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VIRGIN ATLANTIC STEWARDESS UNIFORM
Those who are connoisseurs of stewardess or flight attendant uniforms or just have an out and out fetish for the same, will
recognise the 1991 offering for Virgin Atlantic, by the husband and wife design partnership of Elizabeth and David Emanuel, (who
famously produced the wedding dress for the late Princess of Wales), as something of a benchmark. Now after protracted efforts,
Birgit as managed to secure one of these much sought after and converted uniforms for her collection.











Lisa Leeson, then wife of the 'man who
bought down Baring Bank', got hers
through her job as a cheap means of
visiting her husband in his Singapore
prison cell, but we all have our own
reasons for wanting to own this all-time
icon of aviation fashion. Although it
was the ivory silk taffeta and tulle
wedding dress worn by Diana in 1981
that brought the Emanuels
international fame, we prefer to member
this contribution to the enjoyment air
travellers everywhere, (although
obviously especially on the North
Atlantic route. Now Birgit has her own
the arrival of the drinks trolley from the
kitchen at home has never looked so
stylish nor a prompt trip upstairs to the
bedroom so inevitable.