Brazilnut

I wear something confortable (with stretch) but nice looking, non-wrinkable. Most of the time, I wear a pair of loose black pants with layered tops: first a sleeveless cotton thing, topped by a long sleeves shirt, and then a jacket or cardigan sweater, black slip on shoes, and carry a pair of warm socks in my purse. I always have a matching scarf or pashmina in my carry on, as well, just in case.

daisy58

I wouldn't call it a "sweat suit" more like yoga pants, hoodie, tee shirt, tennies, lightweight, comfy, warm for the cold airplanes, all matching, of course!

LouUS

I'm with Geckolips, I love a longish skirt (stays off the floor) which I can raise or lower depending on the air conditioning, a knit shirt (dark or bright) and a jacket for layering. I usually wear my coat on to save room and put it overhead or use it for blanket when there don't seem to be any. Shoes have to loosen. Sorry but the sweats belong in the gym or out running.

cheribob

My travel outfit is a black turtleneck sweater with a pair of plack knit pants with an elastic waist. I wear my hiking boots but remove them the minute I am seated on the plane.

I also bring my eye mask, ear plugs, travel pillow, and travel blanket (a blanket the flight staff on an AA flight was nice enough to give me). Believe it or not this all easily fits into my carry on along with my bottle of wine & bottle of water, book etc.!

Marianna

Black for me also - pants with a little stretch to them ( I don't like elastic waist bands on me) and a long sleeved light jacket or silk sweater to match. I will usually wear a short or long sleeved cotton top because that is the most comfortable for me on a long trip. I have black pants I love to wear on a long flight (more of a stretch knit) which are a pull-on type but they always get those knee bubbles (any suggestions for this problem?) in them so I usually take an extra in my carry on and change before we land.

lsujuju

For comfort my preference would be yoga pants, t-shirt, and hoodie. However, this time I'm traveling with a tour group and we'll most likely be jumping right into sightseeing in Paris. So I think I'll need to upgrade to jeans. Still very casual, yes, but I think more appropriate.

hilaryus

I'm with Marianna. Black is the way to go. If your dinner ends up in your lap, you can still look presentable at the end of the line. I try to wear many layers on the plane for two reasons, the temperature is in constant flux, and I need a smaller suitcase if I have more clothes on me.

LoveItaly

I have always worn nothing but the color black on the plane..except for the one time I didn't..had on a celerygreen outfit. And that was the time a drunk female passenger dumped her whole glass of red wine all down the front of me and it was also the flight when I was stuck at the Amsterdam airport for hours due to an aircontrollers strike in Italy while I wore my celerygreen outfit with the burgandy wine stain down the front of it. Not a good memory, LOL.

So since than I wear black, no exceptions.

mcnyc

Always some sort of dark jeans, either a jean skirt or jean pants. The tops, usually something soft and comfy. A t-shirt and a cashmere sweater usually does the trick. And depending on my destination, a jacket of some sort. That way, I can survive the cold temps of my beloved window seat.

The one time I wore all white was the time I lost my luggage. Murphy's law ran rampant on that trip.

jtrandolph

For shoes. Arcopedicos. The rubber soled, knit stretchy top. Made in Portugal but they are everywhere now. They look dressy enough to get you to the plane, and for airport wear while changing planes. If you feet swell, no problem. Someimes I wear regular shoes onto the plane and then slip into the Arcopedicos which fold flat for the carryon.

scatcat

Jeans and t-shirt and always slide on sandals even in the winter. Then I put on socks if my feet get cold on the flight. I just returned from Nice, France on April 7 and I almost froze to death. We sat in the exit row and even with cuddle duds, long sleeve shirt, and jacket, I still was forced into using the dreaded blanket. It was snowing and very cold in Zurich the day before our flight.

fishee

loveitaly -- On lufthsana this past winter, a FA bumped into the drink cart and I watched as the following scene flashed in slow motion before my eyes: 1/2 bottle of red wine (full size bottle) gets pitched off the cart, hurling red wine on me and my shearling coat that was on the seat next to me. The FA was horrified, ran over with all manner of towels, wipes, etc. She asked if I wanted a $40 voucher to purchase something from duty-free and I asked if I could please have the coat cleaned (I didn't care about my pants, but I was panicked about the coat). She agreed this was the better idea and gave me some form to submit with my bill. The cleaners are charging $160 (they held the coat for over 3 weeks to ostensibly clean it by hand) and I'm hoping Lufthsana doesn't balk at the bill...

LoveItaly

Oh good grief fishee, your story is worse than mine!!! Did the cleaners believe that they can remove the wine stain? If Lufthsansa will not pay the cleaning bill may I suggest that you take this to small claims court? I am not someone that is suit happy but in this case if the airline refuses to pay the cleaning bill I would sue. They would have to send a represenative to court..if they don't they will lose by default. Of course small claims court would take up a good half day at least and I don't know what you schedule is.

In my case I was standing in line waiting to get into the loo when this woman came around the corner holding a plastic glass full of red wine, the moment I saw here I knew she was plastered, LOL. Slow motion..I know exactly what you are describing as that is how I felt as the drunk stumbled, her glass tipped and s.l.o.w.l.e.y the red wine poured down the front of my dress. The FA grabbed me and took me to the back of the plane and tried to wash it off with soda water. No luck. I was wet and smelly the rest of the way to Amsterdam. Flight to Venice was delayed hours due to an aircontrollers strike in Italy. I tried to clean up in the ladies room at Amsterdam but that was sort of fruitless.

The fun part was when I left the ladies room at Amsterdam I ran into the KLM FA's. They invited me to have some wine with them. A lovely and interesting hour or so!! And the bartended said he remembered me from the last time I was there (ah, the charming Dutch). I sure felt like a mess though when I finally arrived in Venice..you should have seen my friends faces, LOL. We still laugh about it.

Moral of the story; always wear black when flying anywhere!

cigalechanta

I'm in the minority thinking black is the worst to where WHILE in travel. It picks up everything. I see people waiting in line for the loo with hairs sticking out over their shoulders and crumbs very visible. I love black but for travel never while in a plane.

AnnieP2

I like to wear black when I travel, I think it looks the most put together. Before I board, I run into the loo and pull on a pair of new cotton black thin workout pants with a flare on the bottom.

Top with either a black or white t-shirt (long sleeves in winter and short in summer) and a cute zip up hoodie, usually black also. Pop my jeans in my carry on and Im good to go.

If you dont feel like changing back into your jeans before you land for the taxi ride to in your destination, I usually still look ok.

To be comfortable is the main thing but you also want to look nice.

cigalechanta

It really doesn't matter what our choices are BECAUSE for each of us who make our choices and are comfortable with that, well, that is the most important
of all.

suze

Marianna- a little lycra in knit pants does the trick (rather than 100% cotton) to prevent post-flight baggy knees!

dutyfree

My uniform which I am either dying of heatstroke in because its wool or freezing in due to the dark cold nights on the plane..............

hopingtotravel

Love these replies! Usually if something gets spilled on me, I do it myself. I do like the all black idea. However, I tend to follow the 'wear the most bulky stuff' idea. I get hot and sweaty while we're on the ground, then cold in the air, so usually I wear a turtleneck with a removable sweater.
We've never been upgraded to first class, but we did get pulled into some kind of a first class preferred line at Heathrow on 9/16/01. It turned out we missed some sort of security three hour wait standing LITERALLY OUTSIDE in the rain. We think it was because my DH was wearing a navy cashmere sports jacket.

Luisah

LoveItaly. I'm sorry, but I laughed out loud at your description of being stuck in the Amsterdam airport in celery green with a burgandy stain. A drunken female passenger? Why do these strange things happen to you? Sounds like a scene in a movie.

This is interesting -- so many different ideas. Comfort is my top priority -- cotton or knit pants with some stretch so won't bag or sag, rubber-soled mules, T-shirt and jacket with a pashmina for light warmth if needed. I wore a white shirt once and never again.