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Victoria's Secret to Drop TV Fashion Show
AP via MyWay.com ^
| 04/10/2004
| Mark Williams
Posted on 04/10/2004 5:34:36 PM PDT by GeneD
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Victoria's Secret is dropping its nationally televised fashion show this year, at least partly because of criticism following Janet Jackson's breast-baring faux pas at the Super Bowl.
Ed Razek, chief creative officer for the Columbus-based lingerie chain, said Saturday the main reason for the decision was so the company can look at new ways to promote the brand. Still, he said, "We had to make the decision probably six to eight weeks ago when the heat was on the television networks."
The announcement came less than three months after the Jackson uproar and a week after federal regulators proposed $495,000 in fines against Clear Channel Communications for sexual material on the Howard Stern show.
The televised fashion show has generated criticism in the past from groups complaining about supermodels strutting down the runway in skimpy underwear.
A message left Saturday at the New York office of CBS, which has televised the show the past two years, was not immediately returned.
Olga Vives, vice president of the National Organization for Women, praised the cancelation, saying the show only objectifies women.
"We're concerned young women think they have to look this way," Vives said, adding she hoped the cancelation is permanent.
"There are many other ways to promote their product."
The fashion show, which aired in November the last two years, was televised on ABC in 2001. The first show was broadcast online in 1999; 1.5 million visitors tried to log on at once, bringing the site down within 20 minutes.
Victoria's Secret has $4 billion in annual sales.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: victoriassecret
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posted on
04/10/2004 5:34:37 PM PDT
by
GeneD
To: GeneD
Olga Vives, vice president of the National Organization for Women, praised the cancelation, saying the show only objectifies women.Wait a minute: aren't those models just choosing what they want to do with their own bodies?
Some freedom of choice!
To: GeneD
RATS, AND DON'T MEAM DEMOCRATS.
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posted on
04/10/2004 5:48:01 PM PDT
by
Smartass
(God Bless America and Our Troops - Bush & Cheney in 2004)
To: Paul Atreides
Clearly Olga is not an Objectivist!
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posted on
04/10/2004 5:48:21 PM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Democrats are herd animals)
To: Sam Cree
Though, clearly, objectionable.
To: GeneD
Just a minute please....How the hell can someone like this think she can tell
anyone how they can look or what they can have as a career
Her look screems, Janet Reno, Helen Thomas, Hildabeast, etc..
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posted on
04/10/2004 6:20:28 PM PDT
by
ThreePuttinDude
(RACECAR spelled backwards is....well you know...)
To: ThreePuttinDude
Upon closer inspection, she looks to be a little excited...DOH
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posted on
04/10/2004 6:21:58 PM PDT
by
ThreePuttinDude
(RACECAR spelled backwards is....well you know...)
To: ThreePuttinDude
When I first glanced at the image, thought of the Wendy's commercial where that big woman says "Svimwear" at a Russian fashion show.
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posted on
04/10/2004 6:36:28 PM PDT
by
Gun142
(Where Will You Be When You Get Where You're Going? -- Jerry Clower)
To: Gun142
I noticed that I had "New Posts" and here is what I found...
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posted on
04/10/2004 6:41:58 PM PDT
by
ThreePuttinDude
(RACECAR spelled backwards is....well you know...)
To: ThreePuttinDude
It took a long time to change the page after I hit 'Post'. Was going to hit it again but figured there would be duplicate posts.
FR's system must have burped.
(post 6 is still fugly)
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posted on
04/10/2004 6:49:06 PM PDT
by
Gun142
(Where Will You Be When You Get Where You're Going? -- Jerry Clower)
To: GeneD
"We're concerned young women think they have to look this way," Vives said, adding she hoped the cancelation is permanent. Jealousy rears it's ugly head.
To: GeneD
Somebody, anybody, please just shoot me in the head.
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posted on
04/10/2004 7:17:32 PM PDT
by
Terabitten
(Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of All Who Threaten It)
To: Tragically Single
Somebody, anybody, please just shoot me in the head.
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posted on
04/10/2004 7:25:55 PM PDT
by
Victoria Delsoul
(Kerry said he wasn't at the '71 plot-to-kill meeting, then, he was but voted NO, now he can't recall)
To: Victoria Delsoul
*sigh* At least I die happy.....
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posted on
04/10/2004 8:06:25 PM PDT
by
Terabitten
(Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of All Who Threaten It)
To: Tragically Single
LOL, glad you replied. I didn't want you to think I was serious.
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posted on
04/10/2004 8:11:31 PM PDT
by
Victoria Delsoul
(Kerry said he wasn't at the '71 plot-to-kill meeting, then, he was but voted NO, now he can't recall)
To: Victoria Delsoul
Naaah, I'm not that lucky. :)
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posted on
04/10/2004 9:18:24 PM PDT
by
Terabitten
(Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of All Who Threaten It)
To: Tragically Single
Well, there's always a first time, LOL!
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posted on
04/10/2004 9:24:52 PM PDT
by
Victoria Delsoul
(Kerry said he wasn't at the '71 plot-to-kill meeting, then, he was but voted NO, now he can't recall)
To: GeneD
At least, we still have SI's swimsuit issue.
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