What is Victoria's Secret?

Slip of a Girl is no fan of Victoria's Secret, so I shouldn't have been surprised to read the following in her recent SK article, Where Have All The Lingerie Loving Women Gone? (Part Two), but I was:

We were not free sexually empowered women but rather we were scantily clad babes who existed to fulfill male fantasies, no matter if we liked it, knew it, or not. That's Victoria's Real Secret.

Her piece is interesting though; can't argue with her points on the demise of lingerie.

For those who are fans or collectors of the lingerie company, here's an informative guide to collecting Victoria's Secret catalogs.

In that guide I was surprised to read that Roy Raymond, the founder of the Original Victoria's Secret, committed suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge in 1993, after several failed attempts to start a new business. So I guess if you have a signed Raymond catalog, you've got a good collectible there.

Also interesting to see that the catalog covers went from classy (if a bit 'under wraps'), to cuddly, to skimpy-sexy.