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Victoria’s Secret Takes Paris
PARIS — On Wednesday evening, Paris, the birthplace in 1889 of the modern bra (not to mention the home of many of the world’s greatest fashion houses and runway shows), finally played host to the Fantasy Bra as the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show rolled out the pink carpet at the Grand Palais.
“We’ve wanted to come here for many, many years,” said Edward Razek, the executive producer of the show and the chief marketing officer of creative services at Limited Brands, the parent company of Victoria’s Secret. “Without Paris, I wonder whether Victoria’s Secret could ever have existed. So when Les Wexner suggested coming, we set out to do our very best both as a guest in France, and as a host.” Mr. Wexner is the chairman of Limited Brands.
The 45-minute runway show featured 51 models in 82 looks, with a roster that included Kendall Jenner, Adriana Lima, Irina Shayk, Joan Smalls, Alessandra Ambrosio and the sisters Gigi and Bella Hadid, as well as a number of fast-rising new faces, such as the Houston native Jourdana Phillips and the Iowan Alanna Arrington.
And then the sweet, lacy nothings went into overdrive. Think of it as a rollicking world tour trussed up in feathers, hundreds of thousands of Swarovski crystals and sequins paired with towering thigh-highs and stilettos by the shoe designer Brian Atwood.
A series called Mountain Romance featured floral numbers, crystal thistle wings and an outfit, worn by Lily Donaldson, set with more than 2,500 stones. Live performances by Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars — grooving along in a fur coat and shades — and the Weeknd kept the energy running as the models shook their tail feathers, and 43 pairs of wings, for the cameras.
Jasmine Tookes wore the $3 million Bright Night bra set with 450 carats of diamonds and emeralds designed by Eddie Borgo. For the finale, Gaga got her own set of wings (on a white biker jacket), and the 12 angels fronted a final salute amid a shower of silver and gold confetti. The show got a seven-minute standing ovation.
Eighteen months in the making, the event took two weeks to set up and involved equipment transported in 45 trucks, armed soldiers, barricades, multiple checkpoints, photo IDs for all, bomb-sniffing dogs and a plainclothes detail. The usually frigid Grand Palais was heated. Mr. Razek…
All the Models Who Walked the Victoria’s Secret Runway While Pregnant
Every year, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show puts millions in awe. The women who walk the runway seem to defy nature, with rock-hard abs, miles-long legs, and wavy locks that look like they’ve been touched by a (literal) angel. But walking the Victoria’s Secret runway — and retaining that perfect physique — while pregnant? It seems impossible, but multiple women have managed it.
Of course, pregnancy is a beautiful thing — and gives you a glow that not even hours in a makeup chair can replicate. But retaining those rock-hard abs while you’re carrying a child? It’s practically superhuman.
Here’s the elite club of women who’ve walked the Victoria’s Secret runway — mere months before giving birth.
Alessandra Ambrosio, 2011
Ambrosio has two children, but it was during her second pregnancy, in late 2011, that she walked the Victoria’s Secret runway in N.Y.C. She was two months pregnant at the time, and nearly backed out of the show due to her worries about fitting into the itty-bitty outfits. “When I first found out I was pregnant I thought, ‘Oh my gosh I don’t think I’m going to be able to walk on the show,’” she said. Ambrosio ended up keeping her pregnancy a secret from the show-runners. She ended up cutting out sugar and sweets…
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Watch your step? More like watch your straps!
Everybody knows that Gigi Hadid can rock a runway like nobody’s business. So perhaps it should come as no surprise that the model was able to hit a homerun even after being thrown a curveball on the Paris runway.
While walking in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Wednesday night, the 21-year-old was turning heads for all the right reasons during the “Secret Angel” portion of the show.
But all of a sudden, a strap on her chest snapped and flailed around during part of her time on the runway.
Because she is such a pro, it took many fashion lovers a minute to recognize the fashion oops that likely had nothing to do with Gigi. But as…
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Victoria’s Secret, what took you so long?
“It’s been a dream for a long time,” Ed Razek, chief marketing officer of Victoria’s Secret, confessed about the brand’s first French showing here Wednesday night, an extravaganza of feathers, flesh and fantasy wings, some the scale of early satellite dishes. “It doesn’t get any bigger than this in the fashion world. Paris is the home of fashion. It’s the home of lingerie and it’s the home of fashion shows.
“It’s a very big deal to be at the Grand Palais,” added Razek, who is also executive producer of the show.
The American firm imported 70 tons of equipment, 18 miles of cable, and 51 of the world’s most bodacious bodies for its annual fashion and music spectacle, to be broadcast on the CBS Television Network and online on Dec. 5. Last year, some 800 million people in 200 countries tuned in.
Prized for its 11-story glass cupola and Beaux-Arts architecture, the Grand Palais regularly hosts Chanel fashion shows, along with art, photography and antique fairs.
On Wednesday night, it was the site of back-to-back Victoria’s Secret shows, each before an audience of 1,300 people, to capture the best possible footage of the brand’s winged Angels strutting their stuff on a sparkly, 115-foot catwalk, backed by performances by The Weeknd, Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga, who dazzled the crowd with her spine-tingling vocals, towering heels and split-second outfit changes.
Razek marveled that many of the models arrived in Paris with their personal trainers in tow. “These girls have been killing themselves for six months. The level of physical fitness they’ve achieved is astonishing,” he said. “The models have never worked harder than they have for this show.”
“I did a lot of weight training and resistance training,” said Jasmine Tookes, who wore a fantasy bra set with diamonds and emeralds valued at $3 million. “I like to do a lot of squats because it’s good for the bum – and there are cameras from every angle. So I really like to make sure that my butt…
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It’s a small world in Paris after all.
Just a few short weeks after The Weeknd and Bella Hadid ended their romantic relationship, E! News has learned that the pair ran into each other Monday night in the famous city.
While the “Starboy” singer had dinner with friends including Ryan Phillippe at Hôtel Costes, Bella and a few girlfriends came by to say hello to everyone.
“Bella sat next to The Weeknd and spoke for a little while to him. They were really cool with each other,” our source shared with E! News. “Bella was in a great mood, smiling and seemed really happy while being there.”
With the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show scheduled to shoot…