TheBaronOfFratton Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Do you remember when Heidi Klum used to be a model? "The one off 'Project Runway'?", I hear you ask. Indeed. The very same. Heidi... She was pretty good. But oh, that was so many moons ago... Perhaps you recall Tyra Banks? Yes - that one! She was a model too. I know, I know... But believe me, she was. And Gisele Bundchen; the one from that great film 'Taxi' with Jimmy Fallon and Queen Latifah - about the...well...taxi? Yes, you've guessed it. She was only a bloody model too! And maybe you saw 'How I Met Your Mother' the other week? When they went to the Victoria's Secret party, remember? And they spoke to those girls, with HILAIRIOUS consequences? ALL models! They were models. Insignificant models from fashion shows. Remember fashion shows? You know, where people walk up and down runways to promote clothing? Yes: Old, silly, outdated, irrelevant fashion shows. The ones that didn't involve musical interludes and celebrities and car licence plates around your thighs... Remember them? Yes, people. Do you remember when 'Victoria's Secret Models' used to model 'Victoria's Secret'? A time, not so long ago - before 'Angels', before cameo roles, before this all-encompassing 'celebrity' nonsense that has engulfed us? That time is gone. Alas, we shall never see it's like again. For now we have to have tie-ins and marketing schmarketing. We have to have brand awareness above and beyond the norms of fashion weeks and magazine advertisements and editorials. Unfortunately the Dylan commercial was a warning. It was an endorsement. It was a promotional tool. It was a HARBINGER OF DOOM (forgive the melodrama)! The good old days. Those halcyon days. Where models modelled. Where 'What Is Sexy?' was answered fairly comprehensively. Innocent, carefree days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ez_c Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 I blame the success of PINK. That's where VS makes most of their money nowadays, so that's where their marketing is targeted - toward teen and pre-teen girls - instead of the classy, elegant sexiness that appealed to mature women everywhere.I feel the change, too. And I don't like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnaBBarrosFan Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 I agree about the rise of PINK... Which is a damn shame. Looking back on what VS once was, it's a major loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelabella Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 yeah good point. Before Pink you more and likely wouldn't see 13 year olds shopping in Victoria's Secret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothingless Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 I agree about the rise of PINK... Which is a damn shame. Looking back on what VS once was, it's a major loss. It's just too bad I love their PINK line so damn much. Much of what I buy nowadays is from PINK.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irenistiQ Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 dang...it's so depressing thinQin' of old times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 pip ... i wish there was more lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeKnight Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 What were there just 2002,2003, and 2005? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ez_c Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 What were there just 2002,2003, and 2005? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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