i've heard rumors...anyone have a "true" story behind it?
2007-12-22 15:27:11 · 17 answers · asked by coolio02 3 in Beauty & Style ➔ Fashion & Accessories
the "she was a he" rumor was one of the one's i heard...but as i've stated does anyone have a back story about it?...(i.e his name was victor garbross and he started his business in 1986 after he was inspired by a movie...etc?)
2007-12-22 15:30:51 · update #1
Victoria's Secret was started in San Francisco, California in 1977 by Stanford Graduate School of Business alumnus Roy Raymond,[3] 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.[3] 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.[4]
On July 10, 2007, Limited Brands Inc. sold 75% 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% of revenue in 2006 and almost all the firm's profit.[5]
2007-12-22 15:56:26 · answer #1 · answered by crizel_pretty 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Victoria is a man
2007-12-22 23:29:45 · answer #2 · answered by little miss cheerleader 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Victoria's real secret is that she has some male anatomical parts under the lingerie and the breasts are implants.
2007-12-22 23:30:23 · answer #3 · answered by "G" 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well Victoria is a guy,but if you don't understand the secret part by now i don't think ur old enough to know
2007-12-22 23:32:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is true that the line was founded by a man and that he was a transvestite.
2007-12-22 23:31:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Miss J tried on all the famine products before they where shipped. lol
2007-12-22 23:29:51 · answer #6 · answered by Wild_Card 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She's a guy. I'm serious, the line was founded by a man.
2007-12-22 23:28:41 · answer #7 · answered by MMTS 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
She is a HE. Real name's Vic.
2007-12-22 23:29:28 · answer #8 · answered by Say What? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she was born a man
2007-12-22 23:36:32 · answer #9 · answered by jon_mac_usa_007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
according to my gf it is very low quality lingerie marketed to guys who don't know any better....i am forbidden to buy any
2007-12-22 23:30:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋