The Victoria’s Secret Style Present returned final evening in Brooklyn, New York after a six-year hiatus after the model was embroiled in anti-trans and fatphobic controversy. This 12 months, they returned to the runway, that includes two trans ladies within the present, Alex Consani and Valentina Sampaio.
Valentina Sampaio wore a primary black satin lingerie set, over prime of which she wore a glittery embellished fishnet midi skirt. In lieu of traditional Victoria’s Secret Angel wings, she had a large black and bronze organza bow strapped to her arms. Alex Consani wore a periwinkle two-piece lingerie set with sequins and a pair of floor-length plush satin wings.
The 2018 present suffered poor scores following feedback made by Ed Razek, a then-executive at L Manufacturers, Victoria’s Secret’s former mum or dad firm, stating that he didn’t consider that trans and plus-size fashions belonged within the Victoria’s Secret present. The corporate additional snowballed into controversy after a 2020 New York Occasions report that uncovered a firm tradition of misogyny and harassment.
“When you’re asking if we’ve thought of placing a transgender mannequin within the present or checked out placing a plus-size mannequin within the present, we have now,” he stated. “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 identical to each specialty retailer on this planet sells a variety of clothes. As can we. We market to who we promote to, and we don’t market to the entire world.”
In celebration of an try at a extra inclusive chapter for Victoria’s Secret, many acquainted faces confirmed up in attendance, together with Cardi B, Coco Jones, Remi Bader, and extra.
