The last Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show was held long ago in 2018. It was a shame to many people that there has not been a fashion show in a while, since some people grew up with the fashion show happening every year since 1995.
There were many other people who were glad the show ended, and many people publicly shamed Victoria’s Secret for their models not looking “inclusive” enough. They wanted to see models that had body types other than just skinny. Victoria’s Secret took this judgement into consideration, and they finally announced after years their comeback to the runway. Everybody was so excited to see this crazy and unexpected news. But, after this six year wait, people’s opinions on who should be on a runway for Victoria’s Secret seem to have changed. Now, most people are commenting on Victoria’s Secret Instagram, TikTok, etc., saying they want the tall, skinny, beautiful type of look to come back. This created a division between people, making them anticipate the fashion show even more as people waited to see if the show would be exactly like how it was six years ago, or if they made things more inclusive and modern.
Victoria’s Secret soon let the news out that a new show would be released on streaming platforms on October 15th, 2024. To keep everyone on edge, they started revealing the new models who will be seen on the runway. What they revealed were very diverse models including Tyra Banks, Devyn Garcia, and Gigi Hadid. Additionally, the day before the fashion show they revealed the comeback of Adriana Lima. This meant that Victoria’s Secret did listen to the critics because now models that ranged from plus-sized to extra-small would all be modeling.
However, this wasn’t enough to satisfy a lot of people. Within these past years, opinions have completely changed. Victoria’s Secret started getting thousands of hate comments on all social media posts that were promoting their fashion show. People were commenting on how they either want all of the original angels to model on the show, or that they want only tall, beautiful, and skinny women on the runway. But, there were other contradicting comments that suggested that it’s good to see new faces because that’s how huge models like Adriana Lima were made famous in the first place. Many people were also arguing back against hate comments, saying that Victoria’s Secret re-brand to make Victoria’s Secret more modern and diverse is going to in turn make the fashion show industry as a whole more modern and diverse.
As time continued on, so did Victoria’s Secret revealing their models and singers, which only invited more hate comments. The singers who were announced to perform at the fashion show were Lisa, a K-pop singer, Cher, a pop singer, and Tyla, an R&B singer. This rotation of singers definitely satisfied people, since older people who grew up with the Victoria’s Secret fashion show could enjoy Cher, and people who listened to cultural music got to watch Lisa and Tyla perform.
Then the final day came, October 15th. By 6:30 that evening, Victoria’s Secret’s YouTube channel went live and broadcasted their show while it was also streaming on other platforms. However, the real show started at 7:00. The first thing the audience could see was a woman on a motorcycle. A few minutes later, it was shown that it was Lisa who was on the motorcycle and her performance soon started. She opened the show with her song “Rockstar”. Right after Lisa finished singing, Gigi Hadid was seen in an all-pink outfit and with the some of the biggest wings of the show.