Blouse, uniform

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OBJECT TYPE
airline/flight attendant
DATE
1990–2000
ARTIFACT NUMBER
2013.0549.003
MANUFACTURER
B.V.D.
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Canada

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
3
Total Parts
5
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
Cotton and polyester blend fabric; plastic buttons; strips of VELCRO, hook/pile side only.

Dimensions

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

Length
72.0 cm
Width
60.5 cm
Height
N/A
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Aviation
Category
Clothing
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
BVD
Country
Canada
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Unknown
Period
During the 1990s.
Canada
Canadian Airlines International was founded when Pacific Western Airlines (PWA) purchased Canadian Pacific Air Lines (CPAL) in 1987. PWA had already acquired Transair in 1977, while CPAL had recently acquired Eastern Provincial Airways and Nordair. In its early years, Canadian Airlines Int. airplanes appeared in a variety of liveries. Initially, PWA and CPAL operations were supposed to remain separate. From 1987 onwards, Canadian Airlines International was the second largest airline after Air Canada. After years of financial difficulties, Canadian Airlines International was purchased by Air Canada in 2001. This is an example of a Canadian Airlines International flight attendant uniform. The women’s uniform, introduced in the late 1980s, included a skirt, trousers, a jacket, a sweater, a sweater vest, a blouse, a long sleeve vest, a short sleeve vest, and a dress. The blouse could be worn with a tie or a scarf. The uniform also included a spring coat and an all-purpose coat.
Function
To identify the wearer as a Canadian Airlines International flight attendant.
Technical
This uniform has many features that suggest it was designed to be functional, as well as stylish. The skirt not only has kick pleats, which make it easier for the wearer to move about, but also pockets. The blazer has an inner pocket as well as functional outer ones. The skirt is of a length that would allow easy movement and the shirt is long enough that it will remain tucked if the wearer has to reach up into the overhead compartment. A flight attendant might work in a variety of environments from day to day as well as over the course of one day, and so the range of clothing options allows the wearer to tailor her dress to suit the destination of the flight or to add or remove layers during the day. The options also recognize that different flight attendants will be comfortable in different types of clothes and that women have different body types suited to different styles. According to the donor, regulations around uniforms were more lenient at Canadian Airlines Int. than they had been at Wardair, where she had previously worked. She remembers, for instance, that the airline was not too concerned if flight attendants neglected to wear their scarf or tie and flight attendants could wear any shoes they wanted so long as they were black and not patent leather. The donor and her husband believe that much of this change was due to the growing unionization of flight attendants.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
Lettering on label inside of collar reads: “B.V.D”: lettering stamped or printed on inside of collar reads: “6-L. S./N2BCW”; lettering on label inside of collar reads: “FAB. AU / MADE IN/CANADA/CA 00081/60% COTTON / COTON/40% POLYESTER/GARNITURE NON COMPRISE/EXCLUSIVE OF TRIM”.
Missing
The artifact appears complete.
Finish
Predominantly cream-colored with same color glossy buttons and embroidered buttonholes; grey label with white lettering; black ink/dye.
Decoration
Thin, repeated embroidered lines on fabric make up a pattern all over the blouse.

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