How did Victoria's secret get its name?

Answer 1

The origin of a company name is often a mystery. What we discovered, is that there is no one "secret."

The Victoria of Victoria's Secret likely refers to the British queen. Ipso facto, one can conclude the aforementioned "secret" is merely part of a clever branding strategy, alluding to the titillating possibility that the prudish monarch (who at one point during her reign went into seclusion for 25 years) liked to wear sexy lingerie like the stretch lace Miracle Bra. Lucky Prince Albert.

But despite what some would say was a cultivated aura of Anglicism, Victoria's Secret started in the early 70s as a small lingerie shop in San Francisco. The store was decorated, according to Les Wexner, CEO of Victoria's parent company, like a Victorian brothel, complete with red leather sofas.

Not so secret, perhaps, is that over the years, the company has been the subject of various protests and accusations. Some claim it promotes hyper-sexualized images of women. And in 2003, the Supreme Court ruled that a small Kentucky sex shop called "Victor's Little Secret" did not infringe on the company's trademark.

Details aside, the background story is that the company was started by a man who was trying to buy lingerie for his wife. It was difficult for men to simply walk into lingerie stores and buy lingerie for their wives.

In any case, that man's name was Victor. Victor dressed as a women to enter the store and disguised himself as Victoria.

Hence, Victoria's Secret.

Victoria is Victor, who is man, trying to buy lingerie for his wife.

Answer 2

Well, Victoria was trying to come up with something new for her store and she was doing her laundry she had accidentally put a red sock in with her whites and everything turned pink. Suddenly it just struck her that that is what she needed.

Answer 3

Victoria's secret got its name because the man who owns the store is named Victor. And the Secret is that the owner of the store is a man.

^This is the stupidest answer I've ever heard