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Kirstie Clements

Kirstie Clements: These days, we’re flying by the seat of our very nice pants

Everybody already feels so comfy-cosy that they don’t bother to change into pyjamas during the flight. Photo: Getty

It struck me recently while I was in Dubai airport and filling in time between flights that my fellow travellers were – generally speaking – very well dressed. Things have changed, my friends, for the better.

The sartorial style of the air traveller was once a very mixed bag, a hodgepodge of track suits and rubber thongs and grungy backpacks and tapestry suitcases held together by belts at one end of the plane, navy blazers and a Sportscraft pull-on pant at the other.

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