, a Danish heritage glove company founded in 1811, to sell the business to her. “I just made it my life mission to revive the brand, document its history, and innovate on the craftsmanship skills,” explains the brainy Dane from self-isolation in the countryside.As agile as she is persistent, Hansen came into the company with the idea of making protective travel gloves that were easy to wear and more environmentally friendly than single-use rubber gloves.
All of this innovation was done in a pre-pandemic world, but has urgent applications now that the company has donated its new products to Save the Children helpers, schools, and to caretakers and therapists at nursing homes. While Rhanders’s ateliers in Hungary and India are under lockdown, its Danish factory is still producing these handmade gloves that, unbelievably, sell for less than $100.
They are amazing! 👌🏼