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Fashion designers offer discrete ways for women to carry firearms

Marilyn Smolenski uses a mock gun to demonstrate how to pull a handgun out of the concealed carry clothing she designs at her home in Park Ridge, Ill. (AP Photo/Tae-Gyun Kim)
Marilyn Smolenski uses a mock gun to demonstrate how to pull a handgun out of the concealed carry clothing she designs at her home in Park Ridge, Ill. (AP Photo/Tae-Gyun Kim) Marilyn Smolenski uses a mock gun to demonstrate how to pull a handgun out of the concealed carry clothing she designs at her home in Park Ridge, Ill. (AP Photo/Tae-Gyun Kim)
photo Marilyn Smolenski demonstrates how to pull a handgun out of an undergarment designed for concealed carry. She founded Nickel & Lace, a company that produces women’s holsters, corsets, camisoles and other feminine fashions designed to conceal guns.
photo Anna Taylor, founder and CEO of Dene Adams in Atlanta, displays a corset that allows for the concealed carrying of a firearm. For decades, women have had few choices when it comes to the clothing they can wear to hide that they’re carrying a firearm. Taylor’s company makes clothing geared to women seeking to carry a firearm concealed.
photo Anna Taylor, founder and CEO of Dene Adams in Atlanta, displays a corset that allows for the concealed carrying of a firearm. For decades, women have had few choices when it comes to the clothing they can wear to hide that they’re carrying a firearm. Taylor’s company makes clothing geared to women seeking to carry a firearm concealed. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)

Cindy Thomas carries.

As in a gun.

Nothing fancy, mind you, just a small handgun in her purse or at her side in the car.

Like many of women nationwide, Thomas carries for own safety. What she’s not doing, though, is camouflaging it with fashion.

Guns and fashion?