22 Incredible Celebrity Style Moments at Airports in the 1950s

Between added fees, long TSA lines, and ever-shrinking seats, flying today can be a total drag. But back in the 1950s when commercial flights were a relatively new novelty, people dressed for the occasion. No one was more glamorous than Hollywood's elite when they arrived at the airport in their best dresses, suits, and furs. From Elizabeth Taylor's over-the-top hats to Clark Gable's tweed suit, here are some of the best outfits celebrities wore to the airport in the 1950s.

Accompanied by her husband Mel Ferrer, Audrey Hepburn steps off a plane at the Le Bourget airport in France in 1955 wearing a fur coat and carrying a small wicker basket.

French actress Brigitte Bardot arrives at London Airport in 1959 wearing a matching skirt suit to make the film Babette Goes to War.

Debbie Reynolds greets her future husband, Eddie Fisher, at the airport in 1954 with her French poodle Fannie.

Actress Jean Seberg arrives at London Airport in 1957 to attend the premier of Saint Joan, in which she has the starring role.

Lauren Bacall and her husband, Humphrey Bogart, stop for a photo on the tarmac at La Guardia airport in 1950.

Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly Grace Kelly, wears a black dress with a white overcoat and gloves at Copenhagen's airport in 1957 with her husband, Prince Rainier of Monaco.

Frank Sinatra climbs down the steps from a plane arriving at London Airport in 1956.

Sophia Loren stops for a photograph before boarding a flight in 1959 wearing a dark coat and statement hat.

Elizabeth Taylor sips a drink and smokes a cigarette during an interview at Jersey airport on her way to Nice, France in 1957.

In 1956, Marilyn Monroe poses for photographers as she boards an American Airlines plane from New York's Idlewild Airport—which later became JFK—to Hollywood.

Audrey Hepburn arrives at London Airport in 1953 looking polished in a skirt and jacket combo.

Judy Garland poses for a photo wearing a black satin coat and black hat before boarding a flight in 1955.

Marlon Brando disembarks from an Air France flight to Orly Airport in 1959 wearing dark sunglasses and an all-black suit.

Zsa Zsa Gabor arrives at Paris's Orly airport wearing a matching polka-dot dress and coat to shoot the movie Moulin Rouge in 1952.

In 1959, Elizabeth Taylor and her husband, Eddie Fisher, dressed her children Christopher and Michael in matching outfits to fly to London.

Sir Laurence Olivier and his wife, Vivien Leigh, arrive in Rome in 1953 wearing a fur coat and suit.

Frank Sinatra greets his wife, Ava Gardner, with a kiss and flowers on her arrival in New York at Idlewild Airport in 1952.

Playwright Tennessee Williams poses with actress Diana Barrymore at New York's Idlewild Airport in 1959 after returning from a vacation in Cuba.

After flying from Paris to New York for the premier of her movie Middle Of The Night, Kim Novak waves to the photographers from the steps of an Air France plane.

Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman wears a matching tweed coat and hat while traveling in 1959.

Katharine Hepburn arrives at Ciampino airport in Rome in 1959 wearing a classic trench coat and her purse slung over her back.

Shortly after denying any romance between herself and Eddie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor boards a flight for Hollywood in 1958 wearing an unhappy expression and a satin turban.

This article originally appeared on Town & Country US.