In the 1930s, female flight attendants were on-flight nurses and evolved to become safety and service professionals. A flight attendant, circa 1935. Photo: Getty ...

While many male flight attendants have filled the role for decades, this article will focus on the female flight attendant uniforms (which tend to be more fashionable and expressive).

Flight attendant uniforms: Why do airlines still make female flight attendants wear skirts? Natalie Paris Updated February 25, 2015 — 5.27pmfirst published at 5.15pm Normal text size Larger text ...

“When I am working as a flight-attendant instructor and allowed to wear regular business attire, I am not forced into Alaska Airlines’ ‘male’ or ‘female’ uniform policies — neither ...

A document showing the requirements for female flight attendants in 1954 has resurfaced online — and social media users are horrified.

“Policing gender is always wrong," says the ACLU. In a letter on behalf of a nonbinary flight attendant, the group tells Alaska Airlines its uniform policy is illegal.

British Airways told female flight attendants to wear a white bra underneath their see-through blouse. The airline earlier this year rolled out new uniforms for its cabin crews.

Flight-attendant uniforms have evolved alongside fashion trends. Photo show changes through the years at some of today's biggest airlines.

Airlines around the world are taking steps to make their notoriously strict rules for flight attendant uniforms more gender-neutral.

United Airlines flight attendants in uniforms by Stan Herman, 1976 United Airlines Archive Trans World Airlines female flight attendant uniform by Ralph Lauren, 1978 ...

If you fly America's major airlines today, you probably think that flight attendant uniforms are kind of boring — navy blue, unremarkable, resembling a sort of dowdy suit. But they weren't ...