Wingo presented its new uniforms
Wingo, in alliance with the School of Costume Design of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana of Medellín and the Crear Moda group, have officially presented the new uniforms for the airline’s cabin crew. These uniforms were designed by Juliana Restrepo and Maria José Restrepo, eighth semester students of Costume Design at UPB.
This project, a product of the alliance between private enterprise and academia, involved 14 UPB students, who submitted seven different design proposals. The winning collection was selected directly by the Wingo Cabin Crew team through a vote.
“This project was born from the need to renew our uniforms for a new collection that meets all the functional requirements that our crew members need to develop their activities; but at the same time, that reflects what we are as a company, an airline that offers quality service at low prices,” said Eduardo Lombana, CEO of Wingo.
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“For the School of Architecture and Design of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana it is a privilege to be able to work on real problems of companies in the sector. This work generates two-way learning. Companies, clients, graduates and the productive sector are receiving products that respond to the processes of research, reflection, study and innovation that are produced in the academy and, at the same time, students are allowed to have relationships, recognition of the problems and also of the ways of solution for projects and services in the real world,” said Beatriz Elena Rave, dean of the School of Architecture and Design of the UPB.
Project development
During the process, the students had the opportunity to learn about the brand’s DNA, as well as the needs and preferences of cabin crew members to understand the details of aviation fashion. In addition, they were accompanied not only by Wingo’s Marketing and Passenger Services teams, but also by experts from the Crear Moda Group, who provided technical knowledge on uniform manufacturing.
The participants also conducted field work, where they flew with the cabin crew and learned about their work environment, their functional needs and also the improvements or changes they needed to see reflected in their new uniforms.
After the presentation of the proposals by the students, a team of experts chose the three finalists, which were then voted on by the Wingo cabin crew team. In this way, 75% of the flight attendants chose the “Ethereal Capsule” designs, the collection of Juliana Restrepo and Maria José Restrepo.
The project, in which the academy was involved to support the talent of young and new creators, also highlights the duration of the process, since in only eight months the design of a new collection of uniforms materialized. This process, in the airline industry, normally takes between two and three years, which shows the agility of all the actors involved.
The new uniforms will be on board Wingo aircraft starting September 4.
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