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

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 ...

Female flight attendants became so popular that they displaced their male counterparts. Post-war jet age In the 1950s and 1960s, the role of flight attendant (stewardess) was seen as a woman's role.

“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 of ...

A nonbinary Alaska Airlines flight attendant is alleging that the company’s uniform policy discriminates against workers “who do not conform to gender stereotypes,” according to the American ...

Flight-attendant uniforms have evolved alongside fashion trends. Photo show changes through the years at some of today's biggest airlines. ... Two women wear Qantas' modern uniforms in November 2013.

Virgin Atlantic abolished the distinction between "male" and "female" for flight attendants' uniforms in 2022. The uniforms, which were designed by Vivienne Westwood, did not change, but the ...

Flight Attendant Uniforms Ditch Gender. ... The New York-based in-flight crew member had not worn dresses before, but, intrigued, he asked a female colleague if he could try hers on.

Unlike flight attendants of today, the cabin crew in the 1950s didn’t receive a lot of training and were more a symbol of luxury and grandeur with the image of young, attractive women in uniform ...

And as these vintage pictures show, so have the flight attendant uniforms. ... Male pursers worked with female flight attendants as a team of two onboard Delta’s DC-4s in the 1940s (Delta) ...