Qantas will reveal the designer of its new-look uniforms for cabin crew and ground staff this week.

CEO Alan Joyce has previously set the goal of "a new, distinctly Australian look designed for Qantas’ customer service employees", with a "fresh and contemporary style."

It’s out with the old and in with the new at the county’s fire service.

Gone are the traditional dark blue firefighters’ uniforms with bright yellow helmets and in are bright gold suits with black and white headgear.

Oxfordshire County Council's Fire and Rescue Service gave its firefighters their new kit yesterday.

The new uniform, which offers better protection, includes a fire helmet, an anti-flash hood, gloves, a tunic, leggings and boots. Crews at Rewley Road fire station are pictured testing the new uniforms out during an exercise.

Dave Bray, station manager at Rewley Road, said: “We are very pleased. They are nice and comfortable.

“It certainly represents the latest technology available within firefighting.”

The uniform is being leased for the next eight years at a cost of £250,000 per year from Lion Apparel Systems UK and the money comes from the fire service’s existing budget for protective equipment.

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A hotel's uniform may form part of a guest’s first impression of an establishment. A doorman or receptionist is a visitor’s first contact with the hotel’s overall aesthetic and the uniform should reflect this. A meaningful connection should be made with the clientele in line with their lifestyle and business decisions.

Emile Rassam, has designed uniforms for the hospitality industry for over 50 years. Speaking to Hotelier Middle East she said, “The value of designing a wardrobe is that in essence it’s a reflection of the hotel’s image”

A new trend for vibrant colours and sleek design has replaced the generic designs that once dominated in the hospitality sector. However, when opting for colours and patterns, interior design should be considered in order that the uniform compliments and reflects it. It is important to coordinate the uniform with the interior, as Emile Rassam confirms in an interview in Hotelier Middle East:

“if it isn’t managed well, [it] can result in a complete disaster, no harmony in the hotel and a wardrobe that simply shouts at the interiors.”

The Austin Police Department is testing a new uniform shirt for bicycle officers that makes them more visible.

The upper part of the shirt, being worn by a handful of Downtown Austin bicycle officers, is bright yellow and easy to see from far away.

"It's a visibility aspect for the officer's safety. The shirts are bright, where they stand out, where I think you can probably see it from a block away," said Lt. Patrick Connor.

The new uniforms are safer for officers, according to the department, and they hope their visibility helps deter crime in downtown.

"We picked a shirt we felt the officers would be comfortable in, in addition to increased visibility for the officers," said Connor. "For the officer safety and from a public perspective, to be able to see officers downtown and find them on a crowded Sixth Street area."

APD has increased the number of bicycle officers working downtown in an attempt to curb the rising trend of violent crime.

Violent crime downtown rose more than 39 percent in April, compared to the year before. Robberies were up more than 83 percent, and aggravated assaults went up 25.5 percent.

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If you have visited the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland since its grand opening Monday, you've seen the pristine entryways and the meticulously prepared dining and gaming areas.

But did you notice the uniforms?

Just as much attention to detail goes into selecting each piece of the workers' clothes --whether it's for a chef, a server, a host or a dealer.

Company uniforms, especially in a high-stakes business like a casino, are designed to project a certain image to the customer, says Dr. Jennifer Baumgartner, a clinical psychologist and author of the book "You Are What You Wear: What Your Clothes Reveal About You" (Da Capo Press). The trick, however, is to deliver the message without customers realizinghow they received it.

Businesses choose everything -- from the color and fabric to the sleeve length and style of shoe -- to influence the customer, says Baumgartner.

"It's all part of the package -- the decor, the logo, the uniforms -- everything is designed to invoke a certain feeling, to the lead the customer to take action, whether that's shopping, eating, gambling," she says.

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Receiving an award usually reserved for the red carpet, the Manchester Township Police Department was nominated “best dressed” in the 2012 Public Safety Awards Competition held by the North American Association of Uniform Manufacturers & Distributors.

The association gives six annual “best dressed” awards to recognize public safety organizations across the continent.

The association awarded public safety departments in six categories this year. Four of the award categories recognize police departments of various sizes.

Manchester’s Police Department was selected as the winner among departments consisting of 50 to 99 officers.

Submissions were judged on design, development, attractiveness, as well as environmental and special condition functions, according to a news release from the police department.

Winners were selected March 11 at the manufacturer association’s national convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Harvey and Bruce Klein, co-owners of Red the Uniform Tailor of Lakewood, presented Manchester Police Chief Brian Klimakowski with the award on May 2.

When they lined up, this year’s Boardwalk Ambassadors offered a formidable row of fluorescent green and tan.

From head to toe, the uniforms of the Boardwalk Ambassadors, officially unveiled to the public for the first time Friday at their headquarters near Boardwalk and Park Place, were a mixture of jaunty and blinding, mixing officialdom and visibility.

The brightly colored guides are part of a $1.6 million initiative that will allow the long-running program to nearly triple in size to 60 ambassadors this summer.

In addition to the Boardwalk, the program adds Gardner’s Basin and Pacific and Atlantic avenues to their rounds. All of the ambassadors underwent security and first aid training, with the goal of being even more helpful.

John Palmieri, executive director of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, which oversees the program, welcomed 25 of the current 46 ambassadors in a short ceremony on the Boardwalk. They look to have as many as 60 working by Memorial Day.

Palmieri, wearing a more sedate blue button-down shirt, khaki pants and tastefully faded baseball cap with “Atlantic City” written on the front, said this is just the latest way for the city to present itself as clean and safe, per Gov. Chris Christie’s dictates.

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The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recently mandated that all fire-fighting ensembles, including protective clothing, boots, gloves, hoods and helmets, be replaced every 10 years, regardless of condition. The expense associated with compliance could potentially be prohibitive and thus crippling to fire departments nationwide, especially small departments in suburban or rural areas with already cash-strapped budgets.

NFPA is an international advocate of fire prevention and an authoritative source on public safety that develops, publishes, and disseminates more than 300 consensus codes and standards relating to fire risks, according to nfpa.org.

Fire departments in New Jersey have recently been informed by the Department of Labor that the state will not be enforcing the 10-year replacement mandate as articulated in NFPA Standard 1851. In New Jersey, the State Fire Commission operates under the auspices of the Department of Labor. Therefore, New Jersey is technically not a NFPA-guided state, but rather one whose safety requirements emanate from OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Nearby in Ridgefield Park, Mayor George D. Fosdick, a 48-year veteran of the Ridgefield Park Fire Department and the President of the New Jersey Fire Equipment Company, said, "New Jersey enforces some but not all of the NFPA standards."

"Fire Chiefs were advised by the Department of Labor that the state will not enforce the 10 year replacement requirement for wearable gear. Rather, the state will be inspecting the gear, including everything worn by the firefighters, every 10 years. If the gear does not pass the inspection, then the departments will be required to replace it," Fosdick explained.

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The Vicksburg Police Department has debuted new dark blue uniforms, dropping the light blue shirts used in recent years.

Police Chief Walter Armstrong tells the Vicksburg Post that the navy uniforms selected by officers are a return to the city's classic uniforms of the past.

Armstrong says the uniforms cost about $20,000 from a $40,000 uniform budget.

The new patch — a black shield outlined in gold and prominently featuring an eagle — displays the slogan "Red Carpet City of the South." The logo also is featured on the doors of police headquarters.

The previous patch — a rectangular shield with a rounded top — featured a magnolia, a steamboat, a Civil War soldier and the Corps of Engineers symbol under the scales of justice.

You won’t have any trouble finding Kylee McGinnity, front desk agent at the new Revere Hotel Boston Common.

“We’re wearing red dresses in an all-white lobby,” she said.

And McGinnity isn’t the only chic employee.

The staff at the new boutique hotel sport uniforms designed by students at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. The outfits are modern, but incorporate nods to the hotel’s namesake, Boston icon Paul Revere, with colonial touches such as pewter buttons, military-inspired jackets and puffed sleeves.

Simon Mais, the hotel’s general manager, wanted New England influences in the Revere from top to bottom. So when he saw a MassArt senior fashion show last year, he asked the students to help design the uniforms for his employees. “I wanted to do a sort of version of a ‘Project Runway’ — we divided the students into teams and took the best ideas from each team to create the samples,” he said. Mais gave the seniors “inspiration points,” including Paul Revere and the “Wizard of Oz” theming in the hotel’s bar, the Emerald Lounge.

“At first it was really overwhelming — we go along for four years in our own little world and all of a sudden we’re being thrown into the real world of designing for a client,” said 23-year-old MassArt senior Nicole Landry, who worked on the cocktail waitresses’ dress, the male bartender uniform and outerwear for several other employees. “We tried to build off what (Mais) had said and incorporate our own aesthetic. For example, my collection is all white, red and black, it’s sleek and sexy, and the cocktail server’s dress is red and black and in that style.”

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