In honor of National Pi Day, female anchors are wearing the same dress to encourage young girls to study science.
“Women are grossly under represented in science fields, and we hope to shine a light, and encourage,” said WTVF meteorologist Bree Smith.
According to Smith, the dress was chosen in a private group of female meteorologists more than a year ago. The date was chosen because March 14 is also 3/14 or 3.14, the first three digits of pi.
“The dress symbolizes the community of lady broadcast mets who support and encourage each other,” said Smith. “Wearing the dress or the color blue is our collective effort to extend this support and encouragement to all women in STEM and young girls we hope will pursue STEM.”
You can buy the dress on Amazon for $30.00. It’s considered a good “TV dress” because it has “bright, bold color, the black panels are slimming, and it’s flattering to many different figures.”
Happy Pi Day! #DressForSTEM #TheDress @WxLadyFelicia @weatherwitter @LaurenJonesWAFF pic.twitter.com/hjsjaYXzWf
— Lauren Olesky (@LoleskyWX) March 14, 2017
It's #PiDay! You may see many mets wearing this dress today. It is our way of encouraging girls to get involved in STEM! #DressforSTEM pic.twitter.com/NcYvqUcZH3
— Natalie Walters (@NatWaltersWX) March 14, 2017
You may notice a lot of female #mets wearing #TheDress today in honor of #PiDay bringing awareness to #WomenInSTEM #DressForSTEM pic.twitter.com/U40UIRvU8u
— Felicia Combs (@WxLadyFelicia) March 14, 2017
It's #PiDay & I'm wearing the viral meteorologist dress for women in #STEM today! So important for girls to get into math/sci! #dressforstem pic.twitter.com/6mCaep0eOE
— Emily Roehler (@EmilyRoehler) March 14, 2017
Twinning for a good reason this morning with my friend @RandiRicoWLWT!
Here's why: https://t.co/BUlp0N2752. @wcpo #cincywx #STEM pic.twitter.com/qbwb8yXULV— Jennifer Ketchmark (@KetchmarkWCPO) March 14, 2017