40 Vintage Icons Who Traveled in Style

Ava Gardner deplanes in California in a velvet-trimmed coat dress and fur stole while traveling to Palm Springs. The actress wasn't accompanied by her husband, Frank Sinatra, on her flight, but rather their family dog, Rags.

Three of Hollywood's finest leading ladies arrived in New York City after flying on a direct flight from Los Angeles together in 1955—each one wearing an even more stylish outfit than the last.

Hollywood film star Dolores del Río bundled up in an oversized mink fur coat for a flight in New York City. The actress was returning home to Mexico for a family visit before she filmed her next movie.

Jane Russell arrives in a hooded toggle jacket at a New York City airport. The actress was embarking on a European vacation with her two children.

Stepping off of a plane to London in 1956, Rita Hayworth looked fashionable in a belted cape dress and a strand of pearls.

Jayne Mansfield is flocked by photographers, as she disembarks on an airplane in London in 1957. Wearing a fur-trimmed trench coat and satin gloves, the actress gives a wave to the cameras.

Josephine Baker is greeted with a bouquet of flowers after a flight to Berlin. The performer looked chic in a simple black frock with a white collar and a white cap.

When JFK and Jackie Kennedy arrived at the airport in Hyannis in 1960, the couple was greeted by supporters of the presidential candidate. In her typical fashion, Jackie wore white gloves and a pillbox hat with a conservative sleeveless frock.

Sammy Davis Jr. looks dapper as he meets his girlfriend, Swedish actress May Britt, at the airport in London. Britt threw a stylish coat over a white shirt dress and carried a hat box. The couple tied the knot later that year.

For a chic yet effortless travel outfit, look no further than Marilyn Monroe. The starlet turned heads as she departed a flight in 1961 wearing a simple cotton dress and a houndstooth jacket with a pair of white stilettos.

Wearing a knee-length grey suit, pearls, and a fur coat, Eartha Kitt makes her way down the steps of a plane in London. The singer is fresh off of a flight from Stockholm, where she performed.

Nancy Kwan's husband playfully places his black boater hat on her head, as the couple prepares to board their flight to Bora Bora. The actress looked effortlessly stylish in an oversized leopard fur coat.

Film star Audrey Hepburn paired a sleeveless Peter Pan collared frock with black ballet flats—and of course, her signature dark sunglasses—as she waited inside the terminal at the Orly Airport in France.

Diana Ross is joined by her Supremes bandmates, as the group departs on a flight to London. The singers are bundled up for the English cold, as evidenced by their fur jackets and stoles.

French actress Catherine Deneuve turned the tarmac into a runway when she arrived in London in 1965. Her look of choice: A white belted trench coat, boots, and a classic pair of sunglasses.

Sophia Loren smokes a cigarette before boarding her flight in 1965. The Italian actress dressed to impress for her journey, wearing a black bateau neckline dress, a diamond broach, and a leopard hat.