The last time Victoria's Secret had a fashion show was 2018.
For more than 20 years, the show had been an annual event, an extravaganza of babes in thongland, like "Barbie" through the lens of Paul Verhoeven. Broadcast in more than 100 countries to millions of viewers, it got evermore absurdist until the #MeToo movement and social change finally brought the curtain down along with the profits, leaving the company wrestling with just how out of step with women's sense of self it had become.
The company retired the signature angels in their push-up bras and panties toting around ginormous 30-pound wings and replaced them with the VS Collective: a group of 10 women of notable accomplishments and notably diverse body types. It announced that it wanted to be "the world's leading advocate for women." And then, on Wednesday, Victoria's Secret finally brought back the show.
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