02Aug05
Relief for Women, from Gingee Brewer of Concealed Carry Clothiers:
"CCC currently features a women's concealment vest. In addition, we do a significant amount of custom work for women, involving unique fabrics and finishing touches that make vests stylish, yet practical and comfortable. Our gunbelts are comfortable too. I wear mine regularly. It features a femini ne buckle that lowers its profile as a gunbelt.
As your colleague noted, there are lots of women who carry, and many more who should! CCC is prepared to help anyway we can."
Comment: Gingee is a good friend and dedicated to the advancement of the Art. You may get hold of her at:
Gingee Brewer CCC PO Bx 237 Saunderstown, RI 02874 888 959 4500 828 645 2130 (Fax)
[email protected]_ (mailto:
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/John
02Aug05
I know little about dressing women, but here is some advice from a female colleague in FL. She carries every day:
"Coronado Leather's 'Hobo' model handbag is suitable for most circumstances. It has plenty of room, is smart looking, and provides quick access to the pistol. Galco makes something similar, but dressier. Expensive, like all of Galco's stuff, but top quality. I'd rather have a pistol =80 on' me, but sometimes a handbag provides the only viable carry option.
I live in FL, and here is my usual uniform: I wear a version of what guys d o with 'Hawaiian' shirts. I get stretch jeans or chinos and a suitable belt. The pistol goes on my waist, along with a single spare magazine. I like Cambio jeans. They come in a variety of acceptable colors and hold up well.
Then, I get a tank top or t-shirt in a bright color and wear a loose shirt/blouse over it. My blouses are long enough to cover the gun. Floral designs provide camouflage, and the material is light enough to wear indoors. Add some fetching jewelry, and one doesn't have to look dour or grim. Check out Chic o's (chicos.com). Sales people are adept at helping you put together complementary outfits. Jewelry needs to be creative, lively, and coordinat ed with the clothing. My ensembles are stylish and youthful without making me look as if I'm trying to play catch-up with Brittany Spears.
Carrying constantly is surely more challenging for women than for men, but it is a subject that has become suddenly relevant, and women everywhere need to start thinking about it!"
Comment: It strikes me that all of us (women and men) who carry regularly need to have a "duel personality." A =80=9Cpublic=E2=80 personality, which is businesslike and detached, a persona that is not unpleasant, but that does not encourage "congenial approach." Then, we need a =80=9Cp rivate" personality that we reveal in circumstances where we have control and are among people we know. In a private setting, women may be comfortable wearing clingy, alluring clothing , high heels, and dangling, expensive jewelry. Men may appear in stiff, formal wear. An outfit like that is difficult to fight or run in, but, in a controlled setting, it is probably fine. In public, however, where we have
little control of the setting, high heels need to be replaced with practica l shoes, and alluring, sexy, or stiff outfits need to give way to methodical attire.
/John
