Look how lush! They obviously followed our advice
THE LUGGAGE
Here you have to follow Antonio Machado as many Spartan literati and travel as light as possible. This is not always possible, but you have to try . Get off the plane dragging fourteen suitcases, three trunks and the Limoges crockery as a romantic traveler of the XIX is not the most comfortable. A small suitcase with wheels (thanks for existing, Rimowa) and a handbag or a backpack (reason in Mr Porter) are enough for trips of less than a week. Really. They are enough. This will allow us to disembark and get off the plane gracefully.
If we take more we may be forced to put it under the front seat and we don't want to travel squatting . Sometimes you have to travel with children and their circumstances. This dynamites the above unless one is, of course, a member of the Pitt-Jolie clan.
so much suitcase is unnecessary
WHAT DO I WEAR
The habit does make a monk. It is the monk. You don't have to fly differently from how you live the rest of the time. Those people who travel in tracksuits forget that sports are not played on airplanes. It is possible to travel with comfortable clothes and that can withstand an army of paparazzi if there were any. It is also not necessary to go to the other extreme and **wear a dress from the latest Raf Simons collection for Dior (them) or imitate Lapo Elkam (them)**.
It is said that there are people who travel in crop tops. It's a trip, not the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival. Solid cotton or silk pants, a baggy shirt (thanks for inspiring so many, Phoebe Philo), or a sweatshirt (one from Carven?) will do the trick.
The legend is true: you have to wear a foulard because air conditioning is lethal. In addition, it will always allow us to wrap ourselves in it like Isak Dinesen if we find a seatmate who deserves such a mundane gesture.
The footwear issue is controversial: ballerinas, loafers or sneakers are good friends with airplanes . More friends: good sunglasses and fluffy socks. Tight clothing: enemy. The heels: enemies. Very very short clothes: unnecessary.
THINGS YES AND THINGS NOT
A good flight guarantees a good post-flight. Do not try to reproduce the exercises of your Pilates class because it is not appropriate, but it is advisable that you get up from time to time, stretch and do not cross your legs. Take deep breaths if you get nervous. And if your destination is Gatwick, take the opportunity to practice FLOGA.
Use noise-cancelling headphones if it prevents you from resting.
if you use contact lenses and the flight is long, change them for the glasses: the eyes get very dry in the sky.
Don't look at the clock every so often: it's addictive and sterile . Take the opportunity to do everything you can't because WhatsApp groups won't let you, such as watching all the Julianne Moore movies that you had time to see at the movies. Also, since you will cry a lot, you will hydrate your eyes.
THE FOOD, THAT SUBJECT
Think that you are going to be immobile for many hours. Recognize that you don't have to eat like you just got back from Survivor. A menu in tourist, although they are improving (thanks, Air France) is not so tempting.
Don't drink all the alcohol they offer you, even if it seems like a great plan. It is not.
Drink all the water you can. Avoid fat and gases. You don't want to make any extra noises.
At Turkish Airlines gastronomy IS ANOTHER THING
THE PLANE IS NOT A BEAUTY SALON
Even those who do not fly know that the plane dehydrates . The humidity in the cabin is 20% and the skin complains. It's true, but you don't have to get obsessed and spend the flight smearing yourself with cream. The best is go up with a very light makeup or with a clean and nourished face.
If the flight is long a little hydration booster on face, lips and hands will help . There are multifunction products that take up little space and help a lot and are already classic travelers. For example, Touch Eclat by Yvest Saint Laurent illuminate and Eight Hours by Elizabeth Arden moisturizes the lips and brightens the cheeks.
If we want some color we can use a "good looking" product like the Diorskin Nude Shimmer powder . The pros can wear a toner like the Acqua di Rose from Santa Maria Novella or a cellulose mask like the Shiseido Pure Retinol Intensive Revitalizing Face Mask that we will try to put discreetly because it can scare children.
some cologne (Prada has Ella d'Iris Infusion in a fabulous travel case) and we can disembark with more or less dignity.
Let's rule out the option of using the seat to do our manicures, plucking our eyebrows and brushing with a wide movement of our arms. They are private acts.
I NEED A SHOWER
In some airports there are VIP rooms or lounges with showers that are usually accessible at zero cost or for a very reasonable price. In the airports of Madrid and Barcelona there are Premium Air Rooms that offer all travelers the use of the bathroom and the shower for 30 euros . The towel, soap and flip flops are courtesy of the house.
There are also companies like Emirates that have them in the first class of your flights on the A380.
Etihad goes further and offers what it calls First Apartments, a kind of compartments on planes that offer showers and much more. Nobody who travels in them will land like an abandoned puppy on a rainy afternoon.
Showers in airports or airplanes change everything. The only problem is some turbulence, otherwise, showering after a twelve-hour flight (or during) is one of the best things that can happen to the traveler.
First Apartment, a bathroom for you and like at home
THE LANDING OF THE PLANE
That is the moment when the good flyer is tested. There is a very basic trick to recompose ourselves after a long flight. It consists of washing very well before hands, face and teeth . It seems silly but it is not. This feeling of cleanliness cancels out some of the fatigue and wear and tear of the flight. Makeup remover wipes serve as deodorant , although a deodorant does not unbalance the hand luggage so much either. Once cleaned, it only remains to look at a photo of the Pitt-Jolie family, those references and try to imitate them. Note: the Beckhams also work.
You are not going to come out as splendid as them but ALMOST
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