Author Aviana Peterson of Oddessy shared, "Not only does Aerie have a more self-loving goal, but the prices of Aerie are much more realistic. At Aerie you can get seven panties for $27.50. Victoria’s Secret on the other hand gives you five for $27.50, so two more pairs of underwear from Aerie for exactly the same price. A nude push up bra from Victoria’s Secret is $46.50, while from Aerie a nude push up bra is $29.95. Just from the price difference you can love yourself more. With that extra $15 you didn’t spend on one bra you can go pick out a new shade of lipstick." You shouldn't have to pay obscene amounts of money to feel beautiful."Going onto the Victoria’s Secret website, you can see their models. None of them look very much like me. That’s probably because Victoria’s Secret Angels must meet strict limitations, which are being 5-foot-9 with the desired measurements of 34” -24” -34”. Which does not look very much like me or most women I know." While I was shopping at the mall this weekend with my friends, we noticed the artificial body image that Victoria's Secret stores plaster on their walls. How many people in actually have a waist line like that. The underwear and lingerie in stores like Victoria's Secret is supposed to make women feel sexy and empowered, but in my opinion it makes women feel self conscious and unattractive.
Victoria's Secret is notorious for photoshoping and airbrushing their models, whereas underwear stores like Aerie, by American Eagle stopped airbrushing their models in 2014 as a way to promote body positivity to all girls. Their are girls that are under weight that deserve to lover their bodies, just like their are girls that are over weight that deserve to love their bodies. How can ladies on a wall that only weigh 115 pounds and stand at 5 foot 9 promote body positivity when girls on the street rarely look like any of the Victoria's Secret "Angels?"
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