When I was little seeing Tyra Banks walking down the Victoria’s Secret runway took my breath away – I had no idea that a woman who looked like me could do something like that and I dreamed of growing older and becoming Tyra Banks.
My first Victoria’s Secret bra came from an employee at V.S. who also was a member at my church. She guessed my size without even measuring me and gave me the perfect fit! And now, after working at Victoria’s Secret for 7 years I have the same secret power too.
Victoria’s Secret means the world to me. When the youngest of my little brothers crossed to the other side Victoria’s Secret employees along with co-workers from my other job at the physical therapy clinic came to his celebration of life.
When I needed a place to stay I lived with a Victoria’s Secret associate who opened her home up to me.
When I moved across the country one of the managers of my old V.S. store called her sister and asked her if I could stay the night at her place.
And how did I bring in income when I moved to a new state? Well I just transferred my job at Victoria’s Secret! First from Maryland to Texas, and then a couple of years later from Texas to Florida as my Victoria’s Secret wings grew.
And I could go on and on, these are just a few of the ways V.S. has impacted me.
The #1 impact – aside from the employees, has been the women, the customers that I was blessed to help find their perfect fit of lingerie and reclaim the essence of who they are inside of their bodies. Which brings me full circle to this post…
I watched the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and I can honestly say that Victoria’s Secret has lost their essence.
You know how every fashion house has a code? Louboutin has high (unwearable but sexy as hell) high heels with red soles, Valentino has their iconic monogram, and Dior has gorgeous full shaped gowns that celebrates a woman’s feminity while Chanel celebrates a more straight “andrygonous” look as well as glamourous slinkly little black dresses…
Well Victoria’s Secret used to have a code too.
Iconic white wings.
A Bombshell Supermodel walk that make all the peasants of the world fall down.
Soft Bombshell hair.
Bronzed glowy skin.
And a fantasy like body.
I hate to say this because even though I’m no longer an employee the store still means so much to me but Victoria’s Secret just isn’t what it used to be anymore and it feels like they lost their light.
When it comes to the iconic white wings the majority of those have been replaced with things that look like insect wings. One of the #1 questions we would get at the store aside from “Who is Victoria?” (Which for the spiritual answer to that see my new post here), is “Can I buy the wings?” Victoria’s Secret could have 3D printed 5 wings per store and sold them at a premium, premium price and even in this bad economy people would have bought them.
The Bombshell walk has been wiped away (which to me is the saddest of all the happenings). After the era of the Supermodels the designers became jealous of the models receiving so much attention and so they mandated that all models walk and look the same and to this day they do. The models walk like hangers down the runway but what sells lingerie is how a woman wears it.
And when it comes to fantasy like body I have so much to say about it… but instead of talking about it I’ll let you listen in to what I have to say…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkbuabGSv8o
What do you think? Are there any elements from Victoria’s Secret that you miss too?