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Michaela Stark’s work with Victoria’s Secret vindicated Stark’s willingness to take risks and speak up. Photo: @victoriassecret/Instagram

My body, my rules, says lingerie couturier Michaela Stark

Michaela Stark’s inclusivity has been backed by Beyoncé and Victoria’s Secret, and the couturier’s body positive lingerie is challenging the fashion industry’s willingness to change

16 best lingerie brands to heat up your Valentine’s Day

Skims does boxers: Kim Kardashian’s brand will launch a menswear collection

Sheer’s Lisa Cheng on why you should donate your bras to women in need

Sheer’s annual Hong Kong charity bra drive is back! Founder Lisa Cheng talks about her entrepreneurial journey, finding the perfect fit – and how donating your bras helps women in need

Sheer’s founder Lisa Cheng has restarted her annual bra drive. Photo: Handout

How Kim Kardashian’s US$4 billion Skims empire revolutionised shapewear

Launched in 2019, Kim Kardashian’s Skims quickly gained popularity and is now valued at US$4 billion ... here’s how it became the most revolutionary thing to happen to shapewear since Spanx

Peek inside Victoria’s Secret’s first Chinese collaboration, with Rui Zhou

Victoria’s Secret appears to be banking on a new collaboration to win over the Gen Z market in China … check out its latest collection with Chinese genderfluid label Rui-Built

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Who is the richest Victoria’s Secret model of all time?

Victoria’s Secret’s impossibly tall, slim Angels fell from grace in 2019 as the world demanded more diverse and inclusive models – but the most famous among them still earn millions from the exposure

These models all walked the runway for Victoria’s Secret – so what did it do for their careers? Photos: Getty; @adrianalima/Instagram; AFP

‘We’re all practising BDSM on a certain level,’ racy lingerie designer says

Taiwanese designer Bei Kuo’s sexy, edgy lingerie – bralettes, briefs, thongs, bodysuits – with touches of BDSM and punk celebrate an overt sexuality and are for almost anyone, she says.

‘A dream come true’ for Victoria’s Secret model with Down’s syndrome

Puerto Rican model Sofia Jirau’s ‘big secret’ is out – she is the first Victoria’s Secret model with Down’s syndrome, she tells her followers on social media.

How Cami Téllez started inclusive Parade to take on Victoria’s Secret

Victoria’s Secret, with its supermodels wearing sexy lingerie, left Cami Téllez feeling inadequate, so she started Parade, a brand selling underwear for all shapes and sizes.

Set up to take on Victoria’s Secret, Parade sells underwear for all shapes and sizes.

The bralette revolution is here, and it’s a rejection of perfection

With stars such as Gillian Anderson publicly rejecting bra wearing post-Covid-19, experts share tips on how to rock the bralette look out on the streets.

German blogger and model Caroline Daur wears a black jacket with a bralette during Paris Fashion Week in 2020. Photo: Getty Images

Kim Kardashian’s Skims at Tokyo 2020 – shapewear fashion is on the rise

Shapewear is a hot commodity in fashion, from brands favoured by Gen Z that are making more body-positive clothes to Kim Kardashian’s Skims, which is dressing the US Olympic team in Tokyo.

Meet 14 models for Victoria’s Secret, from the Angels to the new VS Collective

First came Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima and Tyra Banks, but now the lingerie brand has retired its Angels to make way for VS Collective – so who are they, and are they really more diverse?

China’s ‘lingerie capital’

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Comfort first, sex appeal second: how pandemic spurred new trend in bras

Cleavage is out and comfort is in for bras and bralettes, a trend accelerated by coronavirus lockdowns when women stopped dressing to please men and some ditched their brassieres altogether.

A silk bra from Lilysilk.

Indian lingerie model, 52, hopes to inspire inclusivity

Geeta J, a 52-year-old Indian lingerie model, says she wants innerwear companies in India to be more inclusive and avoid featuring only younger women in their promotion drives.

The end of sexy lingerie? Even the French are changing priorities

Titillation is taking second place to comfort and practicality as the global lingerie industry no longer treats expensive underwear primarily as a weapon of seduction.

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Did Bella Hadid really just diss Victoria’s Secret?

Bella Hadid appeared to take a subtle dig at the underwear giant, saying the ‘first time’ she felt sexy in lingerie was modelling for Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty

Bella Hadid was a star of the 2017 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, hosted in Shanghai. But did she feel ‘powerful’ at the time? Photo: AFP

Victoria’s Secret featuring a plus-size model may mark a new milestone

Ali Tate believes she will be the first US size 14 model to appear for Victoria’s Secret, as the brand struggles to compete with more body-inclusive rivals chipping away at its market share

What’s sexy in China? Lingerie buyers spurn Victoria’s Secret for local brands

Even as US lingerie giant grows in China, women in leading cities such as Shanghai are rejecting its branding and buying more feminine Chinese styles; sophisticated younger customers have a different idea of what’s sexy, store boss says.

5 most memorable Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show moments

Annual show, which attracted millions of television viewers and featured models such as Heidi Klum dressed in lingerie and sleepware, has been cancelled this year

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Models of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China in 2017. Photo: AP

Victoria’s Secret hires first transgender model after fashion show outrage

Brand came under fire last year after marketing officer Ed Razek said its annual show would never include trans women because ‘it is a fantasy’.

Brazilian transgender model Valentina Sampaio wears a creation from the Amir Slama collection during Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil in March 2017. Photo: AP

Is it the end of the Victoria’s Secret fashion show?

The Victoria’s Secret ‘angels’, wearing the brand’s lingerie, may never take to the catwalk again, according to model Shanina Shaik

Meet Victoria’s Secret 2018 US$1 million, 71-carat Fantasy Bra by Swarovski

Swedish model and Angel Elsa Hosk showed off this year’s creation during the 2018 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in New York

Push-up bras getting pushed out of China’s booming lingerie market

China’s highly fragmented lingerie market is expected to reach around US$64.69 billion by the end of 2022, with over 3,000 foreign and domestic players battling each other to maximise their market share

Model shows off a bralette from American Eagle Outfitters. Photo: HANDOUT

Who are the top nine highest-paid Victoria’s Secret models?

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Models cheer each other at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Shanghai on November 20. Photo: AP

Victoria’s Secret Shanghai Show: more Chinese Angels than ever, a runway fall and visa denials

Seven Chinese Victoria’s Secret Angels you need to know

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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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