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I love fashion, clothes, bright sparkly things and fluffy accessories and I also love working across heavy industry mining, manufacturing and construction.
Well nothing that for me @ work
Emma Bentton I Director of SHOES – Safety Health Operational and
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ver since I started working, I have searched for the ultimate outfit that meets the ever-changing personal protective equipment rules, is feminine,
comfortable and elegant and suitable to wear at work. Clothes, fashion and your personal style are an important way to express yourself. Clothes help tell the story of who you are and speak to your professionalism and capability. They are also code to others about what you're worth and as a result, I’ve spent 25 years looking for the right outfit to wear. In my first role as an environmental scientist, I would have days in the office and days on site. Back then the requirements for personal protective equipment (PPE) was
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limited to steel cap boots. The first time I went underground I wore a dark green olive wide leg pant suit complete with a mine rescuer, hard hat and head lamp. Ridiculous! so I started my search for something to wear. I purchased my first work clothes from 5th Avenue New York. It was a pair of khaki overalls with the looney tunes characters running across the top pocket and tweety bird falling off. I loved those overalls they were useful and ideal for site work and taking samples., plenty of pockets for pens. They were also playful and reminded me to be joyful. I loved that first role where I got to play with everything from explosives to water samples and those overalls helped me to remember how unique an opportunity I was provided.
