In November 2019, the news that many had been waiting for a long time before was confirmed: the Victoria's Secret fashion shows were canceled forever. Every year, since 1995, the fashion world has been paralyzed to see the best models of the moment on the catwalk, baptized for the occasion as 'Angels', with the most spectacular creations of the lingerie firm, hoping to see above all the 'Fantasy Bra': the most striking bra, full of applications of all kinds.
The parade attracted the attention of the media, 'influencers', fashion experts, sociologists, communicators... who contemplated how a large part of Western society noted on their agenda this moment in which perhaps fashion lost all its prominence in the face of to the mere 'show'.
The cancellation of the Victoria's Secret shows, in fact, were due to many more factors; among them, a change that had taken place in society between 1995, the year they started, and 2019, when they ended. By then, the unreal bodies that were exhibited on the catwalk did not make sense, nor the sexualization evident in #MeToo times, not to mention the bad economic situation in which the firm was involved, with losses of up to 50%. on your billing.
Likewise, some models who had been recognized as angels of the brand, such as Adriana Lima, began to openly show their displeasure with the concept of these shows: "[...] most women probably wake up every morning trying to fit in into a stereotype that society, the media and fashion impose. It is not physically or mentally healthy. So I decided to make that change, I will never take my clothes off again for an empty cause."
The documentary 'The Rise and Fall Of Victoria's Secret', which is currently being prepared for the Hulu platform, will deal with all this and much more. It will consist of three episodes and will be directed by Peter Berg and Matt Tyrnauer, with the intention of being released in 2021.
As Deadline has learned exclusively, the documentary will "shed light on the ins and outs of a once-mighty global fashion sector, putting into context the negatives and positives of a rapidly transforming industry."
The medium adds that "the documentary will review the history of the lingerie franchise, from its beginning as a small mail-order brand to its rise to a global emporium implicated in scandals such as the relationship between its owner, Les Wexner, and Jeffrey Epstein '.
We will continue to report on a possible release date and platform where we can see it in Spain...