I cut the feet out of control top pantyhose one night, threw them on under my white pants and realized that the toning and shaping was perfect and that the hosiery material is thin enough that I could make shape wear out of it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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!
I sew my own shoes. Other male dancers don't, but I like it one way, and I've learned to do it that way.
It's about enhancing your body and accentuating your good areas. Shapewear isn't the ugly, embarrassing granny undies they used to be - they really are sexy.
I've got little ankles and a bit of a belly, so it makes me look rather an egg on legs.
I shopped for body shapers for the first time in my life and I was horrified. They were thick - it was like wearing workout clothes and they all had a leg band on one side that showed through the pants.
With corsets, it's interesting when you put them on, realizing that's what women actually wore. They're just so constricting.
I design flats like I design heels: They must be seductive, beautiful and comfortable.
I like so much wearing heels, legs look so much better, everything looks better. But it's only recently I've had the courage to do that.
I didn't like the way it looked in white trousers, and I couldn't find anything to work underneath them.
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.