Sunday, 3 August 2014

Gay Of The Week: The Man Who Collects Air Stewardess Uniforms

Right now I have 1,271 uniforms squeezed into my three-bedroom flat in Amsterdam, although none of them is on display. I’m very clever at using my space, so they are hidden in various wardrobes and plastic containers under the bed...

My favourite era is the late 1960s and early 1970s, when US airlines started to realise that sex sells – stewardesses began to wear bright colours, miniskirts and even hot pants. A lot of attendants would not put up with that today.

Hats and scarves are the icing on the cake. Pan Am stewardesses always had interesting headwear, as do Emirates and Etihad today. I once spotted an American Airlines attendant at Dallas airport who was wearing a scarf I liked. It took me a while but I persuaded her to let me have it...


Check out Cliff Muskiet's website uniformfreak.com

Posted by Fagburn at 23:17:00
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  1. Septic Dave7 August 2014 at 21:00

    gets worse, I got bitchslapped at work (by Southern white trash yet) for referring to the lost queens of the aisle as 'stewardesses'

    they are FLIGHT ATTENDANTS (and pretty nellie ones at that)

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