What is victoria's secret?

Question

I heard that Victoria's secret was that the designer is really a man named victor. But i dont know if this is just a myth or not.

Answer 1

No i don't think that's true....^_^;

Victoria's Secret was started in San Francisco, California in 1977 by Stanford Graduate School of Business alumnus Roy Raymond, who felt embarrassed trying to purchase lingerie for his wife in very public and awkward department store environment. He opened the first store at Stanford Shopping Center, and quickly followed it with a mail order catalog and 3 other stores. The stores were meant to create a comfortable environment for men, wood paneled walls, Victorian details, and helpful sales staff. Instead of racks of bras and panties in every size, there were single styles, paired together, and mounted on the wall in frames. Men could browse for styles and then sales staff would help estimate the appropriate size, pulling from inventory in the back. In 1982, after 5 years of operations, Roy Raymond sold the company to The Limited.

The Limited kept the personalized image of Victoria's Secret intact. Victoria's Secret was rapidly expanded into the America's malls throughout the 1980s. The company was able to vend a widened range of products such as shoes, evening wear, perfumes among others with its mail catalog issued eight times annually.

By the early 1990s, Victoria's Secret had become the largest American lingerie retailer topping the billion dollar mark.

On July 10, 2007, Limited Brands Inc. sold 75 per cent of Limited clothing chain to buyout firm Sun Capital Partners Inc. to focus and boost sales growth on Victoria's Secret lingerie stores and Bath & Body Works units, which provided 72 per cent of revenue in 2006 and almost all the firm's profit.

Answer 2

You want the secret? Well here it is:The origin of a company name is often a mystery. What I discovered, (besides the fact that Heidi Klum has been chosen to wear the Victoria's Secret jewel-encrusted Fantasy Bra a record three -- count 'em, three! -- times) is that there is no one "secret."

The Victoria of Victoria's Secret likely refers to the British queen. Ipso facto, one can conclude the aforementioned "secret" is merely part of a clever branding strategy, alluding to the titillating possibility that the prudish monarch (who at one point during her reign went into seclusion for 25 years) liked to wear sexy lingerie like the stretch lace Miracle Bra. Lucky Prince Albert.

But despite what some would say was a cultivated aura of Anglicism, Victoria's Secret started in the early 70s as a small lingerie shop in San Francisco. The store was decorated, according to Les Wexner, CEO of Victoria's parent company, like a Victorian brothel, complete with red leather sofas.

Not so secret, perhaps, is that over the years, the company has been the subject of various protests and accusations. Some claim it promotes hyper-sexualized images of women. And in 2003, the Supreme Court ruled that a small Kentucky sex shop called "Victor's Little Secret" did not infringe on the company's trademark.

Answer 3

hmmm i dont know about that. It's a lingerie, underwear, bra, sleepwear, makeup store. Victoria Secret is really famous I cant believe you dont know what it is! but thats ok.. I buy like underwears and bras from there. PINK recently (3-4years ago??) became really popular. Many teenagers purchase underwear, bras, and "sleepwear". Although many people wear their sweatpants and hoodies in public!! It might have been in like couple of years ago to do that, but it's really tacky now!

Answer 4

Victoria's Secert The real secert is, Victoria is actually a man and the secert is he wears his own line. LoL just kidding nobody really knows what the secert is all about

Answer 5

I think that victorias secret is that they know how to get women to pay a lot of money for a bra that would be half the price in tj maxx

Answer 6

I think the designer is a guy. It's Roy Raymond.
This link has all the information on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria's_Secret

Answer 7

i heard that too. Victoria's a man

Answer 8

lol. VS is lingirie store!!! the best there is i dont know about a man who is the designer. But WHO Cares I Luv VS

Answer 9

i dont know but Victoria's Secret has alot of cute things!!! maybe he was gay?!?!?!

Answer 10

i thought it was a store that sell bras and undies and some clothes.........what does victor have to do with anything?