Hostesses

As with all new things suddenly deemed fashionable, etiquette sprang up to guide those uncertain hostesses thrust into a new world. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Wired's got a strange and evocative slideshow of paleo-air-hostesses from the early days of commercial aviation online. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And, of course, the "hostesses" -- some 200 very young women in clingy evening gowns, each assigned to fetch drinks or cigars for a table of leering guys. ❋ The Reliable Source (2010)

La Cure Gourmande www.la-cure-gourmande.fr looks like what might happen if Willy Wonka and Mary Poppins collaborated on a cookie and candy shop; the hostesses are a little too pushy with the samples, but the tactic works—you'll leave having overspent vastly on bonbons. ❋ Craig Winneker (2011)

She s been on-board for 53 years, since 1957, back when they were called hostesses, and required to be... ❋ Hilary Moss (2010)

She's been on-board for 53 years, since 1957, back when they were called hostesses, and required to be single and slender -- she even recalls being weighed-in by the airline. ❋ Hilary Moss (2010)

She's been on-board for 53 years, since 1957, back when they were called hostesses, and required to be... ❋ Hilary Moss (2010)

One of the hostesses is the oldest of old friends - her parents and the InnerRents used to go drinking together when they were young up-and-comers in Nodnol during the sixties. ❋ Unknown (2007)

This seems like a somewhat less tawdry practice than the football tradition of sending out comely so-called hostesses to induce young men to their campus. ❋ By GEORGE VECSEY (2011)

Sometimes the hostesses are a bit snobbish, but the waiters have always been great and the food...well, I crave it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But at least both of them had had an orgy with a roomful of air hostesses, which is the main thing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Lattimore called the hostesses pretty and real cool. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The fact that the hostesses are the face of the airline they fly makes it important for them to pay more attention to their appearance. ❋ Unknown (2009)