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air travel: retro glam, sexy, vintage prints, mid century mod architecture. and did I say SEXY?

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Pucci's Braniff flight attendant uniform, 1965

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Hôtesse El Al Israel, 1960′s

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TWA STEWARDESS SCHOOL, KANSAS CITY, 1961 by Michael Rougier

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New York Municipal Airports

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Ad For Sarong Girdles  - 1958

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Dulles International Airport Terminal, Chantilly, Virginia, circa 1963. Photographer Balthazar Korab. © Balthazar Korab Ltd.

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Terminal, John F. Kennedy International Airport Eero Saarinen, TWA –Terminal, John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York. New York, 1962. Photographer Ezra Stoller. © Ezra Stoller/Esto.

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Terminal, John F. Kennedy International Airport Eero Saarinen, TWA –Terminal, John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York. New York, 1962. Photographer Ezra Stoller. © Ezra Stoller/Esto.

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EZRA STOLLER, JFK AIRPORT TWA TERMINAL 1962: one of *the* architecture photographers of the 20th century.

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airport waiting area

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In 1964 when insurance mogul Troy Post bought ailing Braniff Airlines he gave the company a major make over. His “The End of the Plain Plane” campaign included hiring architect Alexander Girard for the design of the planes and Italian fashion designer Emilio Pucci to design the staff uniforms. Post also employed a fleet of “jelly bean” colored jets. Continue reading for more pictures of the retro air glam and videos of advertisements starring Andy Warhol.

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Flying Hotels: Sophisticated travelers of the 1940s and 50s were always so well dressed and happy to be jet-setting.

“We try to select designs that set our attendants apart from all the rest and we want them to look young and attractive”

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