VS "Love Your Body" Commerical Rant

VS stuff is lame anyway. I tried on 30 bras one day and ended up coming out of the dressing room and saying to the plastic sales girl CAN YOU NOT find ANY bras withOUT padding??? 38 Ds dont need armor and padding WTF. I dont mind some lift but I dont want them right under my chin. Panties need an *kitten*- not a string.

You want sexy and well fitted- move on to Fredericks of Hollywood. VS is strange crap- not made for every day- just posing and taking off.

Why do we think that retailers should have to tailor to us at every size? VS obviously found that they are more profitable if they only produce a certain range of sizes. It isn't a personal insult, it's just business. Don't tie your self-satisfaction to a marketing ploy.

I don't understand that. There are more plus sized women in this country than there used to be, so why wouldn't they want us to shop there? More customers = more money. I don't see the disconnect here.
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For the same reason Bentley don't make a £10,000 cheap runaround type car. Maintaining the brand. It makes sense to target 25% of the population but be able to charge 10 times the price.

Try Cacique! I love their bras! They are comfy and made for large chested women and they have some cute bras, panties and lingerie as well!

Wow, they're getting that bad are they? I've just been mad that I can't get cute bras in my size. If it isn't a C cup or smaller, it is nude, black or white. I found cute ones online that I ordered in my size and my boobs are hanging out of the cups and I had to lose 2 inches to fit the band that they measured me out to fit into.

Problem is, I have yet to find a place to shop for bras and haven't been fitted in ages...

Same, I like those women because they have feminine bodies that are also athletic looking. "Curvy" shouldn't be synonymous with "fat"

Agreed, it seems the two get smudged up a lot recently.


VS doesn't bother me. I like looking at their models just as much as anyone else does. Do they make me feel insecure? No. I'm 5'2 and will in no way, shape, or form ever look like a 6' tall model with a 3 mile long torso. I like their undies but I think they're overpriced outside of their 5/$26 panties. ha.

And this one is meant for the OP: This is the second time (that I am aware of) that you started an entire thread to complain about VS. Seriously, get over it already!

It's been a while since I started the other one though and I considered not starting this one because of it but I just wanted to get my opinion out there since it was about the ad more than the store. So am I not allowed to speak my mind just because I mentioned it before? Where is that in the MFP rules? You don't have to read this thread if you don't want to, I'm not forcing people to read it. Ugh.

Feel free to speak your mind but honestly you need to learn to separate marketing from self worth if this gets to you so bad. And I am just as entitled to speak my mind as you are.

SMH....question....Which of you are "too big" for VS because of a medical issue? Just want to make sure tht y'all are pissed off at VS for the right reason, and not your own actions.

Why do we think that retailers should have to tailor to us at every size? VS obviously found that they are more profitable if they only produce a certain range of sizes. It isn't a personal insult, it's just business. Don't tie your self-satisfaction to a marketing ploy.

I don't understand that. There are more plus sized women in this country than there used to be, so why wouldn't they want us to shop there? More customers = more money. I don't see the disconnect here.

It isn't that simple, that's why you can get 4 year and master's degrees in things like marketing, advertising, and manufacturing.

For every size that a company carries, they have to have different spaces, different equipment, and more people to produce them. VS picked their most profitable sizes and continued to produce them, and cut the ones that weren't selling enough to be worth the expense. Large companies like VS have staff dedicated to analyzing profit, they don't just flush money down the drain. If they chose to stop carrying your size, there is a reason.

Yeah, I went into a VS years ago and was told they didn't carry "my size"... it made me embarrassed and angry, and I swore I would never shop there again.

Fast forward to now: I have (literally) worked my *kitten* off, and fit into their things. I don't care *who* their target audience is -- I don't watch their fashion shows, and can't tell you the last time I saw one of their commercials. What I *do* know is that I deserve pretty underthings, and that is my store of choice.

Maybe I've developed enough self-esteem not to be offended by a retailer's advertising. It's a little like being ticked off at a Porsche commercial because you can't afford one, isn't it?

I use to buy their stuff online every year. I was in ny so I visited a store. I was pumped. I was in a rush and I ran to the dressing room to try the one I liked on. The girl told me I didnt have the right size. I argued i sized myself and have been fitted in 2 other stores and to just let me try it on. She wouldnt let me. Basically told me we didn't know what we were doing and used her talking to kids voice. I stood there like an idiot as she got me a 32A. I told her it wasnt going to fit and I was in a hurry. She insisted so I quadraboobed my way into the teeny bra. I then yelled at her that it didnt fit. She stormed into the dressing room without asking and kinda jumped back in fright I think haha. The bra was trying to make a boob out of my underboob and my nips were popping out over the top...so she agreed to get me the size I wanted and so i asked her for a few more types of bras and ran out of there before she came back. It was kind of an embarassing degrading experience. F victoria secret I well never buy from there again.