{"id":8148,"date":"2019-03-04T15:39:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T15:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/virgin-atlantic-removes-make-up-demand-from-cabin-crew\/"},"modified":"2019-03-04T15:39:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T15:39:17","slug":"virgin-atlantic-removes-make-up-demand-from-cabin-crew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/virgin-atlantic-removes-make-up-demand-from-cabin-crew\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Atlantic removes make-up demand from cabin crew"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Virgin Atlantic flight attendants\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/B19C\/production\/_105886454_virginatlanticcrew_virginatlantic.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Virgin Atlantic<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Virgin Atlantic has removed its long-standing requirement that female cabin crew wear make-up while on duty.<\/p>\n<p>Female cabin crew, whose uniform features a tight, red skirt, will also now be offered trousers automatically, rather than only when requested.<\/p>\n<p>It said it was a &#8220;significant change&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>Newer airlines, such as EasyJet and Ryanair, typically have relatively relaxed rules on uniform, but many longer-established airlines give rules on what make-up must be worn.<\/p>\n<p>The airline&#8217;s first uniforms were designed by Arabella Pollen, a 23-year-old designer at the time of its launch in 1984. <\/p>\n<p>She created Virgin Atlantic&#8217;s &#8220;Virgin Red&#8221;. The most recent redesign was by Vivienne Westwood in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Virgin said cabin crew could now work without make-up, but were welcome to follow the palette of lipstick and foundation set out in its guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Virgin Atlantic spokesman Mark Anderson said: &#8220;Not only do the new guidelines offer an increased level of comfort, they also provide our team with more choice on how they want to express themselves at work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The airline industry has been among the most conservative when it comes to appearance standards, although it is gradually changing.<\/p>\n<p>British Airways dropped its no-trouser rule for women in 2016, although it still requires female crew to wear make-up. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-47439190\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic has removed its long-standing requirement that female cabin crew wear make-up while on duty. Female cabin crew, whose uniform features a tight, red skirt, will also now be offered trousers automatically, rather than only when requested. It said it was a &#8220;significant change&#8221;. Newer airlines, such as EasyJet and &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}