25 Unforgettable Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Looks From 1995 to Now
25 Unforgettable Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Looks From 1995 to Now
Emily KelleherSat, October 17, 2026 at 3:01 PM UTC
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Credit: Getty Images / InStyleThe storied show returns on October 18.The Gist -
Since its debut in 1995, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show has showcased the brand’s iconic lingerie.
While it started as a standard fashion show, it’s grown into an over-the-top production featuring a cast of top-tier models and A-list musical performances.
Past shows have featured performances from Andrea Bocelli, Taylor Swift, and Cher, plus fantasy bras dripping in millions of dollars worth of jewels.
When the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show debuted in 1995, it was a straightforward showcase of the lingerie brand’s offerings. But over the next 23 years, it evolved into something bigger and bolder, beyond a simple fashion show. By 2001, the show was opened by Andrea Bocelli and featured household names like Gisele Bündchen and Tyra Banks. Soon, the televised event created celebrities of its own, minting up-and-coming supermodels with the coveted status of Victoria’s Secret Angels. Stars like Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid were joined by A-list musical acts from Destiny’s Child to Taylor Swift and Rihanna.
The show went on a hiatus in 2019 after facing criticism over the company’s lack of diversity and inclusivity (the brand did not hire its first plus-sized model until 2019). It made a grand return in 2024, with performances from Cher, Tyla, and Lisa. The show featured fan-favorite angels from throughout the brand’s history, from Tyra Banks to Candice Swanepoel, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, and the Hadid sisters. Newcomers included Kate Moss, Vittoria Ceretti, Devyn Garcia, and Carla Bruni.
The show returns on October 18, 2026, featuring performances from Katseye, Megan Thee Stallion, Tate McRae, and Megan Moroney. Models who will walk the runway include Alex Consani, Paloma Elsesser, Anok Yai, and more. Ahead of the show, see the best, most over-the-top looks from 1995 to now.
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Angelika Kallio, 1995
Model Angelika Kallio walks in the First Annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on August 1, 1995Credit: Getty Images
At the inaugural 1995 show held at New York City’s The Plaza Hotel, models wore dresses, slips, corsets, and robes. Unlike later shows, looks were highly wearable and rarely featured a bra and underwear alone. The wings and other accessories would come later, but there were pops of the brand’s soon-to-be signature pink silk.
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Karen Mulder, 1997
Model Karen Mulder walks the runway at the Third Annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on February 4, 1997Credit: Ron Galella, Ltd. / Getty Images
At the third annual show, Dutch supermodel Karen Mulder modeled a sheet, feather-trimmed jacket over simple black underwear. High-waisted was still the silhouette du jour.
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Naomi Campbell, 1997
Naomi Campbell walking the 1997 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show runwayCredit: KMazur / Getty Images
By 1997, we saw touches of the show’s signature camp, from cascading capes to fuzzy red heart-shaped underwear that mimicked a box of chocolates. Naomi Campbell stunned in a sheer black ensemble with puff sleeves, a corset, and a witchy neckpiece.
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Karen Mulder, 1998
Model Karen Mulder walks the runway at the Fourth Annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in February 1998Credit: Ron Galella, Ltd. / Getty Images
Wings were first introduced to the Victoria’s Secret runway in 1998, when their line of angel bras debuted. It would soon become a signature. Karen Mulder returned to the runway, wearing an early set of wings and a matching white bra and panty set.
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Tyra Banks, 1999
Tyra Banks at the 1999 Victoria’s Secret Spring FashionCredit: Stan Honda / Getty Images
Tyra Banks was a mainstay of the show from 1998 through 2005, and made a triumphant return in 2024. For the 1999 show, she donned a satin bra and underwear with a matching organza cape.
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Gisele Bündchen, 2000
Getty ImagesCredit: Gisele Bündchen at the 2000 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Held in Cannes, the 2000 show marked the turn of the century, and with it, a stark pivot from soft femininity towards smaller, sleeker silhouettes. While high-waisted panties dominated the ‘90s shows, this show marked the takeover of low-rise underwear with string bikini-style straps. Gisele opened the show in a teal sequin top with a cascading cape and matching, barely-there bottoms with nearly invisible straps.
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Heidi Klum, 2001
Heidi Klum wearing Victoria’s Secret heavenly star fantasy bra at the 2001 Victoria’s Secret Fashion ShowCredit: KMazur / Getty Images
The brand began making fantasy bras in the mid-‘90s but didn’t debut them on the runway until 2001, when Heidi Klum modeled the Heavenly Star bra. Designed by Mouawad, it features 1,200 pink sapphires and over 2,300 white diamonds, plus a 90-carat emerald-cut diamond centerpiece. Today, the set is valued at over $12.5 million.
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Adriana Lima, 2001
Adriana Lima walks the runway at the 2001 Victoria’s Secret Fashion ShowCredit: KMazur / Getty Images
A 20-year-old Adriana Lima looked like a Barbie come to life in a pink satin corset and matching string bikini at the 2001 show.
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Naomi Campbell, 2002
Naomi Campbell walks the runway at the 2002 Victoria’s Secret Fashion ShowCredit: KMazur / Getty Images
Naomi Campbell wore a fire engine red set embellished with florals, along with a pair of red and black wings.
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Naomi Campbell, 2003
Naomi Campbell walks the runway during 2003 Victoria’s Secret Fashion ShowCredit: M. Von Holden / Getty Images
Naomi Campbell graced the runway once again in a shimmering fringe top and a high pony that would make Ariana Grande jealous, looking like the epitome of Y2K glamour.
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Gisele Bündchen, 2005
Gisele Bündchen walks the runway during the 2005 Victoria’s Secret Fashion ShowCredit: M. Von Holden / Getty Images
In 2005, Gisele wore a Christmas-themed Fantasy bra. It was her second time modeling the coveted bra and the first time on a runway. It featured a 101-carat diamond and was worth $12.5 million.
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Adriana Lima, 2005
Adriana Lima walks the 2005 Victoria’s Secret Fashion ShowCredit: Tom Gisondi / Getty Images
Come 2005, Adriana Lima, a veteran at this point, strutted down the runway dressed like a present, wrapped in a cartoonishly big teal bow. This year’s looks marked a tipping point towards full camp. While the show had evolved from a straightforward runway toward something more theatrical in the early 2000s, it was this show in which designers leaned into the given theme and created fantastical costumes as opposed to ready-to-wear lingerie looks.
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Karolina Kurkova, 2006
Karolina Kurkova in the secret hearts on fire diamond fantasy Bra at the 2006 Victoria’s Secret Fashion ShowCredit: Arun Nevader / Getty Images
Karolina Kurkova wore the 2006 Hearts on Fire Diamond Fantasy Bra. It was embellished with more than 2,000 diamonds, including a floral pendant in the center. She wore matching wings fit for an ice queen. Victoria’s Secret Pink launched this year, adding a playful, youthful segment to the runway.
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Selita Ebanks, 2007
Model Selita Ebanks at the 12th Annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in November 2007Credit: Steve Granitz / Getty Images
For the surreally sexy theme, Selita Ebanks wore a taxi-yellow bra and underwear set embellished with sequined gloves. The motif brings to mind a more recent Loewe look that Beyoncé wore on her Renaissance tour.
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Heidi Klum, 2007
Heidi Klum walks the 2007 Victoria’s Secret fashion show runway as her then husband Seal performsCredit: GABRIEL BOUYS / Getty Images
For her 10th show in 2007, besides playing the roles of model and host, Heidi Klum performed a duet with her then-husband, Seal. She wore a larger-than-life set of snowflake wings with a corset and crown.
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Heidi Klum, 2008
Heidi Klum walks the runway at the 2008 Victoria’s Secret Fashion ShowCredit: John Parra / Getty Images
Klum managed to outdo herself the following year with a red bra-and-panty set that featured bedazzled body chains. The look included a pair of oversized sequin bow wings in the era’s top color trend: hot pink.
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Karolina Kurkova, 2010
Model Karolina Kurkova appears on stage during the 2010 Victoria’s Secret Fashion ShowCredit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/Getty Images
For 2010’s Wild Things segment, Karolina Kurkova wore larger-than-life peacock wings with a leopard print set.
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Miranda Kerr, 2011
Miranda Kerr models the $2.5 million dollar bra on the runway during the 2011 Victoria’s Secret Fashion ShowCredit: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images
Miranda Kerr modeled a teal $2 million Fantasy Bra adorned with diamonds and pearls, fitting for the Aquatic Angels theme.
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Candice Swanepoel, 2013
Model Candice Swanepoel, wearing the Royal Fantasy Bra and Belt, walks the runway at the 2013 Victoria’s Secret Fashion ShowCredit: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images
Candice Swanepoel modeled the 2013 royal Fantasy bra, which featured $10 million worth of diamonds, rubies, and yellow and blue sapphires set in 18-karat gold.
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Alessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima, 2014
Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio walk the runway at the annual Victoria’s Secret fashion show on December 2, 2014Credit: Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho / Getty Images
In 2014, Victoria’s Secret debuted two fantasy bras for the first and last time. They were modeled by Brazilian mainstays Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio. It was Lima’s third time wearing the fantasy bra, and Ambrosio’s second. Lima walked in every show between 1999 and 2018 (including the 2012 show, which she opened less than two weeks after giving birth) when she walked the runway solo for a final time during a special segment called “Thank You, Adriana.”
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Lais Ribeiro, 2017
Lais Ribeiro walks the runway in the Fantasy Bra during the 2017 Victoria’s Secret Fashion ShowCredit: Taylor Hill
Ribeiro wore a dream of a look: a Champagne Nights-themed Fantasy Bra with 6,000 white diamonds, yellow sapphires, and blue topazes totaling over 640 carats, all set in 18-karat yellow gold.
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Gigi Hadid, 2018
Gigi Hadid walks the runway during the 2018 Victoria’s Secret Fashion ShowCredit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Hadid wore a parachute-like set of wings, part of the Celestial Angel theme, paired with a flower-printed bodysuit and matching bra.
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Elsa Hosk, 2018
Elsa Hosk walks the runway at the 2018 Victoria’s Secret Fashion ShowCredit: Stephane Cardinale - Corbis / Getty Images
By 2018, the Fantasy Bra was more of a bralette. But the extra surface area was all the more dazzling, featuring 2,100 Swarovski diamonds set in a silver casing.
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Gigi Hadid, 2024
Gigi Hadid walks the runway during the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 202Credit: TheStewartofNY/Getty Images
In 2024, Gigi Hadid opened the show with the night’s biggest, most over-the-top pair of wings, nodding to the show’s long tradition of larger-than-life accessories. She paired the look with a pink silk romper and gladiator-style sandal heels.
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Jasmine Tookes, 2025
Jasmine Tookes walks the runway during the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show at Steiner Studios on October 15, 2025Credit: TheStewartofNY/Getty Images
A glowing Jasmine Tookes opened the 2025 show in a golden macramé dress and matching bronze bra and underwear set with pearl wings to match. At the end of the runway, she stopped to cradle her bump. The model gave birth to her baby boy, Mateo Ira Borrero, less than two weeks later, according to People.
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