About Us

Founders, Hilary Gallin and Kaitlin McCarthy, have both had jobs that required PPE. Despite wearing different types of PPE, they agreed upon one thing - nothing fit! This inspired them to create ARX with a mission of making women feel safer and more confident at work. 

As both engineers and front line users, they decided to tackle the problem themselves. Through focus group, many rounds of prototyping, and attention to the specific problems women experience, they created the Original Vest.