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PIA
hired famous national and international dress designers for designing of
uniforms worn by its flight attendants.
These designers include famous names like Feroze Cowasji,
Pierre Cardin and Sir Hardy Amies
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1975-1986
(Ajaz Karim
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This
photo of PIA Air Hostesses was taken in 1975. British dress designer Sir Hardy Amies, best known
for being royal dress maker to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of
United Kingdom, was responsible for the uniform that came in
1975. The purple and magenta kameezes had embroidered fronts,
with green shalwars and pretty printed dupattas inspired by the
folk wear of Pakistani village women. Teamed with black bags and
smartly styled comfortable black leather sandals, these bright
uniforms introduced a cheerful note on board PIA. The uniform
design was revealed to media on January 31, 1975. PIA air
hostesses began wearing this uniform from February 1, 1975. This uniform design was used from 1975 to
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1975-1986
(Copyright ©
PIA) |
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PIA Air Hostess Sabeena Iftikhar wearing uniform designed by Sir Hardy Amies.
The printed dupatta was inspired by the folk wear of Pakistani
village women |
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PIA
Air Hostess and Boeing 747-282B postcard (Abbas
Ali
Collection) |
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This
late 1970s postcard officially issued by PIA shows a PIA Air Hostess
with a newly inducted Boeing 747-282B. The Air Hostess is
wearing uniform designed by Sir Hardy Amies |
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1975-1986
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Qaiser Ansari) |
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PIA cabin crew seen in uniform designed by Sir Hardy Amies in
this photo taken at Beijing Airport, China, with airline's
Boeing 707-340C in the background. Senior Flight Purser Salma is
second from right |
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