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The Golden Age Of Travel: This Is What Your Flight Used To Look Like (And It’s Actually Crazy)

Your flight attendant wore a girdle and had a weight limit.

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Flying was an over-the-top luxury experience, and leggy, chatty “hostesses” were part of the show. One stewardess recalls her airline’s rule that she wear high heels at all times — only after takeoff could she switch to flatter shoes.

November 18, 2011 – Longmeadow – Staff photo by Michael S. Gordon – Betty C. McCann was a stewardess for Delta Airlines in the 1950s. She painted a self-portrait of herself in uniform. (masslive.com)

 

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Hair had to be short enough so as not to touch her collar. A flight attendant manual mandated that stewardesses be single, stay under 125 pounds, and maintain “high moral standards” during employment.

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