| We've all seen those old black and white | | | | understanding of what people who wear |
| photographs of the workmen who constructed | | | | workwear clothing need has made most off the |
| the Empire State Building back in the early 1900's, | | | | improvements attainable. |
| sitting high up in the air having their lunch whilst | | | | Modern workwear is made from heavy wearing |
| sat on a steel girder wearing baggy trousers, | | | | materials that are both resistant to the knocks |
| shirts and boots. In so many ways it is difficult to | | | | and rips that workers will generally encounter but |
| imagine a construction site anywhere in the world | | | | are also lightweight enough to enable the worker |
| that would let any builder get away with that | | | | to be able to move freely when carrying out |
| nowadays but just as importantly it is hard to | | | | tasks at work. |
| imagine that any construction worker would be | | | | In the past if a worker needed lightweight clothing |
| allowed anywhere near a site without the correct | | | | to enable him to carry out his job this would |
| workwear. | | | | usually mean the safety would be compromised |
| Over the past 25 years industrial workwear has | | | | but with the development of higher strength |
| developed and taken huge leaps to improve both | | | | fibres and materials that are lighter than older |
| wearer comfort and practicality. The | | | | more traditional materials workwear companies |
| improvement in the materials that are available to | | | | are now able to produce ranges of clothing that |
| manufacture workwear has made this easier to | | | | are both fit for purpose as well as look good to |
| achieve but as well as this a greater | | | | wear. |