Like most other types of clothing, airline uniforms have evolved a great deal over the years. Flight attendants have worn everything from buttoned-up jackets in the 1950s to flashy miniskirts in the 1960s and 1970s.
Marvin Goldman, who has been flying with El Al Israel Airlines since 1978, has saved more than 40,000 items from the airline, including an extensive collection of uniforms and thousands of archival images.
Goldman, who is part of the World Airline Historical Society, keeps the fascinating items in his New York City apartment, which he plans to later open as a museum.
We visited his home to get a firsthand look at how airline fashion has evolved, from the first El Al flight-attendant uniform introduced in the '50s to what you'll more commonly see on the airline today.
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Marvin Goldman has filled his apartment with fascinating items from El Al over the past few decades. Some artifacts date as far back as 1949.
One of the oldest items in Goldman's collection are the first two wings pictured here, which date back to 1949. They were made of metal and were only in use for a short time, until wings made of cloth and gold thread were introduced in mid-1949.
This 1951 photo shows the airline's very first flight-attendant uniform. From 1949 to 1957, uniforms generally came in gray or bluish-gray, though a few flight attendants wore uniforms in dark blue.
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