Dress in style

[cove]

Yes I wonder about those men who wear ties on long haul flights. It won't stop them snoring.

 

[SeatBackForward]

I prefer dressing like I am on holiday and my desire to do that increases when I have a good business class seat and I am about to be surrounded by "the suits".
Then "the suit" takes his jacket off in the aisle blocking everyone boarding.

It's the pirouette following the jacket removal that is the difference between 8 and 9 out of ten. I figure it's like the plumage a peacock displays.

 

[Denali]

Yes I wonder about those men who wear ties on long haul flights. It won't stop them snoring.

It might if you apply enough pressure to the tie whilst being worn.

 

[medhead]

Here in Australia people travelling in their 'Sunday best' has gone the way of the dodo and people travelling by air are more likely to dress in what they wear mowing the lawn than going to church.

These days the smartly dressed people are the ones from third world or developing countries as they have a sense of pride in the way they dress.

I wouldn't inflict my lawn mowing clothes on people in an aircraft. People at bunnings, or school pick up is another story. basically ruggers and a 20 year old t-shirt, or perhaps old mining company corporate clothes. Another thing about lawn mowing for me is that smalls are optional. Whereas, I have a rule to always wear smalls on an aircraft. Especially under the PJs. :shock:

But I have a bit of an issue wearing decent clothing on an aircraft when they just going to sit there and get fouled up with airline seat smells and such like.

 

[dajop]

Always try to wear a collared shirt or polo shirt with breast pocket when travelling internationally. Just for practicality. Not to dress in style (indeed for the last few years pockets on shirts have been very much out of fashion, although now making a comeback), but simply it is good to have somewhere to put and easily access the passport, boarding passes, lounge invites, express cards etc, .... On long haul (>8 hrs), during flight will usually change into T-shirt and shorts. Also now avoid jeans, have picked up some chinos from a particular Japanese chain that are great for travelling. Again nothing to do with being presentable, just that I find them much more comfortable for travelling than jeans (not sure why, but other chinos I've had in the past have not been so comfortable).

 

[drron]

Though a year ago visiting the USA found what are really chinos but look like jeans.Roundtree and York.
Most importantly for my style of travel they have an expandable waistline.

 

[JohnK]

Style has gone. It bothers me. I lose sleep over it. Some of the things people wear in public shouldn't be worn around the house. Sadly that is just part of the depressing slow demise of society as we know it.

Personally I like to dress smart. It makes me feel better and hopefully I don't offend anyone.

 

[Deleted member]

Style , doesn't necessarily mean a suit and tie, I have seen very "stylish" people (men and women) in Jeans, a shirt and a jacket etc. its all in how you put it together, Even the Chino wearing holiday maker could pass for having style...... if they actually learnt what it actually means and how it works. the fact is they probably don't have much style to begin with and aren't actually aware of the process.

 

[dajop]

Style has gone. It bothers me. I lose sleep over it. Some of the things people wear in public shouldn't be worn around the house. Sadly that is just part of the depressing slow demise of society as we know it.

Bit dramatic, no?

Maybe it's a generational thing. If you observe many teenagers these days, it is often the case that they are dressed far better than their parents. Often see them travelling to SE Asia to/from Australia - parents in thongs, shorts & scruffy T, teens in something far more stylish and dressy.

 

[vantage03]

For someone in their early thirties I'll probably sound pretty old fashioned... however I always, and I mean always, wear a collared shirt to fly. This is usually paired with dark jeans and boots (as they're easy to take off for security).
If flying long haul I'll wear a blazer in most cases too.

I'm constantly running into business people in the lounge and I'll be damned if I'll be seen looking anything but smart, even if I'm on holiday. You never know who you'll see - and working in the corporate world where else other than an airline lounge are you more likely to bump into your professional network??

If my friends or family are traveling with me, they all know they'd better not be wearing trackies if they want to come into the lounge with me haha

At the end of the day, that's for me, and I do believe people should be able to wear what they want. That said, even though the author of the article (Kirstie Clements) may be a bit extreme as the ex-editor of Vogue, I agree with her in that I don't want to be sitting next to someone in thongs. I mean, really, planes are filthy at the best of times - we don't need to smell your feet, and you should probably be protecting them from the plane floor anyway ;-)

 

[footy99]

My main consideration for dress long haul is whether I'm comfortable sleeping in it. If no, then I shouldn't be wearing it. That prob rules out most of the style options.

Outside that, be clean and behave well and no-one will care who is wearing what.

Each to their own. I can't imagine any circumstance where I'd wear a suit on a long haul trip, but I notice some do and that's all good. I assume for suit-wearers they view my trackies the same way. If not, that's their issue.

 

[wandering_fred]

Feeling ultra cynical today... and perhaps tending to being verbose...

People who intentionally dress to appear smart... You can fool all of the people some of the time....

Maybe because my domestic flying is limited, I want comfortable trousers (likely denim) and a shirt with a pocket for the passport. Shoes that tie so I can get them back on after dozing for 5-7 hours.

Each to their own as long as there are no distracting sights or smells. YMMV

Too much wandering

Fred

 

[SeatBackForward]

I encourage my porters and manservant to dress in their finest for airliners.

 

[ashleyn]

I encourage my porters and manservant to dress in their finest for airliners.

First visit to the Per J lounge on Friday, I'll jacket up for the occasion

 

[Deleted member]

Feeling ultra cynical today... and perhaps tending to being verbose...

People who intentionally dress to appear smart... You can fool all of the people some of the time....

Maybe because my domestic flying is limited, I want comfortable trousers (likely denim) and a shirt with a pocket for the passport. Shoes that tie so I can get them back on after dozing for 5-7 hours.

Each to their own as long as there are no distracting sights or smells. YMMV

Too much wandering

Fred

But smart doesn't necessarily denote "Style".
But I take your point.

 

[jamesatfish]

I'm a jeans & t-shirt flyer myself, but I'll never forget an exceptionally well dressed older gentleman back when Qantas had an F cabin on the 747.

He boarded in an immaculate pin striped suit, with vintage leather hand luggage that looked like it had been in storage since purchased new in 1955. When we all got up to change into PJs for dinner he disappeared for 15 minutes and emerged wearing a full dinner suit complete with vest and bow tie for the meal service. I fell asleep shortly after that so not sure what he wore for the rest of the flight but he was in suit & tie again for landing.

No idea who he was, but he did have a Qantas staffer pushing his vintage luggage through the customs hall and ushering him around the queues.

 

[Foreigner]

No idea who he was, but he did have a Qantas staffer pushing his vintage luggage through the customs hall and ushering him around the queues.

A VVIP, maybe?

 

[drron]

Maybe this fellow who often wore a pin striped suit but usually with bow tie.Was pretty well known at QF-

 

[maninblack]

No idea who he was, but he did have a Qantas staffer pushing his vintage luggage through the customs hall and ushering him around the queues.

Chauncey Gardiner perhaps?

 

[Foreigner]

Maybe this fellow who often wore a pin striped suit but usually with bow tie.Was pretty well known at QF-

Seemed a decent bloke. From Lismore.