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Gloria Hwang

Portrait of Gloria Hwang holding a Thousand stripped helmet.

Fashion Meets Function

January 12, 2018 by Rachel White

Though an avid cyclist, Gloria Hwang was never a fan of helmets, referring to them as “sci-fi” nuisances. But after losing a friend through a cycling accident, her perspective changed. Hwang, a psychology alumna, says her mission in founding and launching Thousand, a new brand of cycling helmets, was to save lives, noting that there are […]

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