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Qatar Airways voted best-dressed airline â€Ž

04 October 2010 13:28 (UTC +04:00)

Baku - APA-Economics. The airlineâ€™s â€œretro-lookâ€ uniforms won the votes of 33 percent of respondents to Skyscanner poll, which was timed to coincide with the London Fashion Week last week, Peninsula On-line reported.

Air Franceâ€™s uniforms, designed by Christian Lacroix, came in second with 17 percent, while British Airways came in third with 15 percent.

Other entries in the top 10 included Spanish carrier Iberia and Italian carrier Alitalia, along with Delta in the US and Indiaâ€™s Jet Airways.

Although cabin crew style doesnâ€™t play the role in flying that it did 30 years ago, some airlines still invest in dressing their customer-facing staff.

Whether crew are dressed to reflect local style such as Singapore Airlinesâ€™ iconic â€œSingapore Girlsâ€ or kitted out by top-end designers such Christian Dior and Nina Ricci, who have both designed for Air France, the outfits play an important role in public perceptions of a carrier. Airlines in Japan even sew computer chips and serial numbers into their uniforms to try to stop them being sold onto local fetish shops, where the outfits can sell for thousands of euros.

The sartorial choices of the worldâ€™s airlines have even spawned a fan site from Netherlands-based flight attendant Cliff Muskiet - â€œUniform Freakâ€ displays 947 different stewardess uniforms from 386 airlines, complete with archives from previous uniforms.

The top 10 most stylish airlines ranked in order of most stylish: Qatar Airways, Air France British Airways, Iberia, Alitalia, SAS, Delta, Aeroflot, Jet Airways and Lufthansa.