Inspiring Women in Business- Spanx Founder Sara Blakely

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Sara Blakely wanted to be a Lawyer, but failed to pass the entrance exam. This set back started Sara on a career of selling photocopiers and fax machines for seven years.

The inspiration for her 150 million dollar business Spanx came after a bid to find underwear could be worn under a pair of cream pants she had styled back with open toes shoes. Sara was horrified at the options available and her obsession to find underwear that did not create the dreaded VLP led her to cut the toes out of a pair of panty hose.

Sara knew she was onto something big and invested 5000 dollars of her own money to create a sample which she peddled to all the top department stores in America. The soft and firm phototype had an added  benefit in it's slimming properties, and in the year 2000 Spanx was born.

Spanx now has over 100 different styles and is a secret friend to many women everywhere...

celebrities and lay-women alike.