These looks just won’t fly.
The chaos of catching a flight is stressful and time-consuming enough — arriving at the airport two hours before takeoff, waiting in long lines at checkpoints and lugging clunky luggage along while hoofing it to the gate.
So, to avoid showing up to the plane unfashionably late, one travel pro is forewarning folks against rocking two specific styles that she’s deemed sky station no-nos.
“Do not wear these in airport security to help you not be delayed,” began Laurie, a pilot’s wife and travel influencer, in a TikTok bulletin that beckoned over 1 million virtual viewers.
“Anything cannot be tied around your waist,” she said, dubbing the advice her “No. 1” tip without explaining why the hip-hugging look might cause issues at the airport. “Just put it in the basket [or] wear it in the airplane.”
The career vacationer then urged her fellow frequent flyers to steer clear of sparkly gear.
“Do not wear sequins like I did on Christmas Day years ago,” said Laurie sans further detail. “It could just delay you from getting to your flight.”
Unfortunately, cyber clotheshorses didn’t seem to appreciate her helpful how-to.
“I’ll wear what I wan,” spat a sassy naysayer.
“How are sequins a hazard?,” questioned an equally snooty skeptic.
“Is this an abuse of power?,” ranted another commenter, in part, wondering if the airway powers that be have too much control over passengers’ personal panache.
But it’s a stylish sacrifice that on-the-go fashion plates just have to make.
In December, the Transportation Security Authority, or TSA, issued a public service announcement on flashy fashion via Facebook, stating, “Sequins & beads & shiny threads, oh my! If your holiday sweater has these things, it often alarms our security equipment for additional screening.”
“We recommend packing those jingle bells sweaters for your trip instead of wearing it to the airport,” continued the officials.
However, that’s far from the only don’t-you-dare-wear rule of the air.
Tommy Cimato, a flight attendant and content creator, previously took to social media, encouraging trippers not to don shorts or skirts on a flight.
“You never know how clean the seat is going to be,” he explained in a viral vid. “So if you have pants, you’re going to have less germs.”
Cher Killough, a tenured cabin crew member from Dallas, Tex., echoed Cimato’s anti-shorts suggestion in a clip, cautioning, “[If] we have an evacuation and you have to go down the slide your butt cheeks are going to be sizzled off!”
A separate flight attendant wrote, “I also would never wear sandals/flip-flops,” beneath Killough’s do’s and dont’s post — improper footwear could become hazardous while navigating through an airport or during mid-flight emergencies, per experts.
“I also wear gloves if I have to use the [lavatory],” added the commenter.
“People don’t wash their hands.”
