Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants Model Uniforms of Decades Past – From Hot Pants to Russian Cossack Dresses – at Sea-Tac Fashion Show

Runway event kicks off retro fashion showcase on flights, in airports through

                                 June 30

  WHEN:      Thursday, June 21, 9:30 a.m.

  WHERE:     Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Central Terminal

  WHAT:      Pillbox hats, Russian Cossack dresses and hot pants are
             returning to the nation's airways thanks to a fashion flashback
             staged by Alaska Airlines flight attendants during the
             airline's 75th anniversary. The airline will kick off its retro
             uniform showcase with a runway fashion show June 21 at
             Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Flight attendants will
             wear retro uniforms on select flights through June 30, and
             surprise travelers on designated days at the airline's hub
             airports. The fashion show will feature uniforms including:

                 *  1950s-era skirt suit with pillbox hat
                 *  Arctic parka worn over ski pants during the 1950s and
                    1960s
                 *  1960s uniform inspired by Alaska Gold Rush fashions,
                    featuring long red-velvet skirt and hat trimmed with
                    ostrich feathers
                 *  Russian Cossack red tunic and fur hat worn during
                    airline's 1960s Cold War-era flights to Soviet Union
                 *  Hot pants and bell bottoms from the 1970s

  WHO:       Alaska Airlines flight attendants modeling retro fashions
             Surprised passengers greeted by flight attendants sporting
              unexpected attire
             Captain Mike Swanigan, fashion show emcee and Alaska Airlines
              pilot

  TIMELINE:  9:30 a.m.      News media meet Alaska Airlines representatives
                            between Alaska Airlines and United ticket
                            counters, receive badges for escorted access to
                            fashion show stage
             10 a.m.        Fashion show begins
             10:30 a.m.     Flight attendants in classic fashions move to
                            D Concourse to greet passengers

  RSVP:      Please confirm attendance by 1 p.m. Pacific time on Wednesday,
             June 20. Contact Alaska Airlines Corporate Communications at
             (206) 392-5101.

  Contact:  Amanda Tobin Bielawski    -or-    Caroline Boren
            (206) 392-5134                    (206) 392-5799

PRNewswire — June 19

SOURCE: Alaska Airlines