The word 'Spanx' was funny. It made people laugh. No one ever forgot it. — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
I couldn't figure out what to wear under my clothes. The body shapers were too thick at the time. — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
I'd never worked in fashion or retail. I just needed an undergarment that didn't exist. — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
My saddlebags are why Spanx exist! Now that I have a baby I also have a muffin top. — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
The thing about fashion - it's like ducks going quack, quack quack. It's being dictated from above, and it just makes me… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
I'll mix a lot of things. I'll wear a Temperley dress with flip flops, or I might be in head-to-toe Gucci and… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
I feel that women have been neglected, unnecessarily neglected and mistreated personally by the fashion industry and shapewear in that entire category… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
What I most identify with is effortless fashion, looking as if someone's not put a lot of effort into their look. — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
I've always leaned toward a feminine, funky style, even in business settings. I used to paint my nails blue in 1993, before… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
I was trying to convince all these men to try to make a product that they didn't even wear! Or if they… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed with the customer. I am the customer. I really don't think you can go wrong if you don't take your… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
I got a call from the Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah had chosen Spanx as one of her favorite products in 2000. I… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
I always joke and say I want to invent a comfortable stiletto and then retire. — Sara Blakely Copy Share
With every obstacle that has happened to me in my life, my brain immediately says, ‘Where is the hidden blessing?’ In starting a business… — Sara Blakely Copy Share
When I cut the feet out of my pantyhose that one time, I saw it as my sign. I had been visualizing being self… — Sara Blakely Copy Share
My saddlebags are why Spanx exist! Now that I have a baby I also have a muffin top. — Sara Blakely Copy Share
In the next decade, I see Spanx going worldwide. Everywhere. No butt left behind. It's going to be all over the world and it's… — Sara Blakely Copy Share
Within the first year of launching my company, Spanx, I decided to go over to England and cold-call Harrods, Harvey Nichols, and Selfridges the… — Sara Blakely Copy Share
Having a mental snapshot of where you are, where you are going, and what you are moving toward is incredibly powerful. — Sara Blakely Copy Share
Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson - from going to the hosiery mills… — Sara Blakely Copy Share
Failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. This way, it is about answering to yourself. — Sara Blakely Copy Share
I cut the feet out of control top pantyhose one night, threw them on under my white pants and realized that the toning and… — Sara Blakely Copy Share
Don't let what you don't know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset. And if you do things without knowing how they… — Sara Blakely Copy Share
I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver. — Sara Blakely Copy Share
The thought of my mortality - I think about it a lot. I find it motivating. It can be any time that your number's… — Sara Blakely Copy Share
I have this system where if I buy three or four new things, I give away three or four things. Sometimes, it's a very… — Sara Blakely Copy Share
