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Singapore Airlines Male Cabin Crew Get New Look

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05 June 2008

 

From 30 June 2008, Singapore Airlines male cabin crew will take on a fresh look, wearing a new uniform, which will complement the legendary sarong kebaya worn by the Airline’s female cabin crew.

 

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The new male cabin crew uniform is the creation of veteran French fashion designer Christophe Galibert, artistic Director of Balmain Uniformes. The fashion house was appointed for the redesign of the uniform in 2006.

 

Mr Galibert has also worked with the designer of the sarong kebaya, Mr Pierre Balmain, for more than 25 years.

 

Said Mr Galibert: “The entire Balmain team was thrilled to embark on the mission of designing the Singapore Airlines male cabin crew uniform and bringing to it our own international touch.

 

“In designing this new look, our main aim was to retain the legendary elegance of the Singapore Airlines male cabin crew but at the same time make it more consistent with the iconic creation of Mr Pierre Balmain’s sarong kebaya. Our challenge was, therefore, to find a matching smartness and unique sophistication for the male crew uniform.”

 

The new uniform comprises a single-breasted navy blue suit (jacket and trousers), sky blue shirt and striped tie. The tie colour differentiates the four ranks of crew.

 

SUIT – The navy blue jacket and trousers complement the colour worn by the majority of the female crew on board (blue).

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SHIRT – The skyblue shirt blends in beautifully with the navy blue jacket and aptly reflects the colour of the sky.

 

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TIE – The tie colour is the differentiating factor among the ranks and closely follows the kebaya colours of the female crew. In addition, the various colours of the stripes on each tie were carefully designed by Balmain to match the fine details of the sarong kebaya print.

 

Blue – Flight Steward

Green – Leading Steward

Red – Chief Steward

Purple – Inflight Supervisor

 

Said Mr Tan Pee Teck, Senior Vice President Cabin Crew, “The new uniform projects a smart and professional image and will instill a sense of pride in the crew. This is even more so since many of our crew members were themselves actively involved in the selection and fine-tuning of the design concept and colour scheme of the uniform.”

 

Note to Editors:

 

* The current male crew uniform was designed by Lanvin in 1991.

* Singapore Airlines currently employs 7,375 cabin crew members, of which almost 40% are male.

* A selection of digital images is available from Singapore Airlines Public Affairs.

 

When will MAS steward change their green uniform? Even the MasCharters has better steward uniform <_>

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Look on the SQ new male cabin crew uniform, I hope MH will also replace their male crew uniform...in my opinion bow tie is not really suitable...just my two cents... <_>

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The new design rather looks dull. The new uniform gives passenger an impression they are going for a meeting rather than giving service to passengers. To be more precise, the tie should be changed to bow tie. In any industry related to hospitality, the waiter/servicemen will wear a bow tie instead of a tie.

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Definitely an improvement. Nice and professional but nothing special. Looks like a bunch of corporate guys in the office.

 

 

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Nevertheless, much better than the light blue suits & gray pants

Will be a nice complement to the girls' kebaya uniform

:good:

 

When can we see our MH boys' change?

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IMHO looks a lot better than the current one !!! :drinks:

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well done SQ, new improvement, even thou it looks like a typical suit. nothing special and coulda done better. but anyway, at least they (SQ) change something, when MH going to make their move? another 10 years?

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