My saddlebags are why Spanx exist! Now that I have a baby I also have a muffin top.

I'd get kicked out of buildings all day long, people would rip up my business card in my face. It's a humbling business to be in. But I knew I could sell and I knew I wanted to sell something I had created. I cut the feet out of those pantyhose and I knew I was on to something. This was it.

Ensure that you do things differently from everyone else

I didn't like the way it looked in white trousers, and I couldn't find anything to work underneath them.

Don't let what you don't know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset.

The thing about fashion - it's like ducks going quack, quack quack. It's being dictated from above, and it just makes me want to rebel against it.

I'd never worked in fashion or retail. I just needed an undergarment that didn't exist.