Up and Vanished - Introducing Fallen Angel

Episode Date: October 28, 2021

Fallen Angel is a documentary podcast about Victoria's Secret...and its many, many secrets. The series investigates the origin story of one of the world’s most iconic brands and its effect on American culture for nearly 40 years, all told by women who witnessed what really happened behind the curtain. Fallen Angel goes back to the beginning of the lingerie megabrand to confront the many ways the brand influenced how a generation of women think about sex, desire, and beauty. The series also explores Les Wexner, the private man who has been at the head of the company for over 35 years, and his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Co-hosted by Vanessa Grigoriadis and Justine Harman, Fallen Angel is a production and direction of C13Originals, a Cadence13 studio, and Campside Media. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey guys, it's Payne here. I'd like to introduce you to another podcast I think you're going to enjoy. It's called Fallen Angel, the Victoria's Secret Story. In partnership with Cadence 13, the team behind Peabody Award-nominated gangster capitalism, and Campside Media, the team that brought you Chameleon, the Hollywood con queen, Fallen Angel traces the origin story and meteoric rise of the lingerie mega-brand and explores its many, many secrets. Through first-person accounts from former Victoria's Secret models, Fallen Angel reveals

shocking stories about the quest to become part of this elite group of supermodels, and how it led some women down a dangerous path of eating disorders, poor health, depression, and anxiety. Veteran journalists Vanessa Grig Gregoridis and Justine Harmon confront the ways that powerful men connected to the brand influence how an entire generation of women think about sex, desire, and beauty. They also investigate the reckoning that Victoria's Secret faces today and unspool the association between Les Wexner,

the man who's been at the head of the company for over 35 years, and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Listen to and follow Fallen Angel, a direction and production of C-13 Originals, Cadence 13 Studio, and Campside Media. Fallen Angel is available right now, wherever you listen to your podcasts. When I close my eyes and think about it,

it's this hot pink glitter whirlwind of flashing lights, loud music. It's very Technicolor. Victoria's Secret spun up a fantasy world. Women were sexually liberated. Their bodies were celebrated. It all felt so empowering. Roll tape. What is Victoria's Secret? Three, two, one, go.

Off and running. Rock and roll. In the Victoria's Secret world, models aren't models, but heavenly angels. Angels. Thank you for taking time away from being intermediaries between God and mankind to model lingerie. I have to pray in you. But for some of the women under the white hot lights. I'm so emotional. I don't even know what to do with myself right now. Victoria's Secret was a very different place.

Angels in hell. That's the headline and a shocking page one. This is the real story of Victoria's Secret, directly from women who devoted themselves to the brand. I was so hungry and my body wasn't working. Like, I was not there. The women who were keeping Victoria's many, many secrets. He said that women only work out to look good naked, to have sex with men. Like, gross. Just gross. I'm Vanessa Gregoriotis. And I'm Justine Harmon. In our new investigative series, Fallen Angel, we trace the origin story and meteoric rise of Victoria's Secret, one of the most inescapable cultural and business phenomenons in American history. The pink and white striped shopping bag with the ribbon handles. I mean, it's iconic.

We'll be talking a lot about the private man who's been at the head of the brand for over 35 years. Victoria's Secret billionaire Leslie Wexner is under new scrutiny over his relationship with wealthy sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Fallen Angel is a direction and production of C-13 Originals, a Cadence 13 studio, and Campside Media. It's written by Vanessa Gregoriotis and Justine Harmon. And it's available to listen for freeiotis and Justine Harmon. And it's available to listen for free wherever you listen to your podcasts. Like you might have made a deal with the devil and they called it angels because now you are locked in.