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The fashion industry still doesn’t care about different body shapes – whatever it wants you to think
Victoria’s Secret had been trying hard. At least, that’s what it wanted you to think. Back in 2021, the lingerie giants underwent a major rebrand, doing a complete U-turn on its infamous “Angels” that gave millennial women decades of body insecurities. It was time to diversify.
Gone was the line-up of exclusively svelte models (sorry, “athletes”, as VS often called them) strutting down the runway in flawless million-dollar “fantasy bras” and in their place came US soccer star Megan Rapinoe, Indian actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and plus-size model Paloma Elsesser. The idea was that these women would be celebrated for their achievements as opposed to their genetics. The brand’s famous annual show was also cancelled indefinitely.
