Fashion

The Victoria’s Secret Exec Who Made Transphobic Comments Has Retired

   Ed Razek
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   brand’s chief marketing officer, has retired. Razek, who has largely
   helped to shape the brand’s hypersexual image, drew the brand major
   backlash after having made transphobic and other exclusionary comments
   in the past.

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   Over that tenure Razek championed the annual blockbuster fashion show,
   and helped stock it full with his Angels. But in 2018, Razek made
   headlines when he defended the brand’s past of not casting transgender
   models in the show. "If you’re asking if we’ve considered putting a
   transgender model in the show or looked at putting a plus-size model in
   the show, we have," he told Vogue. As for specifically “transsexxuals,”
   as he called them: "I don’t think we should. Well, why not? Because the
   show is a fantasy. It’s a 42-minute entertainment special. That’s what
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   the leader. They don’t talk about each other. I accept that." The
   backlash was swift with many speaking out on social media about the
   transphobia in the statement.

   Razek then apologized saying the brand would “absolutely” cast a
   transgender model. And now they have, with one Valentina Sampaio, but
   not in the show.

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   that some big changes are afoot.

   RELATED | Valentina Sampaio is Victoria Secret's First Trans Model in
   History

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