Southwest fashion police set no-fly zone (Today Show update & Crotch shot)

San Diego Union Tribune ^ | 9/5/07 | Gerry Brayn

[My hearts in London - Everett]

I agree. After they leave the home, a mom has no control over how they dress. I raised my daughters to dress modestly. However, now that they are out on their own one of my daughters wears shorter skirts (mid-thigh). My other daughter wouldn't be caught dead wearing a short skirt.

The pressure to conform is intense. I don't blame my daughter for wanting to feel like she looks pretty. But I do worry about her safety and that she is attracting the wrong kind of attention. A mom can only say so much however without driving her children away with criticism. You can only hope they outgrow it before they get hurt. And do a lot of praying!

[Jack Black]

My 77 year old mom asked me a few years ago: “Jack, when did everyone start wearing pajamas on airplanes?”

[Trailerpark Badass]

She had a doctor's appointment that afternoon in Tucson

Yeah Right.

Probably to check on her leaking breast implants.

[mupcat]

He had her pull up her tank top a bit, pull down her skirt a bit, and return to her seat.

I have a feeling that the picture and interviews we are seeing both on the news and on The Today Show, are taken after the outfit was repositioned.

[thefactor]

your screen name says it all with regard to this story.

i wonder for what kind of doctor's appt she had to get on a plane. could it have been a follow-up appt for some sort of plastic surgery in the recent past? did it say in the story?

i'm sure daddy stops by hooter's every once in a while to show his friends how his little girl is all growns up!

[NCC-1701]

Check this out from YouTube. Klik the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDeladw3VyU&NR=1

[epow]

Having said that, I am not comfortable with Southwest or any other entity becoming fashion police.

It's Southwest Airlines' $30-$40 million dollar aircraft and SWA should have the right to say who rides in it and who doesn't.

If I were in charge of an airline's dress code, any clothing that reveals a girl's "tramp stamp" low back tattoo would be vorboten. Those tramp stamp tattoos are not only unattractive IMHO, they're usually worn by women who really shouldn't expose any more UNattractive features than necessary.

[Dick Vomer]

[deport]

Thanks...... don’t remember the ad per se but have flown SW back in it’s early hot pants days.....

[OldEagle]

"She had a doctor's appointment that afternoon in Tucson"

She might have meant that she had an appointment with a doctor.

[Orange1998]

:)

[fkabuckeyesrule]

I didn’t think she looked all that trashy. First they complain about fat travelers and now this. I say she’s OK and she looks fine.

[MarkL]

My 77 year old mom asked me a few years ago: “Jack, when did everyone start wearing pajamas on airplanes?”

Given the security at airports these days, I've given serious thought to traveling wearing nothing but sweats and flip-flops, no metal, and carrying a carry on bag, and nothing on my person except my drivers license, airline ticket and boarding pass. No metal.

Mark

[359Henrie]

Put that burka back on, bitch., oh and get me some rice and goathead first.

[MarkL]

Have you flown in the last 15 years? Would you really want to see most of the hostesses working today in hot-pants?

Excuse me while I run and hide.

Mark

[BruceysMom]

Perfect! I watched that episode last night!

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Fair ‘nuf - I have all the equipment for knee jerk reactions, and exercise it often

[SamAdams76]

But in the Victorian Age, you wouldn't be able to vent on a forum like this because computers wouldn't exist.

Also, wearing a shirt and tie to the beach with a bowler hat doesn't appeal to me.

[ClearCase_guy]

If you have any interest in Science Fiction, I recommend "The Diamond Age" by Neal Stephenson. It's set in a future with abundant nanotechnology and with demographic groups arranged in tribes or "phyles". One of the dominant (technologically, culturally) phyles is New Atlantis which follows a Victorian cultural sensibility. They are disciplined, self-controlled moralists and they are able to use these character traits to maintain a top position in global society.

The book is a combination of Charles Dickens and Cyberpunk. Somewhat Steampunk, but not quite.

[SamAdams76]

I’ll be at the library today so I’ll see if I can check it out. Sounds interesting but I hope they at least get to dress down for the beach.