Why should not you look stylish in the construction industry as a woman? This is what traffic minister Schultz van Hagen must have thought. She did not wear a shapeless, reflective jacket on a working visit, but a ‘women’s reflective jacket‘: an orange, reflective blazer.
Rug invented the jacket because she was bothered by the lack of female clothing in the construction industry. Because a normal road worker’s coat, that really does not stand. “Then I would wear a jacket like that in size S and it would still be too big, it just did not look like a skirt,” says rug to RTL Niue’s. That’s why she asked for feminine clothing. “Then I was offered a pink overall and helmet, but I do not like that.” And there was no other thing.
That’s why she came up with the ‘cute ladies’ safety jacket’. Rug: “This is a symbol of” you can also be a woman in the construction industry. “And then you do not have to hoist yourself in a garbage bag.” The jacket is also fitted. “We women have a waist,” says rug. “At least let’s see them, and that waste is often hard to find for men in the construction industry!”
Rug gets a lot of enthusiastic reactions and gives the coat especially to women she meets in the construction sector, but also to politicians. In December, she gave him, together with Bookend Nederland-chairman Maxim, as a gift to traffic minister Schultz van Hagen. She has the coat in her car and carries him on working visits, such as yesterday.
The jackets with reflective fabric are for sale at Vermin from Nijmegen and cost 89 Euros each, excluding VAT. They are really only meant for companies, but, let the company know, if a private person comes along and wants to have the coat, that is not a problem.
Rug sees several possibilities for her safety clothing, in addition, to use in construction. “You can wear it on King’s Day or if the Dutch national team plays, but also for ready over’s it’s much better than the big standard safety jackets.”