The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Is a Marketing Juggernaut With Waning Relevance

Does the show have a place in 2018?

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On Sunday night, CBS will air Victoria’s Secret’s annual fashion show. The event, which was taped in November in New York, is the lingerie brand’s yearly pinnacle. Since its first iteration in 1995, then a relatively small untelevised affair at the Plaza Hotel, the show has grown astronomically.

With bedazzled bras, massive angel wings and nary a pocket of cellulite in sight, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is the definition of over-the-top sex appeal in its most traditional form.

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