Victoria's Secret

bnt

I see the Victoria's Secret shop on Dublin's Grafton St. has finally opened. They've only been building it for the last 18 months or so. About 500 people queued up for the opening, and about 10 people protested for some reason.

I hope the staff are prepared to deal with clueless men: they'll go in to pick up something for their girlfriends, and the assistant will ask for her sizes ... "like you, but a bit more up top"?

9or10

Chore Lingerie

Odhinn

bnt wrote: »

I see the Victoria's Secret shop on Dublin's Grafton St. has finally opened. They've only been building it for the last 18 months or so. About 500 people queued up for the opening, and about 10 people protested for some reason.

I hope the staff are prepared to deal with clueless men: they'll go in to pick up something for their girlfriends, and the assistant will ask for her sizes ... "like you, but a bit more up top"?

Animal rights.

Armadillo

bnt wrote: »

"like you, but a bit more up top"?

Like brainier or something...

OnDraught

Odhinn wrote: »

Animal rights.

Is it purely because they want to sell their wares in China?

Jim Bob Scratcher

Randy women on the prowl

The_Valeyard

OnDraught wrote: »

Is it purely because they want to sell their wares in China?

Khajit has wares if you have coin.

Odhinn

OnDraught wrote: »

Is it purely because they want to sell their wares in China?

haven't a clue, just heard it was animal rights.

Odhinn

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

Randy women on the prowl

Not really, they'd probably trample a man to death to get at the fancy knickers. Mad for them, so they are.

Are Am Eye

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

Randy women on the prowl

Hose

Westernyelp

Odhinn wrote:

haven't a clue, just heard it was animal rights.

Those poor rampant rabbits are bred in horrendous conditions!

bnt

Victoria's Secret products are tested on animals? I have an image of a rabbit in a cage wearing a camisole ... :cool:

Fr_Dougal

Photo of protestors:

Odhinn

Westernyelp wrote: »

Those poor rampant rabbits are bred in horrendous conditions!

I think they're more worried about beavers being trapped in these strange strappy contraptions.

B0jangles

Odhinn wrote: »

Animal rights.

"Free ZeBras!", eh?

Ipso

bnt wrote: »

Victoria's Secret products are tested on animals? I have an image of a rabbit in a cage wearing a camisole ... :cool:

Any excuse to post an Alan partridge quote:
Alan: You threw a monkey in the sea?
Michael: Well, it had eaten all my fags, man. It was a big packet of two-hundred duty-frees, like.
Alan: You threw a monkey in the sea? That’s awful. I mean, I was fishing for some sort of funny story. That’s just upsetting.
Michael: Well, you know, I wasn’t thinking straight. I just, kind of, got the red mist in front of my eyes and I just grabbed the monkey and hurled it in the sea.
Alan: Will you stop saying you threw your monkey in the sea? All I can see is a monkey spinning towards the water.
Michael: Well, it didn’t go straight in the water. It bounced off a rock.
Alan: Oh, Michael. That is such a pointless death. At least when they experiment on them they get something out of it, a nice perfume or something.
Michael: Aye. You know, I’ve often wondered, right, why is it that they put the perfume in the monkey’s eyes, right? Why not just put it on it’s wrist, like, you know, posh ladies in the department stores?
Alan: It’s just cruel, isn’t it. Mind you, if you’ve been to Knowsley Safari Park and they’re pulling the wipers off your windscreen and nicking your hub caps, you lose sympathy.
Michael: I’ll tell you what, maybe the monkeys is trying to collect enough parts together to make a complete car, right? And they’ll all just pile in it and break through the gates and escape.
Alan: [Nods in agreement] It’s a frightening thought.

Joeseph Balls

Seemingly the Stig knows Victoria's secret

Are Am Eye

Joeseph Balls wrote: »

Seemingly the Stig knows Victoria's secret

Maybe that's because Victoria is the Stig.

Chrongen

bnt wrote: »

I see the Victoria's Secret shop on Dublin's Grafton St. has finally opened. They've only been building it for the last 18 months or so. About 500 people queued up for the opening, and about 10 people protested for some reason.

I hope the staff are prepared to deal with clueless men: they'll go in to pick up something for their girlfriends, and the assistant will ask for her sizes ... "like you, but a bit more up top"?

Well Victoria's Secret do have their gear produced under slave labour conditions in Bangladesh.

Something kind of unsexy about mounting a girl all garbed up in black lace that was put together by kids and starving mothers.

If we can have fair trade coffee, hormone free chicken and pretty damn uncontaminated mountain water then slutty corsets made by a skilled and well paid seamstress isn't out of the question.


Besides, their toggs are garbage anyway. The Burger King of lingerie.

riffmongous

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Khajit has wares if you have coin.

I need more Khajit memes in my life

tupenny

bnt wrote: »

I staff are prepared to deal with clueless men: they'll go in to pick up something for their girlfriends, and the assistant will ask for her sizes ... "like you, but a bit more up top"?

How original

bnt

tupenny wrote: »

How original

How cynical. It's happened before and it's going to happen again, so what's "original" got to do with it?

Zulu

tupenny wrote: »

How original

How original

sbsquarepants

I think I must be the only bloke in the world who just doesn't get the appeal of lingerie. Knickers are pretty much just knickers to me, I don't in any way get turned on by them.
It's like getting a Christmas pressie (Christmas box:D) and being more impressed by the wrapping paper. Lingerie just get's in the way of what I'm interested in, my only interest in it is getting it off!

bnt

Maybe I'm one of these "new men", or maybe I'm just projecting, but I look at some those frilly contrapions and wonder how they'd survive a typical day. Sweating on a crowded train during rush hour, high speed walking to get to the office in time, being sat on for most of a day, then another hot commute. And that's before any kids are on the scene.

OhHiMark

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I think I must be the only bloke in the world who just doesn't get the appeal of lingerie. Knickers are pretty much just knickers to me, I don't in any way get turned on by them.
It's like getting a Christmas pressie (Christmas box:D) and being more impressed by the wrapping paper. Lingerie just get's in the way of what I'm interested in, my only interest in it is getting it off!

Get the knickers off, two pumps and done, right?

Outlaw Pete

Men appreciate sexy Lingerie as much as dogs appreciate the colour of bowls their food arrives in .

sbsquarepants

OhHiMark wrote: »

Get the knickers off, two pumps and done, right?

Not always....sometimes I'd just have a quickie:D

sbsquarepants

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Men appreciate sexy Lingerie as much as dogs appreciate the colour of bowls their food arrives in .

Oh, apparently I'm not alone!

Zulu

Weirdos; it's awesome.

mariaalice

Chrongen wrote: »

Well Victoria's Secret do have their gear produced under slave labour conditions in Bangladesh.

Something kind of unsexy about mounting a girl all garbed up in black lace that was put together by kids and starving mothers.

If we can have fair trade coffee, hormone free chicken and pretty damn uncontaminated mountain water then slutty corsets made by a skilled and well paid seamstress isn't out of the question.


Besides, their toggs are garbage anyway. The Burger King of lingerie.

So basically the protesters are the modern version of those who use to protest about McDonalds as a symbol of globalisation. I suppose Protesting outside McDonalds is too pedestrian and not sexy enough anymore. Then there was the Nestlé's and the baby milk protesters what every happened to them.

bnt

bnt wrote: »

I see the Victoria's Secret shop on Dublin's Grafton St. has finally opened. They've only been building it for the last 18 months or so. About 500 people queued up for the opening, and about 10 people protested for some reason.

I hope the staff are prepared to deal with clueless men: they'll go in to pick up something for their girlfriends, and the assistant will ask for her sizes ... "like you, but a bit more up top"?

People will protest anything.

Someone in my extended family opened one of the first family planning clinics in Galway, which operated out of the home she shared with her then-husband. Supposedly there was a small group of people outside every morning, saying the rosary.

mariaalice

Or coke cola protests as coke cola is a symbol of American oppression and an icon of the capitalism systme. The Russian film makers use coke cola as a symbol in the film I am Cuba which is an excellent film by the way.

mariaalice

bnt wrote: »

Maybe I'm one of these "new men", or maybe I'm just projecting, but I look at some those frilly contrapions and wonder how they'd survive a typical day. Sweating on a crowded train during rush hour, high speed walking to get to the office in time, being sat on for most of a day, then another hot commute. And that's before any kids are on the scene.

They are not meant for everyday wear. It all an illusion and its a Commodification of our sexual desires. Its how capitalism/consumerism works.

sbsquarepants

Chrongen wrote: »

Well Victoria's Secret do have their gear produced under slave labour conditions in Bangladesh.
.

I guess that animal cruelty crowd use a fairly narrow definition of "cruelty free" so.

Outlaw Pete

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Men appreciate sexy Lingerie as much as dogs appreciate the colour of bowls their food arrives in .

Can't agree there.

Sexy/classy lingerie can add a lot of 'fun' to sex, rather than simply shagging and going to sleep.

I probably should admit that I've been buying from VS for my gf's for well over a decade.

Chrongen

mariaalice wrote: »

So basically the protesters are the modern version of those who use to protest about McDonalds as a symbol of globalisation. I suppose Protesting outside McDonalds is too pedestrian and not sexy enough anymore. Then there was the Nestlé's and the baby milk protesters what every happened to them.

Yeah?

Great. Good for you.
Or something.

Chrongen

Deleted User wrote: »

People will protest anything.

Someone in my extended family opened one of the first family planning clinics in Galway, which operated out of the home she shared with her then-husband. Supposedly there was a small group of people outside every morning, saying the rosary.

In case the condoms turned into demons? :pac:

Junkyard Tom

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Men appreciate sexy Lingerie as much as dogs appreciate the colour of bowls their food arrives in .

Maybe you're wearing the wrong lingerie?

mariaalice

Chrongen wrote: »

Yeah?

Great. Good for you.
Or something.

I am not saying there should not be protest, however they then to simplify very complex issues and give the illusion that there are simple answers.

LETHAL LADY

Just had a look at the website thinking I'd be amazed and make a few purchases. Jaysus their stuff is shockingly overpriced and the quality doesn't look up to much tbh. Think I'll stick to shopping at my usual place.

seenitall

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Can't agree there.

Sexy/classy lingerie can add a lot of 'fun' to sex, rather than simply shagging and going to sleep.

I probably should admit that I've been buying from VC for my gf's for well over a decade.

VC? Victoria's C....... what? Is that the REALLY naughty version?

beans

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Just had a look at the website thinking I'd be amazed and make a few purchases. Jaysus their stuff is shockingly overpriced and the quality doesn't look up to much tbh.

Psssst... that's the secret

seenitall

seenitall wrote: »

VC? Victoria's C....... what? Is that the REALLY naughty version?

oops

sbsquarepants

mariaalice wrote: »

They are not meant for everyday wear. It all an illusion and its a Commodification of our sexual desires. Its how capitalism/consumerism works.

I don't want my sexual desires commodified, I want them alleviated.

Any woman who looks sexy in lingerie, looks sexier out of it.

It's not like sticking stockings and suspenders on Mary Harney will transform her into Taylor Swift.

Besides, I once went out with a Victoria - turns out her secret was she was married. So there!

Paulzx

sbsquarepants wrote: »

It's not like sticking stockings and suspenders on Mary Harney

Your brain will never recover after it created that image

Neyite

sbsquarepants wrote: »

It's not like sticking stockings and suspenders on Mary Harney will transform her into Taylor Swift.

*reaches for the brain bleach*

rainbow kirby

Poor quality and they try to jam everyone into a 32A-38DD size even when they fall well outside of that range. Zero interest here and I'll stick to Bravissimo.

BrokenArrows

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I don't want my sexual desires commodified, I want them alleviated.

Any woman who looks sexy in lingerie, looks sexier out of it.

It's not like sticking stockings and suspenders on Mary Harney will transform her into Taylor Swift.

Besides, I once went out with a Victoria - turns out her secret was she was married. So there!

The problem with lingerie is that the better it looks the less time you want her to be wearing it!!

So on that topic i never see the point in herself spending a huge amount of money on it but she enjoys buying it anyway.

topper75

What do these bras and knickers do that the Dunnes and Penneys ones don't do?

Branding and hype.

Even though we are just 2 decades in, I feel this century is the century of hype. Style over substance at all times.

Get some pretty girls photographed in the newspapers with them on, and then claim that somehow makes them special.

topper75

topper75 wrote: »

What do these bras and knickers do that the Dunnes and Penneys ones don't do?

Branding and hype.

You're right. It is branding and hype.

However, for some women, they enjoy getting something that is branded, popular and more expensive than the norm.

This is not about getting lingerie that they wear every day performing normal activities... It's about having something 'special' or something that makes them 'feel' different.

For myself (I'm male) and most of my ex's, lingerie added a great sense of erotica to the overall sexual experience. Sure, they could (and did) use normal underwear, but there were times when the more expensive branded items/combinations were fantastic additions.

And honestly, I don't remember seeing much variety in Dunnes and Penneys. Your options are limited to a series of bra's and a few boring nightdress types.