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 have on a ring that I got from a gumball machine for 50 cents.

Failure to me became not trying versus not succeeding

I think very early on in life we all learn what we're good at and what we're not good at, and we stay where it's safe.

I got a call from the Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah had chosen Spanx as one of her favorite products in 2000. I had boxes of product in my apartment and I had two weeks notice that she was going to say she loved it on TV and I had no shipping department.

I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course.

It's really a full-time job to manage our lives.

My first account was Neiman Marcus. I cold-called them just like I had cold-called businesses when I was selling fax machines for seven years.