Charles & Ron | KM Malta Airlines

Uniform details, from studio to hangar

For KM Malta Airlines, I photographed the launch campaign for their new crew uniform and accessories, designed in collaboration with Charles & Ron, Malta’s best-known fashion house. The scarves and ties carry the eight-pointed Maltese cross as a repeating pattern in white on red — the same cross that’s already part of the airline’s own livery, so the collaboration carried an existing piece of the airline’s identity onto what the crew actually wear.

I worked in two setups during the same shoot at Malta International Airport: the hangar itself, and a studio set up in a separate area on site. In the hangar, the crew move past the real scale of the aircraft — the turbines, the fuselage, the depth of the space — under low, directional light that keeps it cinematic rather than corporate. In the studio, I shot the accessories bolder and closer: a saturated red set, tight crops on the scarf pattern and how it’s worn, letting the design read as fashion first. Between the two setups, the set holds both scales at once — wide shots of the crew together against the aircraft, and close, considered detail on the accessories themselves. It’s a uniform refresh treated with the same care as a fashion campaign, and shot to feel rooted in Malta throughout.