Qantas has recruited the world's most iconic plastic couple to model its uniforms from across the decades as part of its 95th birthday celebrations. The airline has launched a unique and slightly quirky pop-up exhibition at its Sydney Qantas Club featuring a collection of 44 Barbie and Ken dolls all wearing their own bespoke Qantas uniforms.

The exhibition is the start of a number of initiatives to mark the airline's 95th birthday in November. It showcases the changing fashions of the times from the 1920s, when open cockpit flying meant Qantas pilots wore flying googles and leather clothing to stay warm, to the flamboyant prints of the "air hostess" uniforms during the 70's.

The collection is a labour of love by the late Mr John Willmott-Potts, a former Qantas long haul flight attendant who put together the uniforms over a 22 year period and matched them to Barbie and Ken dolls from a similar era. Mr Willmott-Potts passed away in 2010 and donated his collection to the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in Sydney.

Contributed by Qantas Airways Limited