Critics argued that Victoria’s Secret deliberately groomed a generation of women and girls by packaging hypersexualized ideals as aspirational, using the fashion show and its marketing to equate self-worth with unattainable beauty standards. The brand’s glossy campaigns, “angel” imagery, and lingerie-clad supermodels were accused of normalizing objectification and pushing young audiences to internalize a narrow, male-gaze-driven vision of femininity.

As the Epstein scandal surfaced, those criticisms deepened, with many pointing out that his exploitation of Victoria’s Secret’s name and prestige was no coincidence—it worked because the company had already spent years cultivating an image that blurred the lines between empowerment and sexual commodification. For detractors, this wasn’t just about a fashion show ending; it was about exposing how the brand’s cultural dominance had helped shape, and in many ways warp, a generation’s understanding of beauty, sexuality, and power.


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