Designed back in 2005 by Gianfranco Ferré, the Korean Airlines uniform wins top spot here at Thedesignair. Not purely due to the simple elegant tailoring, but also due to the “impeccable grooming standards that Korean Airlines enforces for its crew, matched by the decorum and posture of the crew, even after a long haul flight” says designer and Thedesignair judge, Nicholas Oakwell. Simple egg-shell blue colours work beautifully with creams and whites and touches such as gravity defying neck scarves and leather gloves help to encapsulate the sheer elegance of the airline. The shirts feature a water-like sheen to them, that contrasts the more structured tailoring of the rest of the uniform. When we went through Honolulu Airport last year and saw the uniformed crew walk through, it turned the heads of every passenger there. That’s a measure of it’s success.