Current:Home > MySpanx Founder Sara Blakely Launches New Product Sneex That Has the Whole Internet Confused -MoneyMatrix
Spanx Founder Sara Blakely Launches New Product Sneex That Has the Whole Internet Confused
PredictIQ Quantitative Think Tank Center View
Date:2025-04-07 14:44:19
Sara Blakely isn't getting fans' full support on her latest endeavor.
The Spanx founder launched a new footwear brand called Sneex aimed at making "comfortable high heels," and the internet isn't quite sure how to feel about its first line of shoes.
Sara launched the venture's first product on Aug. 15, debuting a "hy-heel," or a sneaker-stiletto hybrid, that features a 3-inch heel, napa leather, velcro detailing, Italian mesh and suede materials. And the cost of each pair isn't cheap, which each style retailing for upwards of $500.
“Sneex are my love letter to every woman who has taken her shoes off at a party," the billionaire shared in a note on the company's website alongside the reveal, "who wears flats to work with heels in her bag, who thought her days of wearing heels were over.”
But not everyone was into the concept, with some fans poking fun at the footwear's design.
"Are we going to make a version that's cute," one X user quipped, while another added, "Velcro??? Are we toddlers?"
Others could see Sara's vision but wished she had executed it differently.
"Sneex don’t commit, trying to be both in too obvious of ways," one user wrote. "Crocks are ugly but successful bc they embraced comfort unabashedly. I wish these didn’t look like sneakers but had incredible comfort technology in them. Adore Sarah but these are a miss."
Still, Sara's new business did garner some fans, with one user admitting, "Gotta hand it to Sara Blakely, I was fully prepared to guffaw at and hate Sneex - but I kinda dig 'em. Any plans for a full wedge? I'll be watching..."
Of course, the launch is only the beginning for the shoe brand, as Sarah recently explained that working on Sneex has her "back in start up mode."
"Let’s GOOOO!" Sara wrote in a Aug. 13 Instagram post alongside a video showing stacks of inventory. "Another company with boxes in the garage. Reliving my @spanx days for sure."
She added, "Only this time I actually have a garage."
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (6)
Related
- House passes bill to add 66 new federal judgeships, but prospects murky after Biden veto threat
- Juvenile detained in North Carolina shooting death of 8-year-old girl
- Russia hits Ukrainian grain depots again as a foreign ship tries out Kyiv’s new Black Sea corridor
- The CDC works to overhaul lab operations after COVID test flop
- The Super Bowl could end in a 'three
- Bacteria found in raw shellfish linked to two Connecticut deaths also blamed for New York death
- Heat bakes Pacific Northwest and continues in the South, Louisiana declares emergency
- Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard React to Critics Claiming They Lied About Being Stranded at Airport
- What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
- Transportation disaster closes schools, leaves students stranded in Louisville, Kentucky
Ranking
- Louvre will undergo expansion and restoration project, Macron says
- What does a panic attack feel like? And how to make it stop quickly.
- Sophie Turner Wears Matching PJs With “Handsome” Husband Joe Jonas in Birthday Tribute
- Student shot during fight at Georgia high school, sheriff says
- Could your smelly farts help science?
- Beat the Heat and Maximize Your Fun With Chloe Fineman’s Summer Essentials
- Stevie Nicks praises 'Daisy Jones & the Six' portrayal, wishes Christine McVie 'could have seen it'
- Spain's World Cup final run a blessing and curse. Federation unworthy of team's brilliance
Recommendation
Former Syrian official arrested in California who oversaw prison charged with torture
Lionel Messi scores again, Inter Miami tops Philadelphia 4-1 to make Leagues Cup final
Christine Tran Ferguson Pens Heartbreaking Update on Her Grief Journey One Month After Son’s Death
Trump faces a RICO charge in Georgia. What is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act?
Federal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment
What does a panic attack feel like? And how to make it stop quickly.
US attorney pleads with young men in New Mexico’s largest city: Stop the shooting
Family, fortune, and the fight for Osage headrights