General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

"Blue Spruce" 100% wool jacket; blue-green synthetic (?) fabric lining; black synthetic buttons have goldtone trim.

Dimensions

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

Length

73.0 cm

Width

44.0 cm

Height

9.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Clothing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Uniformes

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Worn by donor during period 2000- 2005. This uniform jacket style in use 1996- 2005.

Canada

Example of a flight attendant uniform jacket 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. The jacket could be worn with all uniform components. This jacket 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. Please see also 2010.0411 uniform. [Ref. 1]

Function

To identify the wearer as an Air Canada flight attendant.

Technical

A flight attendant uniform is designed to provide a particular look, but is also usually designed around the flight attendant’s job and working environment. Materials and designs are often chosen for ease of use. [Ref. 1

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

" [logo]/ AIR CANADA/ PAR/BY/ UNIFORMES R&R" appears on label sewn to inside left pocket exterior. "JUNE 2000/ 100% WOOL/ LAINE/ 1200-52900/23/ OO R/ CA 31360/ DRY CLEAN ONLY/ NETTOYAGE A SEC/ FABR/ MADE IN/ CANADA/ P.O. 27023/ MF" and "Professionally dry clean only/ Reduce moisture/ Do not tumble- Short cycle/ Max. temp. 60'C (113'F)/ No steam/ Before dryclean remove/ buttons and trims/ Iron warm 60'C (113'F)/ Use press cloth" printed in English and French on tag sewn to inside pocket edge. "Made in/Fait au/ Canada" printed on tag sewn inside neckline, at jacket back. "TWO/ 2712" printed in black on brown paper tag stapled to tag above.

Missing

Jacket missing one front closure button, and 4 cuff buttons.

Finish

"Blue Spruce" 100% wool jacket; blue-green synthetic (?) fabric lining; black synthetic buttons have goldtone trim.

Decoration

Large red stylized maple leaf motif embroidered on left breast pocket.