Slideshow: Colombian Designer Takes Bulletproof to New Level
Carolina Ballasteros (R) is Miguel Caballero’s fiancee, and head of design for the company. (Photo: David Owen)
If you were a candidate for office in Colombia and looking for some extra protection, you are in luck.
That is because one of the world’s foremost designers of bulletproof clothing is based in the capital Bogota.
Host Marco Werman talks to David Owen, who wrote about the company Miguel Caballero in the latest issue of the New Yorker.
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