Airline Qantas stewardesses can ditch make-up as male staff now allowed to wear it
AIRLINE Qantas is allowing female staff to ditch make-up — but male employees can now wear it.
Stewards can also have long hair while stewardesses no longer have to wear heels.
All employees will now be able to put on earrings and large watches, but tattoos still need to be concealed.
The Australian carrier’s style shake-up comes after some male cabin crew asked to put on make-up and concealer — and female colleagues sought to wear more comfortable flat shoes.
Qantas’s dress code still stipulates that tights must be worn with a dress or skirt, and long hair tied in a bun.
In the 1970s the airline ordered skirts to be worn above the knee.
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And in the ’80s it specified navy blue was the best eyeliner colour and that sideburns must end mid-ear.
Qantas said: “Fashions change, so have our style guidelines.”
It said the latest changes would “make wearing our uniform more comfortable and practical”.
Rival airlines Virgin and BA recently modernised their cabin crew outfits, including introducing jumpsuits and “gender-neutral” uniforms.
