At the end of the 60s, the famous fashion designer Cristobal Balenciaga created Air France's new uniforms. The project was confined to the uniform of female flight attendants, who would receive a winter suit cut in a very 'aeronautical' style. In 1971, the Balenciaga fashion house added two outfits (winter and summer) to distinguish ground hostesses. At the end of the year, hostesses were complaining that fashion designers were not taking their working conditions sufficiently into account.