‘They Made A Critical Mistake’: How Victoria’s Secret Went Woke And Got Broke

Victoria’s Secret He had spent decades marketing luxury and lingerie, including runway shows and supermodels. Despite its once-illustrious status, the brand has been languishing since a pivot to Diversity wokeness.

After the Angels fashion broadcast was canceled four years ago, executives from the company won approval from the media and promised to re-air it. “rethink” Marketing tactics. Later, the Angels were replaced by VS Collective. “unparalleled group of trailblazing partners who share a common goal to drive positive change.” The brand that had built its image on models such as Heidi Klum and Gisele Bündchen would now be Represented Figures such as Megan Rapinoe (left-wing lesbian soccer star) and the male-to female football player Megan Rapinoe transgender person Valentina Sampaio.

The company’s website and social media pages now feature women of all shapes and sizes, as well as various nods to the purported importance of diversity and inclusion. The brand’s performance has meanwhile been less than angelic: the company permanently closed hundreds of stores and Axed Over the past three-years, several dozen positions at management level have been created. Victoria’s Secret CEO Amy Hauk recently You have been expelled The company, after she had spent less than one-year in her post.

Brittany Martinez, a model and the editor-in-chief of Evie Magazine, a beauty and lifestyle publication that promotes traditional femininity, characterized the decline of Victoria’s Secret as a “masterclass in a corporate brand misdiagnosing the root cause” Interview with The Daily Wire She contended that the company’s powerful brand had eclipsed overpriced and low-quality merchandise until the marketing overhaul.

“Instead of lowering their prices or improving their quality, they killed the Angel and the entire fantasy along with it,” Martinez said. “They made a critical mistake many companies have made: they obsessed over their competitors and the media instead of obsessing over their customers.”

Victoria’s Secret is indeed one of several companies in the fashion industry that has compromised branding to make controversial social statements. Balenciaga was recently awarded Backlash Ulta Beauty was responsible for publishing a photoshoot in which young children held teddy bears dressed in bondage gear. Featured transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney discussing “girlhood” Along with a “gender-fluid” hairdresser.

Martinez stated that Martinez was adamant about the need to move away from “surface-level nature” of the Victoria’s Secret brand drastically changed the customer experience. “Shopping in their stores as a young woman used to be incredible. The supermodels in black and white on the walls. The scent. The displays. You felt like a bombshell. You didn’t shop there to take part in some kind of desperate activism,” She said. “Not only were they shaming the brand’s former celebration of feminine beauty and sensuality, but they replaced beloved female supermodels with activists.”

For males looking for significant others, the new direction was even more evident. “Countless men still readily buy products from left-leaning companies like Apple or watch the NFL regardless of their political ideology. But ask any man you know if they’ve been to Victoria’s Secret lately,” Martinez continued. “They’ll likely comment on the overweight mannequins or the fact that they’re looking at a biological man in cheekies and a pushup.”

Many customers of Victoria’s Secret believe the shift toward wokeness was merely performative in nature. Although the company was known for its plus-sized models and executives tried to control damage by signing “thin, white” Celebrities like Bella Hadid or Hailey Bieber.

“Everyone could see what they were doing. They were checking the token diversity boxes, whereas other newer brands were built from day one with diversity and inclusion as part of their core values,” Martinez noted. “Victoria’s Secret will never be what it was. It feels like the brand has no clue what it is, what it’s selling, and who it’s selling to.”