Originally Posted by
JessicaB
A very glamorous, pretty lady I know qualified as a captain, and they gave her a jacket that looked like it was 3 sizes too big. She worked so hard to get to be captain and they stick her in that mess.
Disgraceful. She works her socks off and they dress her like a store room dummy. I would not put it past them to have given her a man's uniform.
Originally Posted by
Waterhorse
The sad thing is that the previous uniforms were better - they started to look scruffy towards the end of their lives because the new uniforms were on their way and so you could not replace items. That became a justification, in itself, to replace the old uniform - a self fulfilling prophecy.
These new things were badly judged - materials that do not wear well, they started to look shabby very quickly. Furthermore, there are far too many variations - it doesn’t look uniform if everyone is wearing differing items. The clue is in the word uniform. Boateng is a great designer of men’s suits - but that does not seem to be true for the items for the ladies. The range of clothes is trying to all things to all men, sadly it fails in the key requirement - to be a uniform.
If you say so. I seldom wear men's clothes, you may be pleased to learn. I remember many years ago at BCAL that the first Lady Captain that we had ended up looking like a Wren with the ridiculous hat that they gave her;
All I will say is this - Air France would not dream of allowing its Cabin Crew to look as though they were dressed like frumps - they go to Christian Lacroix, Nina Richie, and Carven ( I think ) Mr Boatang is not even in a fraction of their league.
Nevertheless this does not really address Simulators in Downing Street. Why this would be there is unfathomable to me. They may as well have stuck a Police Call Box and have David Tennant emerge (sorry, I adore his acting skills) - indeed maybe the Tardis has arrived and managed to become something equally anachronistic.
Originally Posted by
Arctic Troll
Living in Durham for as long as I did, I can assure you that even Oxfam (other charity shops are available) would be embarrassed to display those uniforms.
OK - Matalan then.