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Delta unveils newly-designed uniforms

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Oct 18, 2016

Delta Air Lines on Tuesday unveiled new uniforms designed by Zac Posen.

The new uniforms will be tested out by 1,000 Delta employees in coming months and will be rolled out to Delta'a 60,000 frontline workers in early 2018.

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The new uniforms feature a new color for Delta, which it calls "passport plum."

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Flight attendants, customer service agents, baggage handlers, cargo and maintenance workers will all get new uniforms next year. Pilots' uniforms will not change, however.

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