Where does the name Victoria's Secret come from? Who is the founder?

Question

Victoria's Secret as in the brand: http://www.victoriassecret.com/

Answer 1

Victoria's Secret was launched through the personal vision of entrepreneur Roy Raymond, an ambitious graduate of Stanford University who found himself dissatisfied working in the lower rungs of large corporations. Raymond's brainchild came to him in the mid-1970s as the result of his own experiences of buying lingerie for his wife. A shy man by nature, Raymond found himself made uncomfortable by the probing glances of lingerie salespeople in department stores and moreover thought the wares of such stores to be either excessively frilly or blandly conservative. Believing that many men and women alike shared in his desire for a middle ground between these two poles, Raymond decided to embark on the risky venture of creating his own boutiques. In 1977, he borrowed a total of eighty thousand dollars—half of it from his parents—and opened the doors of the first Victoria's Secret in a shopping center in the southern outskirts of San Francisco. Decorated to resemble a popularized Victorian bedroom, the premiere outlet was furnished with opulent Oriental rugs and period vanities whose drawers housed fittingly plush bras and panties made by upscale designers such as Vanity Fair and Warner's. Although subsequent stores were less customized than Raymond's prototype, this balance of seduction and "classy" charm continued to rule the sensibilities of Victoria's Secret.

Answer 2

Well, there is no Victoria and there is no secret, if that's what the question is. I heard that explained before, but I'm not sure how the company got the name, but I'm confident that there's not actually a woman named Victoria...LOL

Answer 3

well to be honest I dont exactly know who the founder is but what I do know is that both Victoria Secret and Bath and Body works are a branch together which I thought was pretty cool but that's all I really know about those two. I hope you find an answer to your question!!

Answer 4

Personally I think that it was just a way to get people interested into the product and it has a certain way to the way you would say it, causing you to remember the products name, I mean if it was called Bob;s Secret, it just doesn't sound right, Victoria's Secret, now, that I can remember.

Answer 5

Americans

Answer 6

I had heard the founder was a man so i looked it up on the web out of curiousity..yes it was a man but the name victoria was his insparation of Queen Victoria

Victoria's Secret


Victoria's Secret was launched through the personal vision of entrepreneur Roy Raymond, an ambitious graduate of Stanford University who found himself dissatisfied working in the lower rungs of large corporations. Raymond's brainchild came to him in the mid-1970s as the result of his own experiences of buying lingerie for his wife. A shy man by nature, Raymond found himself made uncomfortable by the probing glances of lingerie salespeople in department stores and moreover thought the wares of such stores to be either excessively frilly or blandly conservative. Believing that many men and women alike shared in his desire for a middle ground between these two poles, Raymond decided to embark on the risky venture of creating his own boutiques. In 1977, he borrowed a total of eighty thousand dollars—half of it from his parents—and opened the doors of the first Victoria's Secret in a shopping center in the southern outskirts of San Francisco. Decorated to resemble a popularized Victorian bedroom, the premiere outlet was furnished with opulent Oriental rugs and period vanities whose drawers housed fittingly plush bras and panties made by upscale designers such as Vanity Fair and Warner's. Although subsequent stores were less customized than Raymond's prototype, this balance of seduction and "classy" charm continued to rule the sensibilities of Victoria's Secret.

Answer 7

Um, Victoria's Secret was founded by Princess Sluut.

Answer 8

the founder is Victoria

Answer 9

apparently the "victoria" is reference to queen victoria. i'm not sure who is the founder though.

Answer 10

VICTORIA SECRET IS A NAME BRAND FOR A STORE ITS AT THE MALL.