Those days are gone. Where there was once the Concorde there is now security agents yelling at us to empty our pockets. Champagne is served in a glass if you spend a small fortune on a first-class seat, but mostly it’s brutal white wine in a plastic cup.
It helps to keep a few things in mind: An airplane is not a gym, so don’t dress as if you’re going to work out. If there’s elastic in your clothes then those clothes don’t belong any place where other people are not breathing heavily on purpose.
I would agree with this to a degree, IF traveI was as comfy as it used to be. It's a cattle call these days with ever-shrinking seats & storage, basically minimal respect for the customers. The less comfy travel becomes, the more comfy people will want to make themselves.
hysterically tone deaf. Flying is hard…dress for comfort. I suggest long pants because of dust mites in the seats. The clothes should be easy to wash cause everything will stink after the flight. We all have comfortable athleisure clothes that look fine and presentable
lol GFY
If the airlines will give me leg room like they used to, I’d consider it.
My goal is to put as few items in the little gray bin everytime as possible
Forget that. I want to be comfortable. Leggings are infantry more comfortable than a pant suit. Also, masks are life.
To me the article translates to 'I know we have to endure poor people at flights now, but can you at least try to look less so?'
So dress up to be treated like shit, stand in long lines, have your baggage weighed to the ounce and to eat shit food. norespect
Nah, you're meant to be comfortable while flying. Only people that should 'dress up' while on a flight are cabin crew, passengers should be able to wear what they want as long as it's appropriate. Opinion of a cabin crew member :)
Imagine sitting around your home like this
No.
As long as I have to take off my shoes I’m wearing slipons
This is silly. Dress comfortably. Clean clothes and a shower prior to travel are appreciated but no need to’dress up’.
Space in the seats isn't what it used to be either. There's a reason people dress comfortably for flights these days.
Alrighty.
Someone at a major outlet poops one of these articles out every year, and every year it's just as stupid as the last.
No. Mind your own business.
Sweet Christ, you want me to wear uncomfortable, hot, restrictive clothes, don't cram me into a cattle car.
Dress up so your maskless seat mate can cough all over you? Pass.
Crammed into too-small seats with my knees under my chin? I think the fuck not.
The only reason you should dress up for a flight is if you have to go to a function immediately after stepping off the plane. And even then you should wear comfy shoes until after you land.
Hell, no. I’m not dressing up for the privilege of being sexually assaulted by the TSA. If I have to be groped, I’m going to at least be comfortable. And if you haven’t experienced this, yay you.
Do any of you people who write these Assinine pieces ever fly coach on a normal airline? Mind your own business
Nerd alert, got a fuckin nerd here
Get real 😂🤣
When I get leg room, I’ll wear a vest.
Go ride a train if you want to feel like a sophisticated a$$hole.
Check out PassengerShame ... It ain't goin' to happen. We have been trained to hate one another and live our lives believing someone will always be there to clean up our mess, so why should we?
Get the Walmart people and Millenials as well as the unboosted off the planes
Look we’re not even dressing up for the board room
This is my grandma, who was a flight stewardess in the days of glamour. She was sung to by stars. Now people get into fights and brawl over masks. Who cares what anyone wears it’s a new era; instead the masses take a flying bus and add to our coming climate collapse.
Lmaooooo dress up to travel 😆 I travel for leisure……get it leisure!!!! Let me give you the definition of leisure…USE OF FREE TIME FOR ENJOYMENT!!!! If you like to spend your free time in suit and tie and get joy out of it do it. 🤦🏽♂️
Gate agents aren't upgrading anyone based on how they dress, it's based on status.
Why?
Lol no
We have to stand in crowded security lines, then take off clothes and shoes and put them in bins to get scanned, and you expect us to dress up for that?
Piss off with your gentrified classist bull shit ... as long as you've got clothing on, and it's not making someone else's life miserable then wear what you want. Including a mask, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
For what?
The world is imploding and you wrote this
Also, you used to be able to show up, what, 30 minutes before the flight took off, not 2-3 hours before.
I took my kids through airport security, which took an hour, then paid for some overpriced crappy food, before lining up to get on the plane after it was probably 75% full because I didn't pay for priority boarding but lemme slip on a suit too.
Nope. Your irrelevant thoughts have been discarded
My last flight the connecting gate was over half a mile from where I landed. Sneakers and sweats for the (running) win.
*cover mouthpiece on phone* Shhh! It’s long distance!
No.
Why? For whom? What does my choice of leggings have to do with your travel experience?
Consider yourselves lucky that I don’t show up in my pajamas for flights.
I don’t wear a tie or a suit in my daily life or to go to work or to meet my customers. I see no reason to wear one to fly.
Yea nope. Birkenstocks and sweats for me.
Alternatively, fuck off. Travel isn’t glamourous because it is just transportation and not reserved for the pretentious “elite”. I’ll wear what makes me comfortable like I do in the rest of my life - 1st class seats or not.
Airlines also used to provide comfort and a genuine experience. Now we're crammed into a dirty old plane like sardines and given 1/3 of a soda and a bag of pretzels. Airlines should raise their standards for their consumers. Anyway, this is classist nonsense. Wear what you want.
This is The Onion pranking us, right?
Lol
Are you out of your fucking minds
Cool, now what about disabled people? Busy parents? College kids on a budget? Give me my legroom, free checked bags, and more than Biscoff on a flight again and I'll wear a skirt.
When I was little everyone dressed up in their fanciest clothes to get on an airplane… including the stewardesses. Yes that’s what we called them because they were all female and it was all about their looks and the glamour of flying. Some parts of flying don’t need repeating…
Most people are hobos lying to themselves that they’re not hobos. Walking around with $1000 phone and wearing $50 of clothes including shoes. The dumber ones spend more than that on clothes but look exactly the same.
From your art, for white ahole men looking for his next meal?
Pathetic and out-of-touch. Maybe worry a little more about encroaching fascism instead of this garbage?
Dress nice to feel like you're sqeezing into a greyhound bus for 3 hours where the air conditioning is pretty much just a joke. Gtfoh
This is your take on flying during a pandemic when the mask mandate was removed?
Who wrote this superficial, pretentious garbage?
In LA people hardly dress nice for dinner soooo…We have a long way to go
They don't even bother cleaning the plane between flights anymore. So no, I'm not dressing up to sit on chewed up cheerios in a seat where someone just changed a diaper. But thanks.
Dressing comfy for a flight with a t-shirt & jeans/sweats/yoga pants with sneakers is a hill I’m gonna die on lol!! Ain’t no way!!
A plane is just a bus
What kind of nonsense is this? Traveling is so uncomfortable as it is, you're kidding if you don't think I'm wearing Crocs and sweats on a flight.
Maybe if the airplanes were more comfortable we could dress up. Until then it's comfy elastic waistband pants and pull over shirts, and crocks. Ok maybe not crocks.
I wore jeans with embellished pockets once and got pulled to get wanded becuase it looked funny on the full body scanner, so how about we STFU about how people dress for their flights?
If people in first class don’t want to see the potato sacks that the proles wear they could just board last
It's just a glorified air bus. They don't deserve any more respect than they give me, which is none.
Lol….no
You couldn’t pay me all the money in the world to wear a suit on a plane. That literally sounds like torture. FOH.
….so you can stuff your normal sized suit of clothes into an abnormally small sized seat for a few hours.
I would settle for people keeping their shoes on.
Lemme guess: a fuckin dude wrote this article
I don’t care how you dress I do care that the plane is clean, how about decent food and legroom
How about people learn how to be descent humans while flying instead of worrying what they should be or shouldn’t be wearing
its the most uncomfortable part of my life
😂😂😂
Nope. I'm not dressing up to be crammed into a tiny dirty space. Flying used to be an experience, I flew alot when I was young. The industry changed the way it does business and our attire now reflects that 🤷♀️
Yes, let’s be especially uncomfortable. That’ll help our disposition. 😂🤷♂️
Along with everyone else on PJs and big, fuzzy slippers?
How about airlines make seats more comfortable and enjoyable to sit in for hours, maybe then we can dress up like we’re trying to get laid
VivBWoke They squeeze as many tiny seats together as they can, stuff ppl shoulder to shoulder so you can’t move, can’t lean back, can’t stretch your legs or pick up your book if dropped and you want me to dress up in uncomfortable clothes on top of that? Get out.
Ratio
But first, wear a mask!
I always try to look nice when I am flying. The tie is a bit much, but I’m down with the rest of it. That said, you’d think the airlines would bring back some snacks and drinks. The pandemic killed the last bit of civility that existed in air travel. Now it’s just a hassle.
“don’t dress as if you’re going to work out. “- then don’t make me run from Terminal A to Terminal E in 30 minutes 😂🤣😂🤣
I do
Nope gotta be comfortable
Too funny, as an adult I wear what I want and don’t need any news organization lol to tell me what to wear
The Washington Post isn't what it used to be
Can’t get people to wear a mask, you really think they will wear a three-piece
Yes I will when I have more room 😉
I remember when people dressed nice for flights, back then they also received a full meal, free drinks & snack upon request, more room to spread out, free pillows and blankets upon request AND no baggage fees. Bring that back then we can talk.
Why? You basically get stripped searched by TSA to be Jammed into an over crowded plane to receive little amenities from the past. It was glamorous before cuz the airlines made it glamorous. Today it’s just a flying bus
Umm no
Humans do behave differently when they 'dress up'. I find it interesting to see people express themselves through their clothing choice of the day, but I suppose if you want to be invisible then sweatpants are a good choice.
No - I wear comfortable clothes that don’t set off alarms for TSA…I wear something comfortable… 20 hours of flying and sitting in terminals gets old if you wear a suit each time…
Can’t read your articles WP but your headlines are getting more and more stupid.
What, like wearing an N95 mask?
Comfort over “dressing up” 100 x’s out of 100. You can look good now, even in comfy clothes. The idea you need an “Oxford shirt & a sports coat” to fly is laughable in 2022 & nowhere near as comfortable. Flying is annoying enough. No need to take yourself & flying that seriously.
Absolutely.
It's mostly in America, isn't it?
How about just behave in a civil manner and be polite? I rather deal with a nice person in elastic pants than an arrogant ass in a suit. Civility please!
Oh, I so agree. I travel all the time and I'm so sick of the slovenly masses and their Walmart pajamas shuffling around the airport. Pull yourself together, put on some hard pants, and show some respect for the civilization others have built for you. 🫅
If you have an important meeting and your luggage doesn’t arrive at the baggage claim, I hope you look somewhat presentable.
This entire article is actually just David Coggins shaming people for what they wear at the airport because more people should wear an easy on tie and trenchcoat like himself. At one point he even runs out of supporting examples so he cites the paid employees in suits. Actual 🤡
Have you flown economy/coach lately?
No
Yes! Please, please don't come to the airport in PJs. While holding your pillow.
When the airlines stopped treating passengers as people and more as cargo, they removed any illusion that flying was a pleasant experience to dress for. Now, with COVID and crazed, selfish people on planes seemingly every flight, you want to pretend it's 'nice?' Not a great take.
What a stupid and pointless perspective and you're promoting this piece?
What we all should be thinking about is to fly less.
…are you fucking kidding me WaPo? What an absolute joke.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but it is hell being a free loader.
I have a perspective for : GO F℧€K YOURSELVES! If you came out saying we should still wear masks because the pandemic isn’t over yet, & really how hard is it to wear a mask occasionally on mass transit it would made more sense than this buIIshιt.
Airline travel isn’t glamorous or special. It’s traveling from one spot to another. Y’all need to worry about yourselves.
I remember when people dressed up to fly! Everyone minded their own business! The attendents crack a few light hearted local jokes, and we all get to where we're going without anyone doing anything crazy. We don't have to be friends, but can we just be decent? Is that too much?
Next flight I'm wearing my SavageXFenty onesie with my matching Crocs. I'm gonna be comfy and cute.
did an old person write this?
Counterpoint: no
This tweet brought to you by hard pants.
Under no circumstances will I be doing this
This is so stupid. When airlines treat me like a human being instead of cattle then yeah, maybe I’ll dress up. Right now, the leggings are a requirement for survival.
Someone here certainly failed to read the room.
Well, this is stupid af.
This article is called filler.
Agree
Who the hell are you trying to impress on an airplane? The dude trying to secretly watch porn on his laptop? The chick behind you trying to use your armrest as a footstool? Please.
This line: “Dress your best. Well, if not your best, then at least slightly better than you are.” Sure, I’ll get right on that with a pair of bib overalls and no shirt. The overalls will be a size or two too small, so I’ll have secure them with strings. That’s better than I am.
First class ticket prices today are less than what a regular ticket cost during the golden age of travel that the author is so nostalgic for.
No. I’m not dressing up so I can sit in cattle class and argue with a flight attendant about a full can of soda and have my seat mate constantly elbowing me in the ribs while the kid behind me kicks my seat. At least I’ll be comfortable as I can in my yoga pants, thanks.
I’ll dress up just as soon as the airlines give back all the perks and legroom they’ve taken away over the yearsI am not a large person and even I don’t have enough room in the seats anymore. What about food, beverages, blankets, pillows, etc? Not worth dressing up for anymore.
From my personal experience, making the effort to dress up for the flight pushes you up there on the queue list for upgrade. No chance for guys in shorts, basketball jersey and basketball caps worn backwards.
The first time I flew on an airline my mom bought me a blazer. Quite dapper for a 12 year old.
In a hazmat suit
If the coach patrons were given a little bit more room, then 'dressing up' wouldn't be an issue. As it stands it's often so uncomfortable to be squeezed into a seat between other people, we dress accordingly.
No
mind ya business
Only when the TSA stops making it a pain to go through security lol
here are my naked photos
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