Broadway Meets Runway at Victoria Secret Fashion Show [twitter]9. 06. 2013 17:26:33
iť?Broadway Meets Runway at Victoria Secret Fashion Show It's less than an hour before show time, and members of the press mill about, cameras pointed at the ready, waiting for their 15 minutes -- not of fame -- but their allotted access time to what would normally be a very private session of primping, fitting and female bonding. But this is no school dropout" party. EST. The Tiffany Network is airing the show an hour later this year to keep it out of family prime-time viewing hours, hoping the move will gain a larger audience than last year (it came in third behind ABC's "The Bachelor" and NBC's "The West Wing.") "We'll take Tyra Banks, Klum ( Sting opened the show singing his hit "Englishman In New York" as Klum descended from the rafters with the familiar outstretched wings Victoria's Secret has used in every fashion show since the first one crashed the Internet a years ago. "It's the most phenomenal marketing machine I could ever imagine," said Robin Burns, president and CEO of Intimate Beauty Corporation, which runs the Victoria's Secret brand for parent company Brands ( Besides the commercial within the commercial, the show does a good job of combining fashion modeling even more show-stopping elements, a donned in maid costumes -- complete with stockings and garter -- a dance routine reminiscent of Bob Fosse's Broadway hit ( "This year the theme is Broadway inspired," said Grace Nichols, CEO of Victoria's Secret Stores. "We kicked up the collaboration of lingerie and entertainment value and we have really great guests," she said. Among those included on the ultra-exclusive guest list: Mary J. Blige, who also performs on the show with Sting and ( (Donald Trump, ( But the big names didn't the supermodels one bit. "This is just another job for me," said Brazilian bombshell Gisele Bundchen, and Tyra Banks said she hasn't been nervous in front of crowds for quite some time. "Not since the fourth grade," she said. Meanwhile, other models were feeling a little shy leading up to the big show. "No G-String for me," said model Deanna Miller. you're American, your family is watching, so you don't want your butt sticking out," she said. "The things in the show are more like fantasy," said Brazilian stunner Ambrosio. "But the bras are beautiful." "It is so sexy, so sophisticated," said Sharen Jester-Turney, president and CEO of Victoria's Secret Direct. "We are a brand that celebrates women, and the great thing about us is we are a company that's run by women," she said.


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