Red Ants Pants: By Working Women, For Working Women

There are few moments one can look back on and identify as being truly pivotal, but Sarah Calhoun has no problem identifying such an instance in her own life. It was 2004, and she was sitting at Bozeman’s Leaf and Bean Coffee House, reading a book titled, “Starting a Business for Dummies,” and contemplating what it would be like to run her own apparel company.

In her experience working manual labor jobs, as well as her upbringing on a farm, Calhoun had always been frustrated by her pants. Heavyweight men’s work pants fit poorly, particularly on the hips, while fitted women’s pants weren’t heavy enough for real work. An Environmental Science major, Calhoun readily admits she didn’t know the first thing about launching her own venture.

“At that point I didn’t even know what a business plan was,” she said. “It seemed like a good way to keep me occupied.”

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By Dan Testa

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