What is Victoria's Secret?

March 20, 2003 2:25 PM

What *is* Victoria's Secret? How does she stay so thing? [props to a fellow tiger]
posted by hobbes (48 comments total)

errr... "thin."
posted by hobbes at 2:26 PM on March 20, 2003

That's just nasty.
posted by ColdChef at 2:28 PM on March 20, 2003

Well, that was disgusting.
posted by y6y6y6 at 2:33 PM on March 20, 2003

she's so thing, we all call her miss thing.
posted by billybobtoo at 2:34 PM on March 20, 2003

Well, thanks for sharing that...
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 2:39 PM on March 20, 2003

You know, I asked a girl this once, and this, thank goodness, was not the answer.

OK, is this worse than the urine thread, or the wookie thread?
posted by namespan at 2:39 PM on March 20, 2003

Apparently Victoria's Secret models are bulemic, but their diet consists purely of vanilla frosting and pudding.

Funny in concept, so-so on the execution. Yech.
posted by me3dia at 2:39 PM on March 20, 2003

Tip: Refresh your browser for more hideous, randomly-loading imagery.

Question: What is the point of the site--Sick joke? Political statement? Just another parody? What? I get the punchline about models/bulimia, but I'm neither morally indignant nor chuckling at the clever irony. I'm just...confused.
posted by Karl at 2:45 PM on March 20, 2003

Funny in concept, so-so on the execution.

well, duhhhh. you have to actually be there to experience the true sounds, tastes and textures (mmmm...) of vomit. :)
posted by poopy at 2:52 PM on March 20, 2003

via Gawker

recycling's so cool
posted by matteo at 2:57 PM on March 20, 2003

Hey, whatever keeps you thin, keep doin' it.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 3:02 PM on March 20, 2003

They got the fonts wrong.
posted by signal at 3:05 PM on March 20, 2003

And you never did explain how she stays so thing.
posted by signal at 3:11 PM on March 20, 2003

gee, thanks
posted by jjb at 3:15 PM on March 20, 2003

So the sarcastic comments... whatever, it's MeFi.

To those of you asking "what's the point of this?" I assume you are male. As a man myself, I find myself very attracted to models, and I don't see anything wrong with that. But to live in a society where to be a successful woman you must be a beautiful sex object is very difficult, and I do see something wrong with that.

Where's the middle ground? Should businessmen continue to be allowed to make hire and fire decisions according to their dick? Should naturally beautiful women refrain from using their looks to their advantage?

There is a lot of substance to this post, and frankly I'm disappointed that there is no legitimate dialogue happening here.
posted by zekinskia at 3:19 PM on March 20, 2003

Can I get some blood'n'guts please? Puke makes me, well, puke.
posted by WolfDaddy at 3:19 PM on March 20, 2003

Some people can be so thing-skinned.
posted by Karl at 3:19 PM on March 20, 2003

(Zekiniskia, I think we're all a little less thick-headed than you give us credit for. Yes, we understand the implicit commentary on the price of one's (esp. a female's) physical appearance, but the execution is not exactly subtle or original, and similar arguements regarding exploitation & self-esteem have been well covered on MeFi over the years. Maybe if the poster had provided a thoughtful angle it would have inspired a different discussion?)
posted by Karl at 3:29 PM on March 20, 2003

I'm sure it's something for us all to thing about.
posted by Foosnark at 3:30 PM on March 20, 2003

1) was it obvious to anyone notice that the pictures were takin with a digital camera?

2) I wonder how many perverts have, well, enjoyed themselves while looking at this site?
posted by delmoi at 3:39 PM on March 20, 2003

Execution was a bit rough on this, but that doesn't really seem to omit the larger point. I think it's valid to make, if just as another reminder of a cultural reality that's easy to overlook. It's easy for images to present what is desirable, helpful to see images presenting what, for some, is the cost of trying to fit within narrow parameters.

I agree that it's good to appreciate beauty, but it does seem like there's an imbalance of messages on the role that physical appearence plays in the larger spectrum of someone's worth.

That said, all the puns on "thing" are making me smile...Thanks Metafilter!!
posted by bullitt 5 at 4:09 PM on March 20, 2003

it would be funnier to me if the site depicted all the water, air, gel, and other sundry stuffing materials in those VS bras accidentally bursting out everywhere to reveal victoria's other dirty little secret. but i'm just bitter because they make all the prettiest bras for the small boobed girls.
posted by t r a c y at 4:11 PM on March 20, 2003

We're already familiar with the problem. Are you familiar with the answer?
posted by gsalad at 4:11 PM on March 20, 2003

If far to lazy right now to provide a link, but I heard that Victoria's Secret was info that London's Beefeaters were keeping from us. True? Also, was this a bit NSFW?
posted by ArcAm at 4:38 PM on March 20, 2003

fortunately, all the links at the bottom go to the real Victoria's Secret so when I'm through being grossed-out by a not-super-interesting series of photos [I've seen bulimia done better, and more accurately, and with people fully dressed] I could order myself some nice cotton PJ's. At some level it's a mixed message, as delmoi notes. Sure it's making a point about underwear magazines and body image, but it's also showing a lot of skin.

Nice touch to link to VS's own privacy statement, though. There are ways to do good thought-provoking parody sites, but to me this isn't one of them.
posted by jessamyn at 4:41 PM on March 20, 2003

It would be nicer if they'd commented on the sweatshops in which VS stuff is made...
posted by drstrangelove at 5:03 PM on March 20, 2003

And like, that whole AdBusters satirical advert thin, is so twentienth century.
posted by seanyboy at 5:06 PM on March 20, 2003

What is Victoria's secret
She says
You're ugly
I am pretty
Your man wishes
You looked like me
posted by ifjuly at 6:01 PM on March 20, 2003

Zekiniskia, I think we're all a little less thick-headed than you give us credit for.

Damn right. In fact, we're not thick-headed at all; we're thing-headed.
posted by soyjoy at 7:13 PM on March 20, 2003

We're already familiar with the problem. Are you familiar with the answer?

Nigella Lawson is one of the sexiest women alive.
posted by Su at 7:44 PM on March 20, 2003

go into a vs store and tell me that you don't feel like your in a fancy porn shop. the pictures drive me crazy, in, you know, that kind of way. come on, its hot in there.

my gf isn't super thin, but thin enough, and doesn't puke. ex-gf was larger, not why she is an ex though, she was just crazy.
posted by tomplus2 at 9:13 PM on March 20, 2003

Nigella for President.
posted by gsalad at 9:28 PM on March 20, 2003

but i'm just bitter because they make all the prettiest bras for the small boobed girls.

That's because if you have big boobs, you don't need all the pretty, men would rather seem 'em naked.

(note for the humor impaired, this is a joke.)
posted by SuzySmith at 9:32 PM on March 20, 2003

Since the current trend is to more fit models than waifs the "puke" factor is not very high these days.

Of course, that won't keep people from assuming there must be something secretly horrible about thin people.

God forbid it might be diet, exercise and hard work - cause that would mean if the Oprah alikes would get off the couch and hit a gym something good would happen.

Much easier to blame their genetics and assume thin chicks are miserable.
posted by soulhuntre at 9:48 PM on March 20, 2003

t r a c y - You rock. And don't worry, even the most attractive bra on a small-boobed girl has nothing on the absence of bra on a larger pair. Not that I'm biased.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 10:24 PM on March 20, 2003

you can never be too rich or too thing.
posted by taz at 10:48 PM on March 20, 2003

oops heh. was i not entirely sober when i initially contributed to this thread, had i a few too many glasses of wine with dinner...? no, making people focus on my boobs, well it's all part of my master plan to get mefi to stop arguing about the war. yah. boobies not war!
posted by t r a c y at 12:01 AM on March 21, 2003

Some people can be so thing-skinned.

I thing you're onto something there, buddy.
posted by y2karl at 12:34 AM on March 21, 2003

but i'm just bitter because they make all the prettiest bras for the small boobed girls.

Aren't we blowing things all out of proportion here?
posted by y2karl at 1:37 AM on March 21, 2003

Aren't we blowing things all out of proportion here?

Making mountains out of molehills?
posted by dmt at 2:11 AM on March 21, 2003

Try this little read for more about "Thing"
I initially thought hobbes must have read it..
posted by johnny7 at 2:24 AM on March 21, 2003

well it's all part of my master plan to get mefi to stop arguing about the war. yah. boobies not war!

Hey, if that would work, t r a c y, I'd join your campaign, chin up and chest out. Racks, not Iraq!
posted by orange swan at 7:28 AM on March 21, 2003

Gazongas not bazookas!
posted by widdershins at 9:58 AM on March 21, 2003

This is an effort that I can really get in front of.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 10:00 AM on March 21, 2003

But is it something you can get behind?

Somebody stop me.

Um, anyway.. yes, I was actually eating when I clicked through. Not a pleasant experience. I'd agree with all the 'thin doesn't mean puking'.

Small, big medium, who cares? They're boobies! (props to tracy)

And my wife likes the body bras.
posted by rich at 10:50 AM on March 21, 2003

MetaFeltHer: Pounding out the links, plunging into the depths of the web, and spreading the love.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 12:32 PM on March 21, 2003

well, as long as we're still pilin' on, I must say, t r a c y, that you and our other favorite stuffed shirt, brittney, are quite the pair, indeed you two illustrate the pair o' doxies of Metafilter!

Something in the way she mooves,
Atrracts me like no udder lover...

posted by y2karl at 2:44 PM on March 21, 2003

Silly y2karl. That's what Google cache is for.

You're welcome.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 11:58 PM on March 21, 2003