Chinese Airline’s New Haute Couture Uniforms Puts Other Airlines To Shame
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One airline in China has just elevated their dress code to new heights by providing their crew members with stylish haute couture work uniforms that seem to be taken straight out of a fashion magazine cover.
Hainan Airlines have collaborated with designer Laurence Xu who introduced the new beautiful dresses and tailored coats at the Paris Couture Week. Inspired by the ‘Cheongsam,’ a traditional Chinese dress, the flight attendant uniform features a blend between the modern Western-style clothes design and traditional Chinese art elements like cloud drawings, waves and even the Chinese mythical bird – the Roc.
“The cooperation between the airlines and Lawrence Xu is industry leading. We are not only creating a new Hainan Airlines uniform but also showing the internationalized image of our business. Especially on international routes, we would like to let passengers know that China is modern and trendy,” said Xu Fei, brand director of Hainan Airlines.
Men’s version of the designer clothes is a bit less extravagant and Western-looking, with double-breasted overcoats and smaller elements of the traditional Chinese culture.
(h/t: demilked)
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Oooh! Is it time for the Tri-Wizard tournament again, already?! I hope Beauxbatons does better this time around.
That's the first thing that popped into my mind when I saw that gorgeous coat! It's a very graceful, elegant cut. I may have to make one.
You make your own coats!! I envy you!
@Dhanya - I learned to sew as a kid and I'm pretty good at it, but the coat thing started only because most of the coats I was looking at in stores are incredibly boring. The first jacket I made is a teal blue cashmere (it was on sale) swing coat with a gold and paisley peacock design silk lining. Because...why not? Coats used to have those linings all the time. It's kind of addictive, though. I know I have too many....
Aunt Messy, I would love such a coat too!
It is stunning, I agree. ;)
That is EXACTLY what I thought too. I LOVED those in the movie and I love this style again here. I REALLY wish these would come in style in the real, average world instead of a lot of the garbage that does come in style.
Yup! My thoughts exactly...
so glad I wasn't the only one who thought that
Yes!!!!
Yes definitely it's even the same colour beauxbatons.jpg
That's also the first thing popped in my head i even share in fb mentioning beauxbatons uniforms. Potterhead detected ahhaha
But... the stewardesses are not Chinese? I don't get it. =/ Check out Singapore Airlines - our models are all locals and we're proud of it! China seems to be ashamed of its own people sometimes.
OK there's like ONE Chinese. Out of 5 or 6???
This is a photoshoot with professional models, in France, probably in light of Paris fashion week. It is not an actual depiction of the airline's workforce. Stewardesses are not professional models, or not often anyway.
maybe because there are the models they want to show the clothes to the world into before using them for their own stewarts and stewardesses ? Haute-couture can't be produces for a lot of people as they have to be handmade for each one of the people that need it, they need measurements...
Love how you thought you need to come back and correct yourself. You mean there is one Asian out of 6 ;)~ I noticed that too.
who looks Japanese to me
Iris, there are actually profesional chinese models btw.
Thanks for the info Iris.
Would that not be because this is the launch at Paris, couture Week, so they have Models, modelling the outfit's not the Actually Stewardess's
That is because Singapore airlines is the best
Word.
yay SIA
it's a model, and anyone can be a flight stewardess so anyone like you can wear it too
Singapore Airlines is one of the crown jewels of Singapore. Our uniforms were specifically designed to incorporate elements from all the four main races and our crew represent Singapore. So from my perspective, it boggles the mind that they are not showing off their own people. Perhaps it's not the same for all countries and I might be projecting from my own bias.
Some shameless promoting: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/the-singapore-girl-from-an-experiment-to-an-icon-8253406
I'm sure they are models. Just to showcase the outfits.
Let-People...64e2c7.jpg
While I'm not sure about these models here in the picture, you'd be surprised how big and diverse China really is. Now, I forgot the name of that particular Chinese region, but there is indeed a region in China where natives are caucasian, and yet China itself keeps on pushing the "chinese stereotype" BECAUSE they are proud of their people.
Daria, just to add on because of some really idiotic comment below about how Chinese women are ugly, as a Chinese myself (not from China though), I think Chinese (and other Asians, for purposes of this discussion I am referring to a particular type of Chinese and Asian 'look' with less pronounced noses and smaller eyes, like me LOL) are underrepresented internationally. Even with the Korean craze, the stereotype is that they can achieve 'beauty' only by plastic surgery. Choosing models that look traditionally Caucasian just perpetuates the idea that only the Western ideal of beauty is the gold standard. Hope this clarifies where I'm coming from :) Thanks for your comment!
Thanks for the info Daria. Noted your point, but EVEN IF I accepted that these were native Chinese, I think it does signify something that they deliberately chose people from that particular region instead of more of their 'Chinese stereotype' (which I'm still not convinced is such a 'stereotype' at all - stereotype suggests it's not true.).
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Way off-topic but since you decided to bring it up, let me explain why Singaporeans are so 'unfriendly'. For every one expat who "bring economy" to Singapore (although if their standard of English is anything like yours I sincerely doubt the 'economy' they are 'bringing'), he usually brings along two to three dependants: a spouse and one or two kids. So for every expat this is what we get: Gain: some 'economy', 3-4 consumers. Loss: 1 job that could have gone to a Singaporean of any race; 1 or 2 spaces in schools and scholarships for Singaporean children; 4 additional people's worth of strain on our infrastructure such as housing, healthcare, transport; a corresponding increase in taxes and property prices as new demand; a corresponding increase in the consumer price index. Your first thought will be to try and accuse me of stereotyping, but when you ask general questions like why Singaporeans are so unfriendly with "expats who bring economy", you will get general answers like that.
hehe, you really want to pick a bone from anything about china, don't you? suit yourself
A single comment, on a single post, hardly signifies that I "want to pick a bone from anything about China". If you see me going around hunting for posts about China and complaining about them then yes your comment would be justified. As of now, it isn't. Don't be so sensitive without any grounds.
I'm suddenly interested in becoming a stewardess.. love love love the looks!
i hope yu love love the low ball salary lol
Not related to this but kinda, Anyway..The Stewardesses of the 70s had some pretty cool looks. Cool knee-high boots etc. :-)
Or you could just get a job and buy your own dress.
I have a great career, and closets full of dress. Can't exactly buy this ones since they are not for sale in stores, can I? Maybe you could get a life instead of moaning to other people on the internet like a little pathetic bitch.
Oooh! Is it time for the Tri-Wizard tournament again, already?! I hope Beauxbatons does better this time around.
That's the first thing that popped into my mind when I saw that gorgeous coat! It's a very graceful, elegant cut. I may have to make one.
You make your own coats!! I envy you!
@Dhanya - I learned to sew as a kid and I'm pretty good at it, but the coat thing started only because most of the coats I was looking at in stores are incredibly boring. The first jacket I made is a teal blue cashmere (it was on sale) swing coat with a gold and paisley peacock design silk lining. Because...why not? Coats used to have those linings all the time. It's kind of addictive, though. I know I have too many....
Aunt Messy, I would love such a coat too!
It is stunning, I agree. ;)
That is EXACTLY what I thought too. I LOVED those in the movie and I love this style again here. I REALLY wish these would come in style in the real, average world instead of a lot of the garbage that does come in style.
Yup! My thoughts exactly...
so glad I wasn't the only one who thought that
Yes!!!!
Yes definitely it's even the same colour beauxbatons.jpg
That's also the first thing popped in my head i even share in fb mentioning beauxbatons uniforms. Potterhead detected ahhaha
But... the stewardesses are not Chinese? I don't get it. =/ Check out Singapore Airlines - our models are all locals and we're proud of it! China seems to be ashamed of its own people sometimes.
OK there's like ONE Chinese. Out of 5 or 6???
This is a photoshoot with professional models, in France, probably in light of Paris fashion week. It is not an actual depiction of the airline's workforce. Stewardesses are not professional models, or not often anyway.
maybe because there are the models they want to show the clothes to the world into before using them for their own stewarts and stewardesses ? Haute-couture can't be produces for a lot of people as they have to be handmade for each one of the people that need it, they need measurements...
Love how you thought you need to come back and correct yourself. You mean there is one Asian out of 6 ;)~ I noticed that too.
who looks Japanese to me
Iris, there are actually profesional chinese models btw.
Thanks for the info Iris.
Would that not be because this is the launch at Paris, couture Week, so they have Models, modelling the outfit's not the Actually Stewardess's
That is because Singapore airlines is the best
Word.
yay SIA
it's a model, and anyone can be a flight stewardess so anyone like you can wear it too
Singapore Airlines is one of the crown jewels of Singapore. Our uniforms were specifically designed to incorporate elements from all the four main races and our crew represent Singapore. So from my perspective, it boggles the mind that they are not showing off their own people. Perhaps it's not the same for all countries and I might be projecting from my own bias.
Some shameless promoting: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/the-singapore-girl-from-an-experiment-to-an-icon-8253406
I'm sure they are models. Just to showcase the outfits.
Let-People...64e2c7.jpg
While I'm not sure about these models here in the picture, you'd be surprised how big and diverse China really is. Now, I forgot the name of that particular Chinese region, but there is indeed a region in China where natives are caucasian, and yet China itself keeps on pushing the "chinese stereotype" BECAUSE they are proud of their people.
Daria, just to add on because of some really idiotic comment below about how Chinese women are ugly, as a Chinese myself (not from China though), I think Chinese (and other Asians, for purposes of this discussion I am referring to a particular type of Chinese and Asian 'look' with less pronounced noses and smaller eyes, like me LOL) are underrepresented internationally. Even with the Korean craze, the stereotype is that they can achieve 'beauty' only by plastic surgery. Choosing models that look traditionally Caucasian just perpetuates the idea that only the Western ideal of beauty is the gold standard. Hope this clarifies where I'm coming from :) Thanks for your comment!
Thanks for the info Daria. Noted your point, but EVEN IF I accepted that these were native Chinese, I think it does signify something that they deliberately chose people from that particular region instead of more of their 'Chinese stereotype' (which I'm still not convinced is such a 'stereotype' at all - stereotype suggests it's not true.).
This comment has been deleted.
Way off-topic but since you decided to bring it up, let me explain why Singaporeans are so 'unfriendly'. For every one expat who "bring economy" to Singapore (although if their standard of English is anything like yours I sincerely doubt the 'economy' they are 'bringing'), he usually brings along two to three dependants: a spouse and one or two kids. So for every expat this is what we get: Gain: some 'economy', 3-4 consumers. Loss: 1 job that could have gone to a Singaporean of any race; 1 or 2 spaces in schools and scholarships for Singaporean children; 4 additional people's worth of strain on our infrastructure such as housing, healthcare, transport; a corresponding increase in taxes and property prices as new demand; a corresponding increase in the consumer price index. Your first thought will be to try and accuse me of stereotyping, but when you ask general questions like why Singaporeans are so unfriendly with "expats who bring economy", you will get general answers like that.
hehe, you really want to pick a bone from anything about china, don't you? suit yourself
A single comment, on a single post, hardly signifies that I "want to pick a bone from anything about China". If you see me going around hunting for posts about China and complaining about them then yes your comment would be justified. As of now, it isn't. Don't be so sensitive without any grounds.
I'm suddenly interested in becoming a stewardess.. love love love the looks!
i hope yu love love the low ball salary lol
Not related to this but kinda, Anyway..The Stewardesses of the 70s had some pretty cool looks. Cool knee-high boots etc. :-)
Or you could just get a job and buy your own dress.
I have a great career, and closets full of dress. Can't exactly buy this ones since they are not for sale in stores, can I? Maybe you could get a life instead of moaning to other people on the internet like a little pathetic bitch.