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In light of Victoria’s Secrets latest news I’d like to present to you a few points about the societal disaster that is their annual fashion show.[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=NZgt99q1_t8]

1. Runway to no where. Nothing that those half naked women pranced down in was wearable, let alone available for purchase. In spite of how many fashion naysayers react to runway fashion as though it’s inconceivable to be worn on the street, it often is; just only by the bold few. It is still physically attainable, either via the web or retail front. VS catalogue doesn’t (and won’t) offer ornament adorned panties or thigh high blue tube socks, let alone twelve feet angel wings. The whole point of a fashion show is to display the clothes and the designer’s vision, not just the flat abs of today’s supermodels.
2. Jennifer Love Hewitt is fat and according to this guy it’s a curable problem. Despite my HDTV, imperfections were scarce or even inexistent and amongst the plethora of butt shots there definately was not many attributes the average woman could relate too. The models were unbelievable beautiful but it almost seems a little stupid to have them all appear the same. Women can make huge changes in the name of beauty but we can’t increase limb length. The same long, bountiful cascade of curls, dewy makeup and angular features. Even the African American and Brazilian models have an Americanized version of beauty; slender, narrow, dainty, tanned. They were no true representations of other cultures version of sexy. No matter how good looking these women are it was a dull dance of the same chick in her underwear.
3. Heidi Klum, singer? I think Heidi is cute; sweet with her family and admirable for her entrepreneurial attempts and successes, but was it necessary for her to grab a mic and kiss her husband for what felt a little too long. She may be the most well known Angel but the whole charade felt a bit trite; an overcapitalization of her public image rather then a sincere demonstration of their partnership.
4. PINK stinks. I hope I wasn’t the only one who noticed that the college “real girl” they chose happened to be taller then Heidi in heels. Once on stage if it wasn’t for her shorter hair it would have been hard to differentiate her from the others cat walkers. This was a great opportunity to have another, more realistic female shape take center stage – giving the young target market another vision to look up too. Instead the executives seemed to choose the closest thing to Karolina they could get.
5. What is sexy? The ads often ask it, but apparently it’s unattainable to almost everyone. By these beauty standards, it pays to produce programs like this. They attract young women in stages when they’re already struggling to find their own self worth and further exasperate their obsession over cellulite. By keeping these women insecure companies like VS can sell more unnecessary products to impressionable girls straining to get themselves into this marketers portrayal of sexy and hot. The more difficult it is to obtain, the more one will strive for it, hoping the extra bra padding will make them more lovable, wanted, and approachable. All with out the knowledge that this is a mass manipulation clamoring for their dollars.

The show was an hour of over produced, albeit somewhat entertaining crap. Dubbed, dumb voiceovers called out scripted directorial, prearranged backstage shots, and predictable model interviews headlined nothing unique or innovative. The music was an interesting array (Were the Spice Girls this lame the first time around?) but despite the natural talent that Seal has, it was just disappointing to see him showcased surrounded by such mediocrity.

It was all so depressing it could make any secure woman put down her dessert.

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