“Are you dressing with respect?” That is the question posed by Sean Duffy, the US transportation secretary. This week, he launched a new “civility campaign” for airline passengers, named “The Golden Age of Travel Starts with You”.
While few people mistake me for a fashion icon these days, I donned a slightly jaded navy Hugo Boss jacket and pale blue, mid-market Next shirt and set off for Heathrow to assess the dress standards of the travelling public. I chose Terminal 3 arrivals: inbound flights from Delhi, Dubai, Hong Kong and Los Angeles provided a wide range of origins and, I imagined, an equally broad spectrum of dress. Though, to be fair, no one is going to look their best after a 10-hour flight.
