![]() After time off from modelling she realized her love for modelling and moved to New York City after graduating. She left school to pursue modelling, but returned at the age of 17 to the Netherlands to finish school because the career was overwhelming and she missed home. After two years, at 15, she wanted to give modelling a try and was signed to DNA model agency in 2011. She was approached by a scout when she was 13 in Amsterdam and turned it down as she was too nervous and had other dreams. Strijd was born in Zoetermeer, South Holland. She has also appeared in magazines such as Vogue, Elle, and Harper's Bazaar. She has worked for brands including Alexander McQueen, Michael Kors, and Carolina Herrera. A former Victoria's Secret Angel, she appeared in the brand's annual fashion show from 2014 to 2018. It’s 2021, we want to see what clobber looks like on, fat rolls and all.Romee Strijd ( / ˈ r oʊ m eɪ ˈ s t r aɪ d/ roh-may stride, Dutch: born 19 July 1995) is a Dutch model. While blatantly ripping off Rihanna’s successful marketing campaign to use a diverse range of brand advisers that can speak for everyone not the few, at least Victoria’s Secret is making an effort.Īll we need now is for other brands such as Victoria Beckham, Gucci and YSL to follow suit. It was slammed at the time for promoting unrealistic standards of beauty. This is in huge contrast to a Victoria’s Secret campaign just seven years ago, where the words “The Perfect Body” were emblazoned across a poster of ten gym-honed, identikit models. Launched in 2018, the brand’s bras go up to size 46G and knickers to 4XL, and Rihanna has included heavily pregnant, transgender and plus-size models in her catwalks. Until now, anyone who didn’t fit the mould wouldn’t get a look in.Įven Gigi Hadid, who has appeared on the cover of Vogue 35 times, got turned down after auditioning for the show in 2014, before eventually earning her wings two years later.īut thankfully, Victoria’s Secret has taken a long, hard look at itself, in part due to CMO Ed Razek’s remark in 2018 that transgender or plus-size models were not used on its catwalk “because the show is a fantasy”.īut it is the decline in sales, thanks to the huge success of Rihanna’s inclusive Savage x Fenty lingerie, that has really forced the change. I certainly don’t know many women who dream to walk around in thigh-high latex stilettos and bondage-style peekaboo pants.įormer Angels, who include Gisele Bundchen, Adriana Lima and Erin Heatherton, were said to undergo “body inspections”, go on “starvation diets”, live off powdered egg protein and exercise six times a week in order to fit the “fantasy” of a 24in waist, or less. But the show was quite clearly a man’s fantasy. The annual catwalk’s models were called Angels, and the star of the show would get to wear its Fantasy Bra. The problem with Victoria’s Secret has always been that it’s about the male gaze. Supermodels might look amazing in embellished push-up bras and cut-out thongs at the brand’s annual show but what us women really want to see is how the underwear will look on us – with our fried-egg boobs, flat bum or wobbly belly. IT might be three or so decades too late, but Victoria’s Secret has finally realised that its model offering was, quite frankly, pants.
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