Victoria's Secret Editorial

Victoria's Secret recently launched a "Bright Young Things" line where they have underwear that says, "Call Me," "Wild," and "Feeling Lucky." Parents took to Victoria's Secret's Facebook page to criticize the company for the sayings on the underwear.  They were complaining that Victoria's Secret was targeting this line to the 'younger' teenager.  However, Victoria's Secret responded with:

"In response to questions we recently received, Victoria's Secret PINK is a brand for college-aged women.  Despite recent rumors, we have no plans to introduce a collection for younger women.  'Bright Young Things' was a slogan used in conjunction with the college spring break tradition."

I personally feel like these parents are taking this issue way out of control.  Victoria's Secret is known for being sexy.  For the company, sex sells.  The brand is not meant for a young girl, so parents should not even let their child shop there if they are not okay with the message that the brand sells.  A girl who is not even a teenager yet should not even be wearing lingerie in the first place!  I feel like parents try to shelter their kids from "sexy" things, when in reality no one should even be seeing a "child's" underwear in the first place.  Parents should worry more about their "child" not showing someone their underwear rather than worrying about what the underwear actually says. 

Fraud and Security

On Victoria's Secret's website, they have a section called "Avoiding Fraud."  They state that protecting your information when using the Internet should include consideration of safeguards you put on your computer and use when online.  They then give you information and their practices in order to raise their customer's awareness of some current scams that might affect their customer's computer.

The first section is "Phishing."  Victoria's Secret tells you that "Phishing" or "Spoofing" refers to emails that appear to be from a legitimate company and request personal information such as credit card and bank account numbers or passwords.  However, these emails are from unauthorized and phony sources.  They then state that VictoriasSecret.com DOES NOT email you to verify your credit card number.  You should only submit credit card information to us when completing an order at their check-out page or when updating your account.  Also, if you receive an email that appears to come from Victoria's Secret that asks you to provide your credit card information or your password to your account, it will not be from them.  You should NOT provide your credit card or password. 

The next section on this page is "Malicious Software."  Victoria's Secret states that when you visit sites on the Internet or open attachments in emails, there is the risk that malicious software may be downloaded onto your computer without your knowledge.  This is referred to as "pharming."  They then state that VictoriasSecret.com DOES NOT download software on your computer.

Victoria's Secret also has a security page.  This page talks about what Victoria's Secret does with your personal information, how Victoria's Secret interacts with third-party websites, what information they share with third-party websites, etc.




Victoria's Secret Fraud Page



Victoria's Secret Security Page