High visibility garments for operatives working in a hazardous environments

A high-visibility garment for use by operatives working in hazardous environments, comprising:

• a base garment and a detachable light-reflecting apparatus, wherein,
• said base garment comprises:
• an outer shell constructed from a florescent material;
• an internal pocket;
• a powered control unit retainable within said internal pocket, wherein said powered control unit includes a loom socket;
• outer attachment material at positions intended for light-reflective material;
• and
• an outer loom hole in said outer shell and in a said outer attachment material;
• and wherein,
• said detachable light-reflecting apparatus comprises:
• a light-reflecting outer material;
• a plurality of light-emitting devices extending through device holes in said outer material;
• an inner attachment material;
• and
• a loom connecting said light-emitting devices, in which a restrained portion of said loom is located between said light-reflecting outer material and said inner attachment material, and an extended portion of said loom connects to a loom plug;
• and wherein,
• said loom plug is insertable within said loom socket by passing said extended portion through said outer loom hole;
• and
• said detachable light-reflecting apparatus is detachably attached to said base garment by attaching said inner attachment material to said outer attachment material.