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On her way to a job interview four years ago, Janice McLean gota hole in her stocking that "you could see from Seattle."Horrified, she ran into a convenience store and bought a pair ofpantyhose, then realized that she had no place to put them on.Fortunately, her future employer didn't hold the fashion fauxpas against her, and she got the job. But her experience set the31-year-old former administrative assistant on a mission: Toinstall pantyhose vending machines in restrooms across America.
Today, her Baltimore company, McLean Machines and Company Inc.,exists to keep women safe from pantyhose disasters, offering fourtypes of legwear styles in small to extra large for $2 to $4 apair. Twenty-three vending machines are installed in churches,municipal buildings and airports in the Baltimore area, but McCleanhopes that's just the beginning. She plans to install themachines wherever hoseless women can be found: in schools, busdepots, hospitals, theaters and other hot spots around the country.McLean will also offer the vending machines to women-friendlybusinesses.
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