Vedante pop bands, collars, and leashes.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: [small biz] COLORADO COOL STUFF - Brief article

After a long career as a fashion designer and owner of Los Angeles apparel companies, Barbara Kantor "semi-retired" to Boulder in 1997. The avid walker often to the Boulder Creek Path after nightfall, but thought most reflective clothing lacked style.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

One evening in 2006, she was walking with a friend, discussing the possibility of starting another apparel company making fashion-forward "super-reflective" wearables. A few blocks later, they witnessed a pedestrain get struck by a driver who didn't see her black jacket, and Kantor knew her instincts were correct.

"I recognized a void in the market," Kantor recalls. "I'm certainly not...