"Be eclectic!” That’s what Emilio Pucci advised Braniff International flight attendants in 1971 when the airline announced a new collection of designer uniforms from the famed Italian designer. And Pucci’s eye-popping creations – with swirls of sunset pink, red, plum and three shades of green – did just that.
Known as thePrince of Prints, Pucci is one of the designers featured in a new exhibit at Seattle’s Museum of Flight called Runway to Runway, which opened April 25, 2026. The exhibit includes 100 flight attendants’ uniforms and accessories from the museum’s collection, ranging from classic suits and skirts to color-blocked capes, yellow go-go boots and a mink stole. It continues through January 18, 2027.
