Sarah Blakely

And two years later, I cut the feet out of control top pantyhose one night to wear white pants to a party and not have a panty line or anything show. Because guys, you're out there in the audience. I don't know how many of you struggle with what to wear under white pants. But it's a legit problem that we have.

And two years later, I cut the feet out of control top pantyhose one night to wear white pants to a party and not have a panty line or anything show. Because guys, you're out there in the audience. I don't know how many of you struggle with what to wear under white pants. But it's a legit problem that we have.

And two years later, I cut the feet out of control top pantyhose one night to wear white pants to a party and not have a panty line or anything show. Because guys, you're out there in the audience. I don't know how many of you struggle with what to wear under white pants. But it's a legit problem that we have.

And so I cut the feet out of my pantyhose one time and I thought this could be the idea because I had already set the intention for the idea to show up. But as soon as I started on the path of it, I thought, okay, I don't want to tell anybody my idea because I feel that ideas are the most vulnerable in the moment that you have them.

And so I cut the feet out of my pantyhose one time and I thought this could be the idea because I had already set the intention for the idea to show up. But as soon as I started on the path of it, I thought, okay, I don't want to tell anybody my idea because I feel that ideas are the most vulnerable in the moment that you have them.

And so I cut the feet out of my pantyhose one time and I thought this could be the idea because I had already set the intention for the idea to show up. But as soon as I started on the path of it, I thought, okay, I don't want to tell anybody my idea because I feel that ideas are the most vulnerable in the moment that you have them.

And it is our human nature that the minute we have an idea, we tell our friend, our coworker, our wife, our husband, boyfriend, girlfriend. And in those moments out of love and care and all the right intentions half the time, the person might say something that completely squashes it or makes you not pursue it.

And it is our human nature that the minute we have an idea, we tell our friend, our coworker, our wife, our husband, boyfriend, girlfriend. And in those moments out of love and care and all the right intentions half the time, the person might say something that completely squashes it or makes you not pursue it.

And it is our human nature that the minute we have an idea, we tell our friend, our coworker, our wife, our husband, boyfriend, girlfriend. And in those moments out of love and care and all the right intentions half the time, the person might say something that completely squashes it or makes you not pursue it.

So I didn't want to tell my family and friends, and I have very supportive family and friends, but I didn't want ego to have to get involved too early on in the process. I wanted to spend my time pursuing it and not defending it.

So I didn't want to tell my family and friends, and I have very supportive family and friends, but I didn't want ego to have to get involved too early on in the process. I wanted to spend my time pursuing it and not defending it.

So I didn't want to tell my family and friends, and I have very supportive family and friends, but I didn't want ego to have to get involved too early on in the process. I wanted to spend my time pursuing it and not defending it.

So at night and on the weekends for two years, I would sell fax machines during the day, and then at night I would stay up, and I was working on the patent, and I was doing all my research and driving, taking vacation days to drive to North Carolina where the manufacturing plants were and begging them to help make the first prototype. But that is really why.

So at night and on the weekends for two years, I would sell fax machines during the day, and then at night I would stay up, and I was working on the patent, and I was doing all my research and driving, taking vacation days to drive to North Carolina where the manufacturing plants were and begging them to help make the first prototype. But that is really why.

So at night and on the weekends for two years, I would sell fax machines during the day, and then at night I would stay up, and I was working on the patent, and I was doing all my research and driving, taking vacation days to drive to North Carolina where the manufacturing plants were and begging them to help make the first prototype. But that is really why.

And I have to say, I mean, everybody in their life has a million-dollar, even a billion-dollar idea. I mean, we do. I haven't had mine yet. Well... Well, you do. And I feel like recognizing it is a big one. And then also, you know, holding it sacred for me. And I'm glad I did because I sat my family down a year later and all they knew was Sarah's working on some crazy idea.

And I have to say, I mean, everybody in their life has a million-dollar, even a billion-dollar idea. I mean, we do. I haven't had mine yet. Well... Well, you do. And I feel like recognizing it is a big one. And then also, you know, holding it sacred for me. And I'm glad I did because I sat my family down a year later and all they knew was Sarah's working on some crazy idea.

And I have to say, I mean, everybody in their life has a million-dollar, even a billion-dollar idea. I mean, we do. I haven't had mine yet. Well... Well, you do. And I feel like recognizing it is a big one. And then also, you know, holding it sacred for me. And I'm glad I did because I sat my family down a year later and all they knew was Sarah's working on some crazy idea.

And a year later, I sat him down and I said, OK, guys, are you ready? It's footless pantyhose. And I mean, they were like, so sweetie, if it's such a good idea, why hasn't anybody else created it?

And a year later, I sat him down and I said, OK, guys, are you ready? It's footless pantyhose. And I mean, they were like, so sweetie, if it's such a good idea, why hasn't anybody else created it?