New scandal for Victoria's Secret. The New York Times published an investigation titled "Angel's in Hell: The Culture of Misogyny Inside Victoria's Secret", in which former employees relate the misogynistic atmosphere and harassment of which they were victims or witnesses.
The main respondents are Ed Razek, one of the top executives of L Brand, the parent company, and Leslie Wexner, its founder and CEO. The first is accused of repeated touching on the models and harassment, the second of having repeatedly denigrated the women. Leslie Wexner has also been in trouble since his links to Jeffrey Epstein, the financier accused of trafficking minors, were revealed.
If thirty former employees and models wrote a letter to John Mehas, the CEO of Victoria's Secret, requesting a change within the lingerie brand at the time of publication of the article, there are now a hundred . Among these new signatories, we find some of the most famous "Angels": Christy Turlington Burns, Amber Valletta, or Iskra Lawrence, as noted by Page Six.
Bella Hadid is also cited. Three people say in the investigation that during a fitting, Ed Razek stayed "to watch" while "lying on the sofa" and asked if the channel which broadcast their shows would let Gigi's sister "scroll with these perfect breasts ”.
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Far from simply denouncing the activities of the two most powerful men in the business, the letter asked Victoria's Secret to join the RESPECT program. “With this program, signatory companies make a commitment that their employees, agents, salespeople, photographers and other associates follow a code of conduct to protect the safety of everyone at work. Models have access to a confidential and independent complaint system, with fair and prompt problem solving and appropriate consequences for the perpetrators of abuse. In addition, RESPECT offers training to ensure that everyone understands their rights and duties, ”read the open letter.
L Brand replied in a press release sent to People that she "fully shares the common goal of Model Alliance to ensure the safety and well-being of models" and specifies that she has her own charter via Photo Shoot Procedures "which elements of the RESPECT program and beyond ”. Not sure it's enough.
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