I’ve always loved that Project Runway challenge in which contestants redesign workplace uniforms. How do you make a garment that’s just as stylish as it is practical for the people doing the hard work beneath the seams? So I couldn’t be more envious of Thomas Vasseur, the lead designer behind Delta’s new Distinctly Delta collection, whom I met previewing the looks that the airline’s 65,000 employees will start wearing in 2027.

The collection, developed in partnership with Lands’ End, came out of a two-year process of what Delta calls “listen, act, listen.” That meant not just employee surveys and fittings but actually shadowing workers on the job and then turning employee feedback into design details — such as pockets placed where a flight attendant actually reaches to grab a galley k

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