I mean, if we're talking about comparing VS then and now, I think VS is better now in that there's diversity in cast (minus the fact that there's only 2 Asians, 1 French Asian), and that vets and newbies get their shot at having wings. I like that one thing Sophia did better compared to Todd was letting non-angels have wings.
But I also think the current VSFS team is misguided. I'm sure they have great ideas, great everything, they can't seem to understand that less is more in certain cases. Every year Monica and Sophia talk about bigger and better, and somehow every year it gets worse and suckier lol.
The one thing I do question is whether Sophia sketches or design any outfits herself? Because from the past few years of seeing how the show went from decently meh to horribly bad, it seems to me Sophia may be the fashion director, but doesn't do the sketching herself. Jane and Armando share the bulk of work in sketching, with Jane obviously having a ton of great ideas. But I can't help but feel that maybe Sophia's doing is just telling them what she wants to see, the artists deliver and Sophia changes the design from there and adds in her own "magic touch".
If so, it explains why the 70% of the show outfits are bad