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.
In the sixty years of Cathay's history, they've only changed their crew uniforms nine times. The past has seen partnerships with haute French fashion houses like Nina Ricci, Hermes and Balmain, but the 2011 look is totally Hong Kong, from local designer Eddie Huang.
The point to knowing all this? Well, if you're flying CX this summer, maybe try complimenting an FA on her new uniform. Not only will it boost her confidence, but we've found that properly placed compliments to flight crew can be very lucrative indeed.
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