The return of the Victoria's Secret fashion show is yet another sign that the backlash after Janet Jackson's Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction" has all but passed. Photo: WireImage
Posted on 11/07/2005 4:17:40 AM PST by Liz
The return of the Victoria's Secret fashion show is yet another sign that the backlash after Janet Jackson's Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction" has all but passed. Photo: WireImage
Call it the battle of the bodies. After a one-year hiatus, Victoria's Secret supermodels will return to the runway this week for the company's legendary fashion show.
A year after Janet Jackson's Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction" set off a firestorm over decency that saw the censoring of shock jock Howard Stern, the withdrawal of Abercrombie's racy quarterly catalog and the cancellation of the annual Victoria's Secret lingerie extravaganza, companies appear to be emerging from their conservative shell.
.......Tyra Banks, Gisele Bundchen, Heidi Klum and other models will sashay down the runway clad in racy lingerie and stiletto heels.
Victoria's Secret cancelled its show last year, partially as a result of the social climate, said spokesman Anthony Hebron. In a sign that overtly sexy themes may not fly everywhere, customers complained about window displays they considered too provocative at Victoria's Secret stores in McLean, Va., and Wauwatosa, Wis............. Hebron said those displays were changed. "We want to be sexy, not offensive," he said.
Asked why the company decided to move forward with the fashion show, Hebron paused, then said, "We've never had a wardrobe malfunction." suzanne.kapner@nypost.com
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Frankly a lot of us didn't notice............ and didn't care.
Neal Cavuto will be all over it. God bless his soul.
Well, not only that but you don't pick up a catalogue or tune into their fashion show expecting to see something suitable for family viewing.
And frankly, a lot of us considered suicide.
;-)
Yep I don't care either.
When are we going to return underwear advertising back to where it belongs - the Sears catalog! :)
Hey....what's that dogeared V.S. catalogue you have next to the computer......Hmmmmmm?
Why didn't they have underwear models like her when I was in high school?
I look forward to what undoubtedly will be a smooth, Cavuto business commentary that assesses, from the top to the bottom, Victoria's Secret pie chart and the future outlook for the undie retailer.
Okay, ladies, I'm curious - how do you get into your clothes with those gigantic wings attached to your bra?
And, is that a big selling point for you?
Banks has very FAT thighs!
didn't read a word of the article, because I don't care. But thanks for the pic.
LOL!! The last time I saw a Sears catalogue was in an outhouse!
Yeah! What's up whith the wings?
Not telling.
"Why didn't they have underwear models like her when I was in high school?"
When I was in high school, Marilyn Chambers was on the Ivory Snow box.
ROTFL....good one.
What, next you are going to want her to share more of her food with AC. Some people are never happy (though this is a similar situation to Paris Hilton ;-) ).
Must have been before they went to the slick color pages. Those had no "grip" at all...
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