Sheona!
The Takeaway: Don’t let critics destroy a great idea.
The three women behind the THINX, a fashionable underwear line designed for a woman’s menstrual cycle, wanted to launch an untested idea in a field dominated by corporate giants like Hanes, Fruit of the Loom, and Victoria’s Secret.
After a few years of perseverance and research, THINX products are beginning to hit store shelves, and early sales have already eclipsed this year’s projections.
Sinatra in Miami
life:
Before and after: “In Miami, where he appeared with [comedian and singer] Joe E. Lewis for two weeks this year, Sinatra … tells his bodyguard, Ed Pucci, that he will clear the table by yanking the cloth off without disturbing the china.”
See more photos of Sinatra here.
