for calling them a "team" in a new in-flight safety video. Travolta, who owns a vintage Qantas Boeing 707 and is an official (though special flights-only) pilot with the airline, appeared in the video (shown above) to get passengers' attention for the safety demo. !

more ›

Jaunted Reporting Live / Flight Attendants / Airline News / Airline Uniforms / In-Flight Fashion / Hong Kong FIeld Trip / Cathay Pacific / CX Launch / Photo Gallery / HKG / Fashion Travel / Travel News / → All Tags

Sharp, Subtly Sexy, and Red All Over: Cathay Pacific's New Flight Attendant Uniforms

How many airlines can you name whose flight attendants wear red uniforms? Probably more than you can count on one hand, right? Red—which stands for desire, luck, happiness, health and extroversion—is more than a popular, strong color choice, so it shouldn't be a surprise then that Cathay Pacific stuck with it for their new collection of uniforms, unveiled last night, along with the redesigned biz class seats, in Hong Kong.

We were there of course, because we're not about to turn down a chance to check out in-flight fashion from the moment it debuts. The new uniforms—which are for both male and female crew, from flight attendants on up to managers (but not pilots)—are designed by Hong Kong-born and bred Eddie Lau. His specialties lie more in the couture department, but he's been doing the Cathay uniforms since 1999, so hopefully he's got the whole fire retardant, high performance thing down as well.

more ›

Airline Uniforms / Air New Zealand / Airline News / Flight Attendants / In-Flight Fashion / Fashion Travel / → All Tags

Flight Attendant Fashion: Pink Uniforms Through History

Big things are happening over at Air New Zealand, because along with the introduction of a new fleet of 777-300s coming in 2011, they'll be freshening up the flight attendant fashion with new looks from Kiwi designer Trelise Cooper.

Those are the proposed designs above—flight attendant, manager, ground staff—and even though we think them quite chic and flattering, others are taking special offense at the pink dress, calling it a "Barbie uniform." Although pink isn't exactly an ideal color for everyone's complexions (nor for spending 8+ hours a day in), it could be a lot worse, as demonstrated by the history of flight attendant fashion.

Also: we'd like to call your attention to the fact that the pink color in the picture is totally photoshopped in! They did a quick job of photoshopping the color, and you can tell that the original design was the green of the blouse in the ground staff outfit. But we digress.

After the jump, we take a look at pink airline uniforms throughout history...

more ›

Flight Attendants / Uniforms / Korean Air / In-Flight Fashion / Airline Uniforms / → All Tags

With Korean Air, Flight Attendants Fly Fashionably

Looks like a few of you must have noticed how pretty the flight attendant uniforms were for Korean Air because all of you guessed correctly which airline these stylish flight attendants worked for.

The uniforms were introduced in 2005 and let's just say they were badly needed. Korean Air keeps an entire Uniform Fashion History on their website and the ones worn from 1991-2004 were well, so very early 90s with a few leftovers from the late 80s.

But today's uniforms, envisioned by Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre, feature a choice of either skirt or pants in consideration with the FA's "active cabin duties." Here's how Korean Air describes their stylistic goal:

During the development of this attire, the largest emphasis was placed on attaining harmony between modern global fashion appeal with a foundation of Korea's traditional and inherent beauty. While elegant and refined, the uniform is also comfortable, distinguished by its ergonomic design and the use of practical and supple fabrics.

We mostly just love the pretty blue color that they use, which was actually incorporated into the uniforms of 1973. Now, where can we buy these outfits for ourselves?

Related Stories:
· Can you guess the stylish flight attendants [Jaunted]
· Uniform Changes [Korean Air]

Flight Attendants / United / Airline News / In-Flight Fashion / Airline Uniforms / → All Tags

United Will Hit The Runway In 2011 With Cynthia Rowley-Designed Uniforms

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."

more ›

Celeb Travel / Victoria Beckham / LHR / In-Flight Fashion / Fashion / → All Tags

Beckham Goes Caped Crusader For Transatlantic Flight

Last week, we had a perfect demonstration of how not to look and how not to handle your passport when Twilight star Kristen Stewart traveled through LAX looking a mess and barely holding onto her passport. But trust good old former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham to trample through London-Heathrow in a black cape-y thing and giant shades and put in-flight fashion back on track.

No, we're not necessarily endorsing going pantsless with only a cape to keep you warm, but if you're flying first class from London back to the States as super world traveler Beckham is, you're welcome to look a little over-the-top. And that is why Victoria also gets a pass for toting a blue bag with a black outfit—at least she's also got her passport under wraps.

more ›

In-Flight Fashion / Open Thread / → All Tags

What Are Your In-Flight Fashion Do's and Don'ts?

Not only is this outfit too painful to wear in-flight, it totally clashes with your Komfort Kollar!

Forbes has put forth a new kind of travel list today--Fashion for Frequent Fliers. The designer duds on this list not only look posh (you always want to look presentable in case of an upgrade) but they are made of wrinkle-free and scratch-free fabrics. We're also digging anything on this list that includes the word "elastic."

Forbes put this list together for once high-flying business class passengers who have been unceremoniously dumped to economy class by budget-cutting bosses but for the rest of us frequent fliers who have been slumming it in coach 90 percent of the time, we already have our list of go-to plane wear.

For this Jaunted contributor, black cotton leggings and a chic but roomy tunic have long been in-flight fashion staples (we like the ones with bejeweled necklines from Forever 21. Makes the look a little dressier but the fabric is usually cotton.) The shoes depend on the season but typically, it's anything that's easy on and easy off. We've also been known to sport a pair of neon green fleece socks in case of frigid cabin temperatures.

One article of clothing sure to have us turn into an in-flight fashion Anna Wintour? Sweatpants. Designer sweatpants are ok, but not desired. Those and Komfort Kollars.

It's ok to judge your fellow passengers. We do it all the time so go ahead and add your own In-Flight Fashion Staples in comments below!

Related Stories:
· Fashion For Frequent Fliers [Forbes]
· How Do You Survive Long Flights? [Jaunted]