Well, this was probably pretty awkward: a woman trying to take a 6 AM Southwest flight from Las Vegas to New York on June 5 was none the wiser that her dress was too low cut and her breasts were just a smidge too bodacious. Air travel doesn’t usually come saddled with a set of style guidelines but in her case, the unsightliness of her 36DD cups running over was enough for an attendant to ask her to cover up or run the risk of not boarding the plane.
When you prep for a trip, you check to make sure you have your luggage, your boarding pass, your purse. Maybe even your kids, if you’re traveling with them. But you’re probably not checking to see if your boobs are tucked into a regulation covering appropriate for flying the friendly skies. I guess now we'll have to add that to the pre-flight checklist.
Who knew a lil’ ol’ sundress would cause such a hoopla? I guess if you’re a perky A cup you’re clear for flight but too bad, so sad if you’re a little more buxom. Bring a shawl, bring a shrug, bring a sweater. Just don’t bring those bad boys out into the natural light for everyone else to lust over or oogle at. (Whatever, I don’t know.)
Warmer weather means you’d better brace yourself good and hard to see just about anything as decorum and taste take a backseat so everyday people like you and me can brandish Lady Gaga-like fashion cajones. I know my poor eyes have been subjected to some sights I’m still trying to recover from: the man in the itty bitty jogging shorts whose twig and berries dangled just a bit below the boundaries of his crotch, the gal going commando in the white linen pants, the fellow in the tank top who himself was encroaching on a 36DD, maybe even a special order size. Certainly a woman’s breasts in a low-cut dress are not the scariest things to be exposed to, especially on a flight going from crazy Vegas to even crazier New York.
As it were, Avital—that’s the lady who was accosted for having her rack on too much of a display—says a male passenger directly in front of her had an actual condom encased on his T-shirt and got through the fashion elimination round with no problem at all. Only when she stepped up did the ticket agent start playing Nina Garcia and attempt to turn her away for inappropriate clothing. Hmm. A double standard, eh? Shocking.
Southwest, who is notorious for kicking folks off of flights—male, female, whoever—has since issued an apology and refunded Avital’s money as a “show of goodwill,” though they maintain the right to boot anybody for any reason at any time, including how they look. (Remember when they ousted Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong for having on—gasp!—saggy jeans?) Clearly, the runway is really just that, a runway, and you’d better make a pretty savvy fashion decision when you’re getting dressed in the morning. Even in the summer.
The lesson to learn here is this: forget about snakes on a plane and worry about breasts instead. Love, Southwest.
Would you have been offended by her cleavage if you were a fellow passenger?
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I have large breasts, and while it can be hard sometimes to find something that will fully cover them up in certain styles, ie: sundresses, it CAN be done. Or, I will wear something like a cute tank top underneath them. I do feel that if she didn't want her "girls" to be just about falling out, she could have most definitely succeeded in her venture, however, maybe this was the "look" she was going for, I do see it almost everywhere I go here in the southwest area of the US, and while it isn't a look I like for myself, I don't feel it was a valid reason for keeping her off the plane.
And I really have to wonder, why didn't she just button up her flannel shirt in order to take her flight?
Ummm no, her outfit looks just fine to me. If her dress was also skin tight and she was wearing heals, then I might see a bit of a problem but it still wouldn't bother me. I'd probably be taken a back(I tend to notice large breasts because mine are so small) in that case, but I'd simply look away. This is kind of ridiculous to me.
A lot of you sound jealous of big breasts. If a woman wants to wear her breasts out like that, then she should be allowed to and you really shouldn't care, at all. If I had large breasts, I peronsally would not but I'm not going to chastise someone for doing so.
Ok, so she shouldn't be allowed on the plane because part of her cleavage is showing.... but if they kicked her off the plane for showing the EXACT SAME AMOUNT while breastfeeding, you'd all be jumping on the "Nurse-In" Bandwagon. Dang, we women have some serious issues, don't we?
I took a flight from Vegas to Miami and sat next to a drunk girl who had a dress on that left nothing to the imagination(boobs falling out the top, butt falling out the bottom), not to mention she still had a beer in her hand when she got on the flight. She unfortunatley sat next to my husband(even though we prayed that it wouldnt be us she sat next to!), and reeked of booze and cigarettes. If anyone should have been kicked off a flight, it should have been this girl! I dont have a problem with someones breasts being large and falling out of their shirt, I see it all the time, plus I breastfeed my daughter on the plane, and I'm usually the one who is hanging out!!
Restaurants do not kick people out for showing cleavage. This is not a case of "no shirt, no shoes, no service" here, an airline employee made a subjective judgment of someone's attire and prevented them from getting on a flight that they paid good money to fly. To me, that's offensive.