23 Reasons Why Traveling in the 1950s Was So Much More Glamorous
Nobody would dare to wear sweatpants on a plane back then.
Nobody would dare to wear sweatpants on a plane back then.
Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando disembarks from an Air France flight to Orly Airport in 1959 wearing dark sunglasses and an all-black suit.
Judy Garland
Judy Garland poses for a photo wearing a black satin coat and black hat before boarding a flight in 1955.
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn arrives at London Airport in 1953 looking polished in a skirt and jacket combo.
Marilyn Monroe
In 1956, Marilyn Monroe poses for photographers as she boards an American Airlines plane from New York's Idlewild Airport—which later became JFK—to Hollywood.
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor sips a drink and smokes a cigarette during an interview at Jersey airport on her way to Nice, France in 1957.
Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren stops for a photograph before boarding a flight in 1959 wearing a dark coat and statement hat.
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra climbs down the steps from a plane arriving at London Airport in 1956.
Grace Kelly
Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly Grace Kelly, wears a black dress with a white overcoat and gloves at Copenhagen's airport in 1957 with her husband, Prince Rainier of Monaco.
Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart
Lauren Bacall and her husband, Humphrey Bogart, stop for a photo on the tarmac at La Guardia airport in 1950.
Jean Seberg
Actress Jean Seberg arrives at London Airport in 1957 to attend the premier of Saint Joan, in which she has the starring role.
Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher
Debbie Reynolds greets her future husband, Eddie Fisher, at the airport in 1954 with her French poodle Fannie.
Brigitte Bardot
French actress Brigitte Bardot arrives at London Airport in 1959 wearing a matching skirt suit to make the film Babette Goes to War.
Clark Gable
Clark Gable boards a KLM plane at London Airport in 1953 wearing a tweed jacket and tie.
Audrey Hepburn
Accompanied by her husband Mel Ferrer, Audrey Hepburn steps off a plane at the Le Bourget airport in France in 1955 wearing a fur coat and carrying a small wicker basket.
Elizabeth Taylor
Shortly after denying any romance between herself and Eddie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor boards a flight for Hollywood in 1958 wearing an unhappy expression and a satin turban.
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn arrives at Ciampino airport in Rome in 1959 wearing a classic trench coat and her purse slung over her back.
Ingrid Bergman
Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman wears a matching tweed coat and hat while traveling in 1959.
Kim Novak
After flying from Paris to New York for the premier of her movie Middle Of The Night, Kim Novak waves to the photographers from the steps of an Air France plane.
Tennessee Williams and Diana Barrymore
Playwright Tennessee Williams poses with actress Diana Barrymore at New York's Idlewild Airport in 1959 after returning from a vacation in Cuba.
Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra greets his wife, Ava Gardner, with a kiss and flowers on her arrival in New York at Idlewild Airport in 1952.
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