General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

2

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Red wool- blend (?) skirt has metal zipper and eye and hook closure; pale pink synthetic (?) fibre lining; off-white fabric [cotton ?] label and loops from which skirt can be hung.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

59.0 cm

Width

48.0 cm

Height

4.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Clothing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Dallaird

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

This uniform designed to be worn [winter] 1969- 1974.

Canada

Example of a uniform worn by an employee of Air Canada, Canada's national airline since the mid-twentieth century. Air Canada was originally called Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) and was formed by the Canadian National Railways. The company launched its first flight on September 1, 1937, between Vancouver and Seattle. On January 1, 1965, its name was changed to Air Canada. This particular uniform was one of a few options of uniforms issued for passenger agents and ground hostesses in 1969. The complete winter uniform for women consisted of a "loose fitting box jacket with fly front and a Peter Pan collar, and an A-line skirt with two inverted kick pleats in front. The suit [was] worn with a matching, high crowned felt hat, a pale pink blouse and plain navy pumps with closed toe and heel." The colour of the suit was called Ruby Glow. For outerwear, the uniform included a double-breasted blue coat with a bell flared skirt, navy leather gloves, navy or black calf length boots, and a navy, ruby, and white ascot style scarf. This uniform compliments the 1968-1973 Air Canada flight attendant uniform. Though not the same colour, or even colour scheme, it is made from the same fabric and the cut is similar. It was designed by Monsieur Dave of D'Allaird's Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Montreal, PQ. Jacket and [.4] pin belonged to Miss C.V Fisher. Skirt [.2] and [.3] shirt may have also belonged to her, but there are no name markings on these two items. [Ref. 1]

Function

To identify the wearer as an Air Canada ground hostess or passenger agent.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Off-white coated paper label sewn to inside of waistband: "MADE EXPRESSLY FOR/ C.V. Fisher 19/ AIR CANADA/ [AC logo]/ by D'Allaird's". "64531 10" printed in black ink on off-white fabric label, also sewn to inside of waistband.

Missing

Jacket appears complete.

Finish

Red wool- blend (?) skirt has metal zipper and eye and hook closure; pale pink synthetic (?) fibre lining; off-white fabric [cotton ?] label and loops from which skirt can be hung.

Decoration

N/A