HEIDI'S RESPONSE TO VICTORIA'S SECRET BODY NEGATIVITY

HEIDI'S RESPONSE TO VICTORIA'S SECRET BODY NEGATIVITY:

A girl named Heidi (@heidi on Instagram) from a page on Instagram called @thirdlove, wrote a response to a VOGUE interview that occurred with Chief Marketing Officer: Ed Razek where he was saying demanding and disgusting comments about women and transgenders regarding the fashion shows and brand in general.

HERE IS WHAT OCCURRED WITHIN THE INTERVIEW:

In November, Vogue published an interview with Ed Razek, CMO of L Brands (which owns Victoria's Secret), and Monica Mitro, EVP of public relations at Victoria's Secret, in which they defend its approach to casting. "If you’re asking if we’ve considered putting a transgender model in the show or looked at putting a plus-size model in the show, we have.... We market to who we sell to, and we don’t market to the whole world," Razek said. Victoria's Secret has since issued an apology for his comments regarding transgender models, but did not walk back the remarks on size inclusivity.

After the Vogue interview, ThirdLove took out a full-page ad in The New York Times, writing an open letter to Victoria's Secret, responding not only to Razek's comments about curvy and trans models, but also to his apparent jab at the brand. ("We’re nobody’s third love. We’re their first love. And Victoria’s Secret has been women’s first love from the beginning," he told Vogue.)

HERE IS AN IMAGE OF THE LETTER SENT TO THE VICTORIA'S SECRET HQ, THIS PHOTO IS FROM THE INSTAGRAM PAGE AND THE LETTER READ:

References:

1. https://www.glamour.com/story/body-positive-influencers-respond-victorias-secret-fashion-show

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