In good company.

摘要

That's when she got the idea to meld fashion and medical technology. As a graduate student at Parsons the New School for Design in New York City, Floeh studied the intersection between design and technology, writing her thesis on the idea that better-designed diabetes devices would erase the social stigma attached to wearing a medical device—much as the fashion industry has turned nerdy glasses into an accessory that even those with 20/20 vision wear. Floeh had her lightbulb moment in 2010, imagining accessories that integrated insulin pumps and their tubing. "I didn't know how to sew when I thought of the idea," she says. "I had no business background." After a year of learning from others and teaching herself, Floeh launched Hanky Pancreas, an online shop for scarves with integrated pump pockets (she's wearing one, left) and colorful bands that transform insulin pumps into floral accessories.