Casual Wardrobe On Airplanes

[Wankel7]

I was on a ticket today....I was wearing sandles and it felt good....oh so good

Wankel

 

[DoinTime]

I always wear sweat pants and a rugby polo.....I've been wearing this since I was a kid and will most likely continue forever, unless I find something better.

Wow....you sure haven't grown much. BTW...how do you get your clothes to last so long?

 

[Fly_Chick]

I'm old enough (but not that old ) to remember the day when a suit and tie, dress, even the kiddies dressed in their Sunday best for airline travel.

Well said!

Women wore dresses, men wore suits, girls wore little dresses and boys wore little suits as if they were going to Easter services. Everyone smiling and excited for their journey. Before deregulation, four couse meals in each class with the linen table cloths (across the Pacific or Atlantic so they were long flights). Reminiscing here - walking directly to the jetway, having an entire family meeting the passengers from the flight waiting right outside the jetway with boquets of flowers. Taking the helicopter between Heathrow and Gatwick...

 

[Wankel7]

I remember....when I was growing up. My mom was a flight attendant for AA and my dad was a pilot for AA.

I non reved a lot with my parents. And I ALWAYS had to dress up to the hilt even when I was 8. Just in case I could not get non rev in coach I had to meet the first class dress requirments.

Then, when I went to space camp Yeah Yeah...when I was 13 my mom got me a ticket. I was able to wear shorts and a tshirt. After all those years of being uncomfortable...it was an amazing feeling.

Wankel

 

[Bob Runday]

www.nytimes.com


"Americans have simplified the way they dress for travel," said Valerie Steele, the chief curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.

Americans have simplified the way they dress, period.

60 years ago everyone wore nice clothes everywhere, including around the house. Just watch "Leave it to Beaver" one time and you can see that.

The most obvious difference in the way people dress since security measures were increased is the popularization of easily removable footwear like loafers, flip-flops and sandals. More than a quarter of the people traveling that afternoon at LaGuardia wore flip-flops. Having slipped out of their footwear to be screened, they looked like members of a religious pilgrimage.

Anyone ever hear of shankless shoes??

And don't you think that people might be wearing sandles because it is the middle of frickin' summer??? Do they also go to the airport wearing sandles in the winter? I don't think so. Last time I checked, tennis shoes are just as viable as sandles as they usually do not set off alarms.

Whoever wrote this article is a dimwit. The way people dress at the airport is directly related to the price of tickets and subsequently the class of people travelling (or society's dress as a whole) not the increase in security.

 

[91100 100 set]

Anyone ever hear of shankless shoes??

The people at Payless haven't. Ever try to buy "airport shoes" at a place like that? Frustrating at best, when you ask if the shoes have a metal shank, the chick or dude working there looks at you like you're from outer space.

 

[sf3boy]

When the price of tickets get low enough that any dirtball can buy one from time to time, guess what......you get a lot of them.

Since nobody dresses up or looks professional when they come to my office anymore, I always return the favor when I go to theirs.

 

[Cardinal]

I have decided that cruising the airport in the summer is in fact better than hotel porn. It's free, and it's live.

 

[TR4A]

I remember....when I was growing up. My mom was a flight attendant for AA and my dad was a pilot for AA.

I non reved a lot with my parents. And I ALWAYS had to dress up to the hilt even when I was 8. Just in case I could not get non rev in coach I had to meet the first class dress requirements.

Just 15 years ago flying for Pan Am we had to wear a Jacket to non-rev in economy and Jacket and tie for First Class. You were normally the best dressed on the flight.

 

[Bob Runday]

Most people look like they're going to a pajama party or maybe the beach -- sweatpants, flip-flops and a T-shirt seems to be the way to go these days.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050719/ap_on_fe_st/flip_flop_flap;_ylt=AqB5X5BPS0NiTpm5gJ4B2QntiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

 

[waka]

Americans have simplified the way they dress, period.

60 years ago everyone wore nice clothes everywhere, including around the house. Just watch "Leave it to Beaver" one time and you can see that.

Yeah right "Leave it to Beaver" portrayed real life in the wholesome 50's, uh huh







(sorry for the sarcasm, couldn't resist)

 

[lurker]

I fail to see what all the hoopla is about. My ass would be in shorts and comfortable shoes if I had the opportunity.

why is flying supposed to be so much more regal? I personally find it a little pretentious. I understand that back in the day, flying was a rich persons luxury, but it clearly isn't the case today.

As long as the person sitting next to me has showered, and doesn't reek of BO, I don't give a damm how they are dressed.

 

[VFR on Top]

I have decided that cruising the airport in the summer is in fact better than hotel porn. It's free, and it's live.

Just don't try to squeeze the weasel in the terminal, please!