The Lingerie CEO of Victoria's Secret Is Stepping Down
Victoria's Secret CEO of lingerie Jan Singer is resigning.
The news, confirmed today by The Hollywood Reporter, comes less than a week after exec Ed Razek's fatphobic and transphobic comments about plus-size and transgender models at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show made the rounds.
In a recent interview with Vogue, Razek said that he wouldn't put plus-size or transgender models on the runway, using outdated terminology to refer to trans women:
It’s like, why doesn’t your show do this? Shouldn’t you have transsexuals in the show? No. No, I don’t think we should. Well, why not? Because the show is a fantasy. It’s a 42-minute entertainment special.
He later apologized for the offensive remarks and clarified that he "would" cast a trans model. In fact, VS has had some trans models apply; they just "didn't make it."
It's unclear whether Singer's departure is directly linked to Razek's comments, especially since the company has suffered a decline in commercial success in recent years. Singer joined the company from Spanx and has helmed the lingerie division for two years.
However, L Brands, VS's parent company, is expected to release a statement about Singer's exit when its quarterly earnings are publicized next Monday.