Like Virgin?? The only thing half close to Virgin is the scarf. Aside from that they are nothing alike!
Well, to be fair, isn't the one-piece outfit for the ladies virtually the same cut? Just that Qantas have gone for a tri-colour concept, whereas for Virgin it's all red. The Virgin belt is slightly thinner from what I can tell.
Then again, most airlines probably sport much the same cut of dress.
I fail to see how this is "cheap looking" compared to, say, Virgin, or whatever bar you choose as the "LCC" bar or whatever. I mean, we had people saying that the old Qantas uniform looked like it came from an op shop, or it was assembled a la
The Sound of Music, from old drapes. (Personally, I think that's quite insensitive to the origin of the pattern, which is a homage to the Indigenous cultures). I have no idea where people are going with this whole "cheap" looking thing. I mean, it's not like stock standard polos and slacks.
How the scarf is supposed to be worn and tied may also be a point of differentiation.
As for men, well, like most other airlines and like pretty much every single business man in the world, it's basically the typical penguin outfit. The only main accent and differentiator is the tie.
