Retro Airline and Air Hostess Flight Bags

Retro Airline and Air Hostess Flight Bags

Travel July 28th 2009 by Christopher

From online shop Inretro comes these lovely retro airline and air hostess flight bags straight out from a relaxing intercontinental flight in the 1960s. Although reproductions, they look like the real deal and they won’t set you back like the Marc Jacobs designer Pan Am bags that arrived not too long ago. Inretro features both airline bags and smaller airline hostess bags for storing all your must-have items on a long transatlantic flight.

I was able to obtain my own Pan Am flight back dating back to circa 1960 from eBay a few years back. Although not original, it was bought from the same line of bags they used in Catch Me if You Can starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Complete with a Pan Am luggage and crew tag – and minus the smell of a bag that’s been stowed away in the attic for 50 years.

Inretro has well over 70 bags from different airlines to choose from, including Pan Am, TWA, Air France, British Airways, Lufthansa and many more. Prices range from around £20 to £30 which is a great deal for anyone wanting to look like a proper jet setter.

About the author

Christopher founded Ultra Swank in 2005. Has a crush on mid-century graphic design, defunct airlines, Disneyland and the Century 21 Exposition. Is a collector of easy listening music from the 60s and 70s and a Swedish expat living in Barcelona, Spain. Read more articles by me

Comments for this article

  • Royalton

    Those bags are just awesome! Definitely got my eyes on the KLM one. One small silly thing Chris, it’s Marc Jacobs who made the designer Pan Am bag. You must have mixed up with Arne Jacobsen, the famous modernist architect/designer. You’ve been hanging around a lot of design websites recently ? :-)

  • http://www.ultraswank.net Chris

    Hello Royalton! Yes they are indeed lovely. Whoops, that’s actually just a spelling mistake. I know who Marc Jacobs and Arne Jacobsen are, I guess I just slipped on the keys. I always hang out around design websites hehe. Thank you for the heads up!

  • Cam

    Love The Pan-Am one of course! my parents flew with the Airline, so jealous, hehe! ;-)

  • http://milliedeel.blogspot.com/ Jennifer

    Ooh, I always love vintage inspired airline paraphernalia, thanks for this post! I’ll have to go check them out!

    xo

    Jennifer
    http://milliedeel.blogspot.com/

  • http://www.ultraswank.net Chris

    @Cam Pan Am is yummy, I already have a PA flightbag so I am thinking I should get a TWA one, the world’s second coolest airline.

    @Jennifer Yep you should so you can travel in style next time!

  • http://totalrod2.blogspot.com Bryan Lord

    This would be a great gift for my sister. She’s into the kitsch 1950′s stuff too. I could never get away with carrying a handbag around here! I’m already getting dirty looks because of my hair. We haven’t come very far.

  • Hans

    Great idea, but in reality the Air France, British Airways and Swissair bags are incorrect. The Air France bag shows the logo the airline used from the early 90′s until early 2009 and the typeface is not really correct; the British Airways bag carries the logo they use since 1997 and still do, and the typeface is wrong. The Swissair bag uses the wrong typeface and the red slant logo is incorrect. The typeface on the Lufthansa bag is wrong as well but not as noticable as the BA and Swissair bags. May be worth to keep in mind if you want that retro feeling to know that the motif wasn’t around in the good old days… I am not that sure that there were any Aeroflot bags in those days, but at least it looks good. Get the TWA or Pan Am bags – it doesn’t get any better and more retro than that!

  • http://www.ultraswank.net Chris

    Thank you for the heads up Hans, will make a note of that!

  • David Toms

    I have the modern day Pan Am version by Marc Jacobs. I love it! It takes me back to the days when flying was glamourous and fun!

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  • sandyPAFA

    Any idea where one might buy a pan am FA uniform?? I had to return my when I stopped flying….darn!

  • http://www.ultraswank.net Chris

    I have seen uniforms on eBay, why don't you try there?

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    Do they have store in paris?

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  • TrishaOsborne

    I like the first one in the up left corner. Don't like the symbol on it, but I do like the color and how it looks.

  • Obbts

    i’ve been looking for this kind of bag for ages. I just found some great ones on amazon. A company called roxton retro flight bags. They’re gorgeous. I just bought one cos they do free postage as well. WOW WOW WOW

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