Safety clothes, shoes for women engineers out there in the field in Energy sector has always been an issue. Standard safety shoes and clothes meant for men do not fit most of them. The number of women in the field is so few that normally organization wouldn’t bother to get special gears made only for women or the apparel companies would not simply make these sizes or shapes. But things are going to change and it shows the increasing presence of women in the sector worldwide.
Glas, a petroleum engineer-turned-entrepreneur, is on a mission: to make flame-resistant clothing (FRC) safer and more comfortable – not to mention more stylish – for women in the field. Safety is the utmost consideration but not to forget that women at work too need some kind of comfort from what they wear.
Read on to learn why Glas thinks women deserve better-fitting FRC and how her growing business – previously called Hot Stuff Safetywear – is helping them to rediscover more about themselves.