Do you "dress up" to fly premium cabin?
Oct 24, 2018, 8:24 am
#511
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I just want to not think too hard about what I wear on the plane, so it's black leggings, comfortable black sneakers/trainers, long tunic, light black jacket with inner pockets, scarf. Good for every class, lounges, red-eyes, waiting at the gate, last minute upgrades, and working right off the plane. I change my personal item more often than my flying attire. If I'm off to somewhere like Jamaica I might leave off the scarf and carry shorts to change into at MBJ.
(it won't be pretty)
Oct 24, 2018, 8:46 am
#512
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Mmm yes... hygiene. I'm one of those "must have a shower immediately before getting on the plane" types these days... or at the very least, I carry deodorant wipes. Perfume is overkill and the refreshing wipes airlines often stock are just not enough. And clean clothing is a must. I cannot stand to be seated near people who obviously haven't bathed in the last few days. In some cases, top notch hygiene can override casual dress... and being well dressed does not forgive poor hygiene. Just because someone slapped on a tie doesn't make up for not brushing their teeth.
Oct 24, 2018, 10:21 am
#513
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Some people can't help it. But now we've found something that bothers you, so we should do something about it.
Oct 25, 2018, 2:25 am
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Oct 25, 2018, 7:21 am
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Oct 25, 2018, 12:48 pm
#519
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Bromhidrosis Treatment & Management
An excerpt from a comprehensive review of treatment options:"Hygiene and topical antibacterial agents
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Drying agents
Measures to enhance drying and limit maceration, such as the use of antiperspirants including aluminum chloride, may improve bromhidrosis of either apocrine or eccrine origin, particularly if hyperhidrosis is a contributing factor. Antiperspirants, unlike deodorants, contain aluminum salts, which inhibit sweat production."
Oct 25, 2018, 9:56 pm
#520
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What minimum standards and who is setting them? I don't recall seeing an airline setting minimum standards to ride up front nor have I read a generally accepted consensus among F and J passengers. But if you need fancy pants to bolster your ego I genuinely feel sorry for you.
I judge people all the time but never on something as entirely insignificant as how they dress in the forward cabin of public transit.
I judge people all the time but never on something as entirely insignificant as how they dress in the forward cabin of public transit.
There most certainly is a minimum standard for acceptable attire in public.
And it has more to do with respect than it does ego. The way one dresses tells a lot about their character.
Oct 26, 2018, 6:47 am
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The airlines set the "minimum standard" on their planes and evidently it is met by having ones dangling bits covered, flip-flops and a sleeveless t-shirt.
How much "respect" is owed to complete strangers on public transit? What sacrifices to comfort should be made out of fear the fashion police will deliver an unfavorable ruling on one's "character?"
Oct 26, 2018, 7:49 am
#522
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The airlines set the "minimum standard" on their planes and evidently it is met by having ones dangling bits covered, flip-flops and a sleeveless t-shirt.
How much "respect" is owed to complete strangers on public transit? What sacrifices to comfort should be made out of fear the fashion police will deliver an unfavorable ruling on one's "character?"
How much "respect" is owed to complete strangers on public transit? What sacrifices to comfort should be made out of fear the fashion police will deliver an unfavorable ruling on one's "character?"
Oct 26, 2018, 7:57 am
#523
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I like dressing up for my flights, I always wear a shirt and jacket in J or F, sometimes a suit. Now the major reason being that I do this out of respect to me fellow passengers, but also as respect to the FAs. Furthermore I actually like wearing a suit and shirt and I am actually comftable in it. But then again, I always wear at least a shirt when not travelling as well. Do I look down on people that do not wear a suit automatically? No, why would I? Most people I see in J or F wear nice trousers and a shirt, I'd classify as smart to business casual. Nothing wrong with that, I mean it does look nice. Dressing nice and being comftable are actually both possible!
One does not have to put much effort in to look halfway acceptable and wear some nice clothes that can also be comftable. As long as you look neat, act nice and have proper hygiene all is well. What I do have a small issue with is people who just let themselves go with no respect to their surroundings, often lacking hygiene, seemingly having not yet been informed about the concept of showers and deodorant (or not caring about them), while also wearing slugish clothes, that haven't been washed once. It's just not nice to look at or spend 12 hours next to.
Our subconciousness automatically judges everybody. And clothes are just a main part of that process,that indicate the above. (Dressing badly is not equal to dressing comftably.)
One does not have to put much effort in to look halfway acceptable and wear some nice clothes that can also be comftable. As long as you look neat, act nice and have proper hygiene all is well. What I do have a small issue with is people who just let themselves go with no respect to their surroundings, often lacking hygiene, seemingly having not yet been informed about the concept of showers and deodorant (or not caring about them), while also wearing slugish clothes, that haven't been washed once. It's just not nice to look at or spend 12 hours next to.
Our subconciousness automatically judges everybody. And clothes are just a main part of that process,that indicate the above. (Dressing badly is not equal to dressing comftably.)
Oct 26, 2018, 9:45 am
#525
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I like dressing up for my flights, I always wear a shirt and jacket in J or F, sometimes a suit. Now the major reason being that I do this out of respect to me fellow passengers, but also as respect to the FAs. Furthermore I actually like wearing a suit and shirt and I am actually comftable in it. But then again, I always wear at least a shirt when not travelling as well. Do I look down on people that do not wear a suit automatically? No, why would I? Most people I see in J or F wear nice trousers and a shirt, I'd classify as smart to business casual. Nothing wrong with that, I mean it does look nice. Dressing nice and being comftable are actually both possible!
Our subconciousness automatically judges everybody. And clothes are just a main part of that process,that indicate the above. (Dressing badly is not equal to dressing comftably.)
Our subconciousness automatically judges everybody. And clothes are just a main part of that process,that indicate the above. (Dressing badly is not equal to dressing comftably.)
Most people you see in J/F wear business casual... well duh.. most people in J/F are flying for work.... Nothing to do with "respect".
Anything that would impede an evacuation would bother me.