As a hardcore lingerie lover & collector (I have dropped 1k at Chantal Thomass in Paris in 10 min but have rarely spent that much on a single piece of new clothing outside of early 2000s CDG or Yohji) the one time I went into a VS changing room to try on bras I broke into hives. If you’re looking for inexpensive lingerie there are so many better options than a chain that now markets itself as woke empowerment for women. That said, Alex Consani is the queen of sound bites and I stan her as a new gen Angel 👼
Okay I'm watching now and my early observations are that (a) rather than throw in a token four "plus sized" (lol) models, would it not be more revolutionary for VS to NOT require that every single other model be a size 00 (at most)?!
Also cannot cope with the fact that they blanked out the word "fugly" from Femininomenon – I moved from Ireland to Indiana in March 2020 (don't ask…) and similarly can't get over hearing Olivia Rodrigo on the radio with "goddamn" beeped out. I knew Indiana was puritanical but thought somehow the sexy* undies people would be okay with the word fugly.
I actually feel like in a weird way those interviews were quite… comforting. There was one in particular with Adriana Lima where she outlined so clearly these months she'd spent starving herself while excessively exercising and at the very least it made it clear that these bodies are not "attainable" bodies.
I was going to post about this being the reason why a bunch of Wall Street finance bros were invited and would subsequently rate the stock well. It shows you clearly how much emotion and perception impact the stock market, despite all the quant-jock nonsense that might imply otherwise.
As a hardcore lingerie lover & collector (I have dropped 1k at Chantal Thomass in Paris in 10 min but have rarely spent that much on a single piece of new clothing outside of early 2000s CDG or Yohji) the one time I went into a VS changing room to try on bras I broke into hives. If you’re looking for inexpensive lingerie there are so many better options than a chain that now markets itself as woke empowerment for women. That said, Alex Consani is the queen of sound bites and I stan her as a new gen Angel 👼
Alex Consani is the best. That sense of humor was really missing!
Okay I'm watching now and my early observations are that (a) rather than throw in a token four "plus sized" (lol) models, would it not be more revolutionary for VS to NOT require that every single other model be a size 00 (at most)?!
Also cannot cope with the fact that they blanked out the word "fugly" from Femininomenon – I moved from Ireland to Indiana in March 2020 (don't ask…) and similarly can't get over hearing Olivia Rodrigo on the radio with "goddamn" beeped out. I knew Indiana was puritanical but thought somehow the sexy* undies people would be okay with the word fugly.
*I use that word loosely
I was really struck this time around at how painfully skinny the majority of the models looked ...
It was hard not to notice. The difference this time is they weren't giving interviews to People about their diets.
Ugh yeah I remember those days.
I actually feel like in a weird way those interviews were quite… comforting. There was one in particular with Adriana Lima where she outlined so clearly these months she'd spent starving herself while excessively exercising and at the very least it made it clear that these bodies are not "attainable" bodies.
I moved from Ireland to New Hampshire in June 2024 and also... wow. Also, don't ask... Feel you!
I find the VS "fashion show" quite degrading. This has nothing to do with garments, and everything to do with fulfilling male fantasies. Yuck.
I was going to post about this being the reason why a bunch of Wall Street finance bros were invited and would subsequently rate the stock well. It shows you clearly how much emotion and perception impact the stock market, despite all the quant-jock nonsense that might imply otherwise.
The last time I watched this show was over 10 years ago and it felt, just, more fun? Why was this so blah?