Like many, many, many people, I’ve been pissed at Victoria’s Secret for decades for excluding me (and more so, people bigger than I am) not just from buying pretty bras in its stores but from its formerly-annual Fashion Show. Thin models had been the standard from its inception in 1995 all the way through its cancellation back in 2018 (which, you’ll remember, was caused by an irredeemable downfall in ratings, the company’s just-revealed connections to Jeffrey Epstein, and backlash to transphobic and fatphobic comments made by its CEO at the time). To a skeptic nation, over the course of the past few weeks, the brand promoted its grand comeback with a vague promise of inclusivity, teasing the presence of curve models like Graham and Paloma Elsesser in advance.
But what we got was ultimately more of the same: a parade of concave stomachs and thighs with gaps so wide I could live in them. In addition …