Ed Razek, the person behind the Victoria’s Secret trend display, Is Leaving the enterprise

Ed Razek, the longtime Victoria's Secret advertising executive and the man generally credited for its vogue reveal and crew of Angels, has announced that he's retiring with the aid of the conclusion of the month.

He broke the news to his colleagues by means of an e mail that L brands, guardian business of Victoria's Secret, shared with Glamour. "except for Les [CEO Les Wexner], I've been with L manufacturers longer than any one. I've loved every minute of it, and each considered one of you," Razek wrote. "I've appreciated your partnership, your energy, your teamwork, and your enthusiasm. you are, each of you, a joy to work with, and a pleasure to be with. The foremost partners any person might ever hope for. and i've adored coming to work here, each day, for a lot of, many years. however all decent things need to and do, inevitably, come to an end."

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Ed Razek backstage at the 2018 Victoria's Secret vogue reveal.

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"just a few weeks ago, I shared with Les my want to retire sometime around mid-August. It changed into a troublesome dialog to have as a result of, as some of you must be aware of, we now have shared so an awful lot together for so a long time. together with a deep love of this enter prise. nonetheless, it's time," he persevered. "I want to thank all of you for the smiles, the hellos, the laughs, the mission. I could not be greater fortunate than to were with all of you at this spectacular and reasonably singular organization. I in fact hope you comprehend, deep on your hearts, how very particular this place is. I do—greater than ever."

Razek, who's been on the business considering that the '80s, has been a key determine within the highly sexualized, feminine elegance most efficient put forth with the aid of the brand: He launched the Victoria's Secret trend dem onstrate in 1995 and has selected the fashions which are signed to its Angel spokesperson contract. Victoria's Secret has acquired criticism for its lack of physique range over the years, and Razek himself has come below fireplace for feedback he's made about plus-dimension and trans fashions.

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Razek behind the curtain on the 2014 Victoria's Secret vogue display

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In a n interview with Vogue ahead of the 2018 Victoria's Secret fashion exhibit, he talked about: "It's like, why doesn't your reveal try this? Shouldn't you have got transsexuals in the show? No. No, I don't suppose we should. smartly, why not? since the demonstrate is a fantasy. It's a forty two-minute leisure particular. That's what it's. it is the just one of its type on the planet, and every other vogue brand in the world would take it in a minute, together with the rivals that are carping at us. and they carp at us because we're the chief. They don't talk about every different. I accept that. I in fact admire it. Cool. however we're no one's third love."

past this year, it become introduced that the runway will no longer be televised, as it had been when you consider that 2001; and this summer time, VS purple employed its first brazenly transgender model to superstar in a crusade. in response to Bloomberg,except they employ a substitute, two men can be filling Razek's role: Ed Wolf at L manufacturers, and Bob Campbell at Victoria's Secret.

As for the way forward for the Victoria's Secret style display, in may additionally the company printed it changed into "rethinking the ordinary" structure for 2019.

in the beginning appeared on Glamour