Have a Peek at American Airlines’ New Crew Uniforms for 2015

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It seems American Airlines is on the cusp of releasing their updated uniform designs to debut in 2015, on both AA and US Airways crew as the companies continue their merger.

The process began way, way back in January 2013; that’s nearly two years of work before actual garments were available to preview. In the meantime, the designers, duo KAUFMANFRANCO, were also working on their seasonal runway collections; it’s in their Fashion Week credo that they share their raison d’être and a sense of what to expect from the AA uniforms: “We deliver clothes that are deceptively understated but when you take a closer look at them, they are actually quite complex, not based on decoration but on the cut, fabric and detailing.”

And that’s exactly what they’ve done.

Viewed from a distance, the looks are clean, contemporary, if a bit gray. It’s in the detail shots that we understand how those two years of work were spent. The pilot’s leather jacket now has the appeal of a Members Only-style shape, versus the “I watched Top Gun last night” look; the flight attendant scarves are absent a garish pattern and more evocative of the classic white scarves worn by open-cockpit pilots in the early days of aviation; and gone are the boxier 1990s fits of the old uniforms.

Of course we can expect a formal debut from American soon, and you can spot the new looks on crew as soon as next year.

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