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Why It's Important To Verify Your Voter Registration Now

If you have a young adult who’s recently come of voting age and hasn’t voted in an election yet, here's how to verify they’re registered to vote. Why this matters: Obviously, every vote matters. ...

How Fabric Can Make Or Break A Design: Deconstructing What's In Your Sun Protective Gloves & Arm Sleeves

Strictly speaking, a gauntlet is a type of armored glove typically worn in battle by warriors. For those of you serious about protecting your skin every day from UV rays, you will understand why we...

Equality, Diversity, Inclusivity

We want to be perfectly clear with you about what we stand for and what we believe. You may be wondering, what does sun protection clothing and accessories have to do with any of this.

How I Channeled My Inner Badass Self

It was the late afternoon on Friday, the 13th of March. I don’t think I’ll ever forget this date. The wind was already blowing and the light was bothering my eyes. The weather was colder than antic...

Inspection Line Reflections

I spent most of last week at our factory inspecting every single one of our new UV sun protection hand gloves and arm sleeves. Here are a few reflections from our recent production of our new...

Introducing Our UV Sun Gauntlet Collection

Our sun gauntlets extend beyond the wrist and provide UPF 50+ sun protection by filtering out 98% of UV rays as soon as you put these on. We use a seamless sew method for comfort. Breathable, quick...

Disappointment.

Keeping it real here, hit a speed bump in the road. I want to share I had hopes to debut our UV Sun Gauntlet line for this Black Friday season, but as I stare at my eraser streaked production cale...

DESIGNER'S STATEMENT

I started designing my own sun protection solutions with technical UV fabrics because I couldn't find anything on the market I'd consider wearing every day with my street clothes. I do not want to...

Our New #UVSunGauntlet Line Is (Almost) Ready

HELIADES' #UVSunGauntlet designs, a new line of UPF 50+ sun protection arm sleeves and hand gloves for every day streetwear and active life is almost set to launch. Read how our founder sourced lux...

Dancing With Fear: That Moment When Motivation Overcomes Paralysis

This post was originally published in our launch journal on December 3, 2017 A big thing happened this week. I inadvertently posted a selfie of a working prototype on my social media.   A little ba...

Look Book San Francisco | sol Escape x JennyviNYC

Photographed on location in beautiful San Francisco at the Chinese Cultural Center in historic Portsmouth Square, check out the photos from our first ever collaboration with New York designer, @je...

Minimizing Sun Exposure On Car Rides

Turns out my family loves a good road trip.   We started doing this when the kids were little - stuffing all possibly needed baby gear and other 'essentials' into the back of the Suburban...