This year’s creative director for the “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” should be demoted, or have the decency to switch careers since producing the most awful show since the debut in 1995.

Here are some examples of the terrible material produced for us: black underwear glaring out from underneath lackluster lingerie, recession era sheer coverups and polyester featherlike contraptions. Fairly unflattering diamante missing bras, sweatpants, fast-fashion-based makeshift outfits. Not to mention the hideous angel wings, craft store floral motifs, plastic fringes, chunky chain dresses, lazy negligees layered over pajama pants, cropped t-shirts, flimsy undecorated garters and poorly boned corset tops. These are just some of the looks that absolutely desecrated the iconic VSFS runway this year.

The new acting creative director and designer, Adam Selman, should be ashamed of this sham of a fashion show. After a few years battling with their tarnished public image, which culminated in the cancellation of their 2019 show, this spectacle was meant to be an all-inclusive salve to the company’s battered reputation.

Curiously enough, the downfall of this famous brand began with the resignation of their longtime creative director, Ed Razek, who was criticized for his strict stance against including transgender models in his shows. Although his now rescinded comments have proven to be incendiary, he is still the original mastermind behind the concept of Victoria’s Secret Angels. Without Ed Razek, the illustrious phenomenon known as VSFS would simply not exist.

There were some redeeming aspects to the 2025 show, such as Jasmine Tookes’ gorgeous golden fertility goddess ensemble, which she wore as she strutted her beautiful pregnant figure down the runway. Or transgender model Alex Consani’s glossy red victory catwalk, as she sported one of the few impressive angel wing sculptures available for this year’s show. Other models were not so lucky, such as Stella Maxwell who appears to have been forced to don a poorly sequined t-shirt with tacky black lettering announcing to the world that she is, in fact, “very sexy,” or Adriana Lima, whose unfortunate looking skin-colored bodysuit invites only scrutiny; or Amelia Grey who was left barely clothed in a classless red minidress which exposed her entire buttocks.

While the fashion company’s efforts to expand their brand to become more relatable and inclusive is deserving of praise, it is clear that their new host of executives, designers and creative directors leave much to be desired.