British Airways Unveils New Uniform Designed by Ghanaian Fashion Icon Ozwald Boateng

British Airways has unveiled brand new uniforms for the first time in nearly 20 years created by Ghanaian-British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng OBE.?

The collection features a tailored three-piece suit for men with regular and slim fit style trousers and dress, skirt, and trouser options for women, as well as a modern jumpsuit, which is an airline first.?

The airline also revealed a tunic and hijab option for female cabin crew and a jacquard fabric across all of the tailored garments that feature a variation of the airline’s iconic speedmarque.?

Boateng has been developing the collection since 2018 with 'painstaking care', the airline reveals.?

The collection will be worn by more than 30,000 of the airline’s staff from Spring 2023.

Boateng has attained the likes and admiration of many for his signature twist on classic tailoring and bespoke style.?

The fashion icon was born in North London’s Muswell Hill after his parents emigrated from Ghana in the 1950s.?

Since childhood, Boateng's love for fashion has been quite apparent from the fact that he was only fourteen when he found himself a summer job sewing linings into suits.