Here we are. The most anticipated lingerie fashion show of the year will air tonight, at 22:00, on CBS, brand trust channel. This year the 57 angels, protagonists of Victoria's Secret fashion show, will travel to the city of Shanghai. Questions and curiosities are many. How many millions of dollars will it cost the "fantasy bra"? Who will be the artists who will perform on the stage? Who will be the new angels protagonists of the show? Before taking a direct flight to China to find out all the retro scenes and secrets behind the scenes of the great event, let's look at the ten most fascinating and curious fashion shows in Victoria's Secret history.
The brand's fashion show was born in 1995 as an exclusive event to which only the guests participated.
Then, 1999 is a decisive year for Victoria's Secret. For the first time, the event is broadcast live streaming during the Super Bowl break. One million views recorded. The 1999 collection features silk lingerie with a palette of shades that go from white to grey. It is also the first year in which iconic wings land on the shoulders of the models making them, then, angels.
The 2001 New York show conquers the television world when it is finally being broadcast live on ABC, making it a real success in the world of entertainment. The eye soon falls on navel piercings, in vogue in 2000, on the wings of
Gisele Bundchen and
Alessandra Ambrosio, a little detail on a trolley of black laces, flakes, pink silk skirts and transparencies.
Strange curiosities in the retro scene of the 2002 fashion show where the models are forced to eat pizza and drink coca cola before the opening of the show (today the situation is quite different; angels once passed the casting selection are subjected to a feral diet that includes a limited amount of vegetables and proteins and, in the worst case, only natural water). But not just, during the Gisele Bundchen catwalk, some Pete activists raid on the stage protesting the same model for wearing real fur during a photo shoot. The tension then melts with the performance of Destiny's Child, who know how to handle the stage as true protagonists.
The November 2005 fashion show anticipates the Christmas party. The presented collection is an explosion of intense colors such as red, green and shocking pink. Angels in Christmas version always characterized by a sensual vein, walk through the catwalk on tall boots, long white and red gloves, mini skirts with tartan prints and brilliant gift packages.
2006 is the year when Gisele Bundchen's career as Victoria's Secret angel ends. Justin Timberlake is, instead, the honor’s guest of the fashion show, which is the first in all pop charts to feature "Sexy Back", a recurring song in all 2006 mp3s. For the Victoria's Secret brand, it is also a salient year for the brand's "Pink" walkthrough.
In 2007, following their official separation, Spice Girls returned to the stage for the first time. Sporty, Ginger, Posh, Scarey and Baby, in the 1930s style, come together to promote the latest CD in the group's history. If for the Spice Girl the stage is a meeting point to say goodbye to fans, singer
Will.i.am is, instead, a springboard for his career. On the occasion of the show in Los Angeles, the star dedicated to the angels of Victoria's Secret on Hollywood's Walk of Fame was inaugurated. The models for the occasion show off shiny golden leather jackets on t-shirts and cream white trousers.
Kanye West heads the stage in 2011 together with his colleague Jay-z, performing with "Stronger," a song dedicated to the woman who gave her life vanished four years earlier, the year when the artist had been invited as a guest to the show. During the show, there are a lot of kissing and glittering looks on the notes of "Moove like jagger" between Maroon 5 singer
Adam Levine and angel girlfriend
Anne Vyalitsyna while Alessandra Ambrosio wears the heaviest wings in Victoria's Secret story, embellished with gold and colored stones, it has 20 kg on its slim shoulders.
Colored feathers, skins
and diamonds are the musts of the 2013 catwalk. The performances of the show include the performance of the Fall Out Boy and
Taylor Swift music group, featuring singles pop charts, wrapped in a silver miniskirt with a print glittering of the Union flag.
Karlie Kloss,
Joan Smalls,
Alessandra Ambrosio and
Doutzen Kroes dress up with lingerie inspired by the angel of the snow, the British invasion, naval wreck, Parisian nights and the bird of paradise. And while
Candice Swanepoel has the honor to wear the $10 million bra with diamonds, rubies, and sapphires,
Cara Delevingne draws from a football player on dizzying heels and a simple football ball.
In 2014, we are performing the country-pop singer Taylor Swift for the second consecutive time, and with her, major guests including Ed Sheeran, Hozier and Ariana Grande. The presence of the latter is remembered by the meme becoming viral on social portraying the scared singer and later hit by the great pink wings of the angel Hosk.
The last show, 2016, is the first to have two sisters in the cast: Gigi and Bella Hadid. For the first time in the history of Victoria's Secret, the brand decides to publish non-retouched photos of Jasmine Tookes model wearing the fantasy bra of the collection. The performances of the artists invited to the event are exceptional. The Weekend, as well as the present-day boyfriend of the angel Bella Hadid,
Bruno Mars and
Lady Gaga, a perfect trio that gives the show a funcky-punk beat overwhelming the audience.
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