Apparently, You Can Be Too Sexy

[TZ]

Victoria's Secret likes to ask in its marketing, "What is sexy?" Now the lingerie chain is trying to figure out, "What's too sexy?"

The chief executive of the brand known for its provocative televised fashion shows and alluring stores made an admission yesterday. In her mind, the brand has become "too sexy" -- or at least the wrong kind of sexy.

"We have so much gotten off our heritage," CEO Sharen Jester Turney said in a conference call with analysts. Responding to the past year's weak sales and focus-group feedback, she said, "We will return to an ultra-feminine lingerie brand to meet needs and expectations."

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB120421181615799917-zOTeeKKcpNHGwCP9DPNgIoaiJB4_20090228.html?mod=rss_free

Sounds like bad news to pevs. What's wrong with being sexy?:shrug:

[mikeytherat]

1. Not sexy, sex-ist!

Personally, I love this line:
"We have so much gotten off our heritage," CEO Sharen Jester Turney said...

"So much gotten off our heritage?" That sentence is screaming for a "like, ohmygod!" or "totally."

mikey_the_rat

[Dr. Strange]

6. I have to admit...

I may have gotten off from their heritage as well. Once or twice.

[TZ]

7. ding!

Your post wins for least shocking factoid of the day.....:P

[Dr. Strange]

9. I find your post...insultive.

Time for another photoshop....

[TZ]

12. Hey...

You need to do mr. temeah's first. He cheated me out of ACTUAL nipples.....:mad:

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14. Are you implying that I'm a chicken?

:shrug:

[TZ]

17. bwaaak! bwaaak!!

:P
(how stupid am I taunting a mad with rad photoshop skills):rofl:

[Dr. Strange]

19. Now, now. Leave those chicken breasts alone.

I haven't conjured anything up yet for temeah. (If you have any ideas, though, feel free to PM me. I'll even give you blame credit for the idea.)

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8. A day...

[TZ]

10. LOL!LOL!LOL!

Dang, I have to stop reading the Lounge while eating lunch...:spray:

[Dr. Strange]

21. You should be taking advantage...

of quality alone time at work.

[TZ]

26. Who says I'm alone?

I share my office with a guy and an unmarried one at that..:7

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

2. Are they coming out with a new line of Burkhas?

Whatever line of BS gets them a good rating with the analysts.

[Orsino]

3. We have *got* to get a Democrat in the White House, pronto. n/t

[Wetzelbill]

4. Yeah that's kind of my problem eom

[Deep13]

5. "What's wrong with being sexy?"

Having never been in that situation, I can only speculate.

[krispos42]

24. For reference, check out Pri's cleavage thread n/t

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11. My marketing solution for Victoria's Secret: thinner fabrics.

That is all.

[Shakespeare]

13. They've shifted their demographic from refined and sexy to screaming loud & directed at teens.

My sister and I have been bitching to each other about this for over a year. Ten years ago, you went in and found gorgeous, sexy lingerie, in a classy (hate that word, but oh well...) setting--all pastels and classical music. Now you go in and it's neon colors and cotton blend fabrics, with very few pieces of actual lingerie--it's all pajama pants and logo Ts.

I demand silk, damn it!

No offense to teens, but if I want that kind of product, I'll go shop at Forever 21. I miss the old Victoria's Secret.

[redqueen]

15. This guy says it well:

While purchasing perfume at a Victoria's Secret store with his wife recently, Mr. Van Houten noticed that most of the display area "was taken up by product that looked as though it were designed for teenage girls rather than adult women." The rest of the merchandise, he says, "varied between trashy and uninspiring."

[LynneSin]

16. I'll tell you what's sexy

my last boyfriend actually like this alot better than any cheesy, made in China crap sold at Victoria Secret - and that was one of those beater white ribbed tank-tops with a pair of white cotton undies.

Sexy isn't what you wear but your attitude inside of you.

[FloridaJudy]

18. There's "sexy" and then there's "slutty"

A whole lot of people who ought to know better seem to think they're the same: they aren't.

Old time movie stars knew this. A hint of eroticism, a wisp of mystery - particularly when combined with elegance - is sexy. Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe, Mae West, Lauren Bacall and others knew this very well. Leaving nothing to the imagination eventually palls. Human beings' largest sexual organs are found from the eyebrows up.

The "just whistle" scene from "To Have and Have Not" is sexy as hell. A bunch of dim-witted celebs flashing their pubes at the paparazzi is just "Eeeew". :puke:

[FalconsRule]

20. No such thing to me...

It's a good thing we are all different, and can all decide for ourselves what's sexy, slutty, etc, and don't have to depend on someone else to define it for us. To each his own.

[NewJeffCT]

22. I think Southwest Airlines thinks you can be too sexy, too

at least, that is what they tell female passengers.

[auburngrad82]

23. I'm too sexy for my car

Too sexy for my car, by far!

[LeftyMom]

25. Most of their current stuff just looks trashy.

Hell, there's more flattering and sexy stuff to be found at Fred's, and that used to be the store you went too if you wanted something a bit too slutty looking to be found at Vicky's.