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	<title>Alexandra Highcrest Magazine &#187; Boeing 747</title>
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	<description>I used to work in fashion, then I took an arrow to the knee.</description>
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		<title>Flying and the Loss of Elegance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Highcrest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The September Issue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Airbus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boeing 747]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constellation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my Mother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viscount]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was a child the first time I flew in a commercial airliner. My mother and I traveled from central Ontario to Toronto, a short flight by the standards of the day, in mid-August. We flew in an Air Canada Vickers Viscount and I thought the she was beautiful; all decked out in her red, white and silver Air Canada livery. The Viscount wasn’t the only thing of beauty I recall from that first flight. My mother wore a stylish skirt suit and heels; streamlined, well cut, clean and unfussy. I was still into dressing like a hippy but Mom wouldn’t stand for it so I wore light slacks, a blouse, and flats bought for the occasion. Mom wore full makeup and had her hair styled, I flaunted a fresh cut. We were typical passengers; travellers used to dress to fly as if the flight itself was a special event, lending credence to the idea that it’s not the destination that’s important when traveling but the journey. Not only did everyone look their best, we were treated like we were the best. Forty years ago men looked after the planes while women tended to the passengers and security was the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kate Moss is Virgin Birthday Girl</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Highcrest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Flights of Fancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boeing 747]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Moss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pamela Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sir Richard Branson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Virgin Atlantic celebrated its 25th birthday on 22nd June and Sir Richard Branson invited Kate Moss to the party. Moss, dressed in a red playsuit and Yves Saint Laurent Tribute platform heels, emulated the Virgin Atlantic flying girls, painted in the style of the Alberto Vargas pin-ups of the 1940s on the noses of the fleet&#8217;s liners. Airplanes had been decorated with female imagery long before Branson or Moss were born and by military standards Virgin&#8217;s nose art is quite tame, but it&#8217;s good to see the tradition being kept alive. Moss tottered in the footsteps of Pamela Anderson, who modeled as Virgin&#8217;s birthday girl in June 2005. Virgin Atlantic&#8217;s current advertising campaign has been criticized for being sexist (more on this to come) but we at AHM like to give credit where it&#8217;s due. We applaud Sir Richard for using celebrity women such as Kate and Pamela as models for Virgin&#8217;s birthday celebrations. Branson could&#8217;ve whistled up any one of a number of rail-thin teenage models to work these gigs but instead he&#8217;s featured adult women with real women&#8217;s bodies. After the photo shoot Moss, Branson, and a handful of other celebs boarded the Boeing 747 Birthday Girl and [...]]]></description>
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