Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants to Sport Uniforms of Decades Past – From Hot Pants to Russian Cossack Dresses – At Anchorage Airport

 Airline showcases retro fashions on flights, in airports through June 30

  WHEN:  Thursday, June 28, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Alaska time

  WHERE: Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Alaska Airlines
         check-in lobby

  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 fashion showcase comes to Anchorage on June 28,
         when flight attendants wearing some of the airline's most unusual
         uniforms will greet passengers at Ted Stevens Anchorage
         International Airport. Flight attendants will also wear retro
         uniforms on select flights through June 30.

  WHO:   Alaska Airlines flight attendants modeling retro uniforms
         Surprised passengers greeted by flight attendants in unexpected
         attire

  NOTE:  Video b-roll and still images from the June 21 fashion show are
         available. Images feature runway modeling of 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

RSVP: Please confirm attendance for Anchorage airport event by 1 p.m. Alaska time on Wednesday, June 27. Contact Alaska Airlines Corporate Communications at (206) 392-5101.

Contact: Amanda Tobin Bielawski -or- Caroline Boren

(206) 392-5134 (206) 392-5799

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SOURCE: Alaska Airlines