September 5, 2007
A Southwest employee asked Kyla Ebbert, wearing this outfit, to change or leave the plane. (Rammy's note: she probably wasn't wearing the sweater & an earlier report said just a tanktop)
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Everyone can agree that standards of dress aren’t what they used to be. Where they actually lie at the moment is a more prickly sociological question — one that recently prompted some preflight turbulence between a 23-year-old college student and Southwest Airlines.
Earlier this summer, Kyla Ebbert, a student at San Diego Mesa College and a waitress at Hooter's, was escorted off a Southwest airplane by a customer-service supervisor who told her that her outfit was inappropriate. The ensemble in question? “A white denim miniskirt, high-heel sandals, and a turquoise summer sweater over a tank top over a bra,†according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Kyla Ebbert was asked to change this outfit or disembark from a Southwest Airlines flight, she says. (Crissy Pascual / Union-Tribune)
Ms. Ebbert eventually made it back onto the plane, where she covered her legs with an airline blanket, but only after putting up a fight.
On Wednesday a columnist for the Union-Tribune recruited some “fashion advisers†to weigh in on Ms. Ebbert’s outfit, which she obligingly donned for the newspaper. Their verdict: “nothing you don’t see on a college campus.â€
A Southwest employee asked Kyla Ebbert, wearing this outfit, to change or leave the plane. (Rammy's note: she probably wasn't wearing the sweater & an earlier report said just a tanktop)
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maxwidth){this.width=maxwidth;} this.style.visibility="visible";' border="0" width="100">Everyone can agree that standards of dress aren’t what they used to be. Where they actually lie at the moment is a more prickly sociological question — one that recently prompted some preflight turbulence between a 23-year-old college student and Southwest Airlines.
Earlier this summer, Kyla Ebbert, a student at San Diego Mesa College and a waitress at Hooter's, was escorted off a Southwest airplane by a customer-service supervisor who told her that her outfit was inappropriate. The ensemble in question? “A white denim miniskirt, high-heel sandals, and a turquoise summer sweater over a tank top over a bra,†according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Kyla Ebbert was asked to change this outfit or disembark from a Southwest Airlines flight, she says. (Crissy Pascual / Union-Tribune)
Ms. Ebbert eventually made it back onto the plane, where she covered her legs with an airline blanket, but only after putting up a fight.
On Wednesday a columnist for the Union-Tribune recruited some “fashion advisers†to weigh in on Ms. Ebbert’s outfit, which she obligingly donned for the newspaper. Their verdict: “nothing you don’t see on a college campus.â€
