The Victoria’s Secret Vogue Present is again this fall after a four-year hiatus following controversial feedback about who ought to be included within the style present. The final present was in 2018.
Throughout a promo interview with Vogue for the 2018 present, Ed Razek, the previous chief advertising and marketing officer for Victoria’s Secret’s then-parent firm L Manufacturers, made a robust assertion that Victoria’s Secret is about fantasy and that, due to this fact, plus-size and transgender fashions don’t have a spot on the VS runway.
“Should you’re asking if we’ve thought-about placing a transgender mannequin within the present or checked out placing a plus-size mannequin within the present, we have now,” he mentioned. “We invented the plus-size mannequin present in what was our sister division, Lane Bryant. Lane Bryant nonetheless sells plus-size lingerie, however it sells a particular vary similar to each specialty retailer on the earth sells a variety of clothes. As will we. We market to who we promote to, and we don’t market to the entire world.”
Following this, Victoria’s Secret suffered poor viewership and couldn’t fairly recuperate from the controversy, particularly as manufacturers like Savage x Fenty have been reserving high-profile body-diverse fashions for his or her exhibits on the identical time.
However now, 4 years later, the present is again, and allegedy reserving a few of the greatest names within the business, together with Gigi Hadid, Ashley Graham, Iman Hammam, Adriana Lima, Barbara Palvin, and extra. This time round, the model guarantees to have “listened” to the suggestions. It’s fascinating that it arrives now when trans fashions are on the frontier of rising faces on runways, so it’s not like it will be revolutionary.
The present shall be headlined by Cher, with accompanying performances by Tyla and Lisa. It may be livestreamed tonight throughout the present on Prime Video, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram.
