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On June 12, 1977, [2] Victoria's Secret was founded by Roy and Gaye Raymond [6] in Delaware. [7] Raymond opened the first Victoria's Secret store at the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, California. [8] Raymond was inspired to start Victoria's Secret after feeling embarrassed purchasing lingerie for his wife in a department store.
Victoria's Secret is an American lingerie, clothing and beauty retailer. Founded in 1977 by a Stanford graduate student and his wife, Roy and Gaye Raymond, [5] [6] the company's five lingerie stores were sold to Les Wexner in 1982. [7]
In 2022, Wexner was mentioned in the pop song "Victoria's Secret", [29] for profiting off women and contributing to their toxic body ideals. [30] [31] When Jax sings that "I know Victoria's secret, and girl, you wouldn't believe. She's an old man who lives in Ohio making money off of girls like me", she refers to Wexner.
In the case of this, the product that was in the stores at Victoria's Secret prior to Wexner acquiring it was actually quite expensive. There was like a set, again, this is like 1982 or whatever ...
Emma Walmsley's GSK is settling its Zantac lawsuits for $2.2 billion, a space startup hits a milestone, and two authors share an excerpt of their new book, Selling Sexy: Victoria's Secret and the ...
As time went on, designs got more and more daring; the new era of Victoria's Secret focused on leather additions, studded hardware, and of course, the signature larger-than-life wings.
Victoria's Secret was a subsidiary of L Brands, with financials for PINK reported jointly with those of Victoria's Secret. In a 2009 letter to shareholders, the company's founder, Les Wexner , stated in that PINK had "brought vitality, youth, energy, and an all-new customer base to base Victoria's Secret."
And in the first trailer for Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons, audiences get a preview of the shocking story of the lingerie company’s rise and fall – and its unexpected connections to ...