[rlmorel]

"...Victoria’s Secret introduced its more “inclusive” rebrand campaign in 2021, announcing a shift from its iconic bombshell models such as Naomi Campbell and Gisele Bundchen to “changemakers” like U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe, actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas, model Adut Akech, plus-sized model Paloma Elsesser, and even transgender model Valentina Sampaio..."

Let me see. Your product is sexy female undergarments. That's all you do. And you go from this:

To This:

I am no fan of either Campbell and Bundchen, but were I a shareholder in a sexy undergarments company like Victoria's Secret to make money, and not some social justice warrior, I would cash out and leave as quickly as I could.

[Steve_Seattle]

I think Megan Rapinoe is still an active soccer player - or was until recently - so why does she look about 60 years old?

[KC_Conspirator]

If you look at VS revenues, obviously the pandemic hurt sales. But to react to that by shoving this nonsense at customers, in their industry was not a good plan forward. VS sold its customers that they too could look like a sexy, attractive model, not a bunch of overweight frumps.