Failure to me became not trying versus not succeeding. Sara Blakely View this quote
We don’t have the luxury of time. We spend more because of how we live, but it’s important to be with our family and friends. Sara Blakely
Sara Blakely
What I most identify with is effortless fashion, looking as if someone’s not put a lot of effort into their look. Sara Blakely
When something I can’t control happens, I ask myself : where is the hidden gift, where is the positive in this? Sara Blakely
Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson – from going to the hosiery mills to get a prototype made to calling Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. I had to position myself to get five minutes in the door with buyers. Sara Blakely
I aim to be pretty – I gave up dressing to be sexy in the eighties. Sara Blakely
I always joke and say I want to invent a comfortable stiletto and then retire. Sara Blakely
I couldn’t figure out what to wear under my clothes. The body shapers were too thick at the time. Sara Blakely
I cut the feet off of a pair of panty hose and it allowed me to wear a pair of great strappy sandals. I didn’t see lines but the hose rolled up at my feet – and that’s how Spanx born. Sara Blakely
I cut the feet out of my control top pantyhose to wear under these white pants and that was the ah-ha moment that started Spanx. My own butt was my own inspiration! Sara Blakely
I did not like the way I looked in a pair of white pants. Sara Blakely
US businesswoman
February 21st, 1971