After her daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and forced to wear an insulin pump 24 hours a day, Julie DeFruscio set out to make sure she could still do all the things kids do, running, jumping and playing, and look cute doing it. DeFruscio and her best friend created a line of designer accessories and clothes to help kids conceal their insulin pumps. Ten years later they have expanded from six products to more than 800.

How did you come up with the idea for Pump Wear?

My daughter, Nikki, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2001 when she was 2 and a half years old. My husband and I did a lot of research on the best management of Type 1 diabetes and found a doctor who was willing to put a 3-year-old on an insulin pump. The pump company had given us this ugly harness to carry the pump in. This is her life support. This pump and harness has to be on her 24/7 for the rest of her life. I don't think it bothered her, but it bothered me. Every shirt I put on her, there was this big, bulky thing in her back. I thought, "We've got to be able to do better than this." I had a friend's mother sew pockets on the back of some of her T-shirts. This worked great because you couldn't see the pump -- Nikki was comfortable and still her cute little self -- and I had easy access to it.

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