“Should I wear this?” Ryan asks, admiring himself in the mirror in the blue V-neck T-shirt that says, “Nice tots,” across the front. He got it at the Highland Tavern in Denver, which legit has the best-ever handmade tater tots.

“That color looks good on you, babe,” I say with a chuckle. “But I don’t know if it’s appropriate for the new flight attire guidelines.”

Ahead of the busiest travel day of the year, the U.S. Department of Transportation launched a campaign “The Golden Age of Travel Starts with You,” featuring U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy touting a 1950s-era standard urging civility, manners and proper attire.

When I was a little girl, my mom put me on a plane by myself to fly from Connecticut to Florida to visit her mother. She dressed me like a doll in white tights,

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