WHAT YOU SHOULD NOT WEAR

while flying

With every trip, you learn something new again. One of the things that always remains annoying is: long waiting and the hassle at security. How to get through long waits we had already discussed here, now it's time to get through security as smoothly as possible. So do NOT wear the following things, then flying will become a lot more pleasant.

High heels

To begin with, it is incredibly unchic to travel in heels. That's just a rule. Moreover, during the flight, your feet swell and that is just extremely uncomfortable, so that's another reason. Lastly, customs officers sometimes want to see your 12 cm stilettos as a weapon, so you can bet they have to come off when you go through the gate and that takes time and is gross, because then you have to stand on the floor with your bare feet. I'll come back to this later.

Wedge heels

Wedge heels, can those be worn? No, they can't either. Wedge heels are the perfect place to hide cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, or bombs. At least, according to the gentlemen and ladies of the police. Wedge heels must always go through the scanner and that, that is a hassle. And hassle is time. And time is money. And so on.

Hats

A hat must come off (because it's also ideal for hiding bombs) and what you get then is flat static hair and nobody is happy about that. And if you have to put your hat in the overhead compartment, it gets crumpled and dented and nobody is happy about that either.

A lot of jewelry

I once went through a phase where I filled my arms with a thousand bracelets because that was trendy, but that was quite a hassle at security. All those things had to come off and I was there tugging and pushing and everyone behind me was sighing and it just wasn’t pretty.

Bare legs

Especially because if your shoes have to come off, you have to walk on your bare feet over the disgusting floor. But also because then you have to sit with your bare delicate skin on the dirty airplane seat and that just gives everyone a bit of germophobia.

Extra pair of socks

When we were flying back from JFK to Schiphol, suddenly Eva Mendes appeared three meters in front of us. THE Eva Mendes. First of all: HOLY what a woman, she is ridiculously beautiful. But that’s not the point. Eva was wearing a dress with bare legs (but if you are Eva Mendes, that doesn’t matter because you fly first class and the seats are clean), but she had to take her shoes off. Immediately, she pulled out a pair of large gray socks from her bag to go through the gates so her little feet wouldn’t have to touch the floor where the rest of the ordinary world had walked.

Too big pants

Because your belt has to come off anyway, and no matter how nice your underwear (hopefully) is, you just stand there in your bare butt.