Blouse, uniform
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- OBJECT TYPE
- airline/flight attendant
- DATE
- 1996–2005
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2010.0411.006
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 6
- Total Parts
- 13
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- White short-sleeve cotton and polyester (?) blouse has embroidered maple leaves on placket; white synthetic buttons on shirt front and cuffs; large white synthetic button at neck opening has goldtone trim and back.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 63.0 cm
- Width
- 48.0 cm
- Height
- 2.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Clothing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This uniform component worn by donor c. 2000-2005. This uniform style in use 1996- 2005.
- Canada
-
Example of a flight attendant 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. Air Canada was privatized in 1988. This uniform was introduced in early 1996. Its "blue spruce" colour was an intentional departure from the previous two Air Canada uniforms, which used navy blue as the base colour. The colour change was supposed to help create a new identity for the airline, which was privatized in 1988, but which people still perceived as being government owned. The identity revolved around professionalism and customer service. The basic components of this uniform for women were jacket and choice of pants, dress, or skirt together with blouse (available in long or short sleeve versions) and brevet. This uniform belonged to Melanie Lariviere, who was hired as a flight attendant in Montreal on September 18, 2000. After completing the initial training course in November, she moved to Toronto, where she was still based at the time of this donation. [Ref. 1] - Function
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To identify the wearer as an Air Canada flight attendant. - Technical
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Cotton and synthetic blend fabric could be machine washed and dried. Cotton is comfortable to wear and allows fabric to breathe, while polyester component reduces wrinkles and reduces need to iron. [Ref. 1] - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Tag sewn inside neckline is largely accessible; reads "55% COTON/ COTTO[N]", "10" and "69919".
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- White short-sleeve cotton and polyester (?) blouse has embroidered maple leaves on placket; white synthetic buttons on shirt front and cuffs; large white synthetic button at neck opening has goldtone trim and back.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Blouse, uniform, between 1996–2005, Artifact no. 2010.0411, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0411.006/
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