Indigo flight attendants are forced to cut their hair – or wear a wig

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Heather Poole

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September 24, 2010

Meet the flight attendants from IndiGo Airlines. They’re young, chic, and might be wearing a wig. Well that is if they refuse to cut their own hair. According to Anindita Ghose in the article A Curious Case of Stewardess Hair, the airline’s brand new uniform includes a grey tunic with an indigo corsage and hat that is to be worn with bright red nail and lip color, as well as the uniform bob. The new look was launched on August 15th.

IndiGo Airlines is a private domestic low cost carrier based in Gurgayon Haryana, India. It’s main base is Delhi’s Indira Gandhi’s International Airport. In 2008 the airline won the title “Best Domestic Low Cost Carrier” in India. I wonder if the airline wants to reclaim that title by updating its uniforms and having their female flight attendants sport what the airline reports is a more sophisticated and international look? According to the stylist for the airline in an interesting article posted by Aneesh Padnish on PuneMirror.in, long hair or hair buns do not go with the new image that makes their flight attendants appear younger and smarter and, in my opinion, quite French and very vavavavoom!

13 responses to “Indigo flight attendants are forced to cut their hair – or wear a wig”

Alsatian by Choice

September 26, 2010

I had a coworker who sometimes wore a wig. She loved it. Said it beat having to do her hair. She had dark hair so it wasn’t obvious when she had it on. It looked cute on her and it never plopped in any passengers’ drink!

My sister, by contrast, hated hers’. While going through chemo, she wore her turbans more than her wig (and she works at a desk so keeping it put was not an issue). Her wig was hot and itchy, even though it was a top-of-the-line model and looked good. Perhaps since she had a bare head under, that made it uncomfortable.

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1. Heather Poole
  
  September 26, 2010
  
  There’s a difference between choosing to wear one, and being forced to do so! I’d love to try on that wig and see how I look. I think it’s adorable! But do I want to wear it to work? No!
  
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2. Heather Poole
  
  September 26, 2010
  
  And then what’s the deal with tryng to make them all look the same? I mean that alone is weird!
  
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Indigo Airlines

September 27, 2010

this doesn’t seem good

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1. Heather Poole
  
  September 28, 2010
  
  What doesn’t seem good? BTW, where can I find that wig? I want to try it on.
  
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  1. Jet airways konnect
    
    November 27, 2010
    
    getting someone to do forcibly is not right
Jet airways konnect

November 27, 2010

yes…right

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akkshara

June 28, 2011

i too wanted to try these wig wer can i get it?

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gurdip

January 7, 2012

whether being forced or not is a debatable question, why not ask these sweet girls and then come to any conclusions? as for me i am in love with all of them whenever i am on flight just cos of them waving those silky glossy hair, and now am planning to take my family by indigo just cos of the wig factor effect

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1. Heather Poole
  
  January 7, 2012
  
  Everyone should choose an airline based on its flight attendants hair.
  
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Cintya Lopez

March 7, 2012

Those girls are lucky.They are allowed to wear a wig if they do not want to cut their hair. I work for the police and am not that lucky.I have to cut it off ears off forehead and above cpllar.

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1. Heather Poole
  
  March 7, 2012
  
  REALLY? No pony tail?
  
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