College seeks to stop sales of Victoria's Secret gear
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If you've ever seen television or been the recipient of junk mail, you are probably familiar with the lingerie chain Victoria's Secret. In addition to selling teddies and thongs, they sell apparel aimed at the college set. Their brand, Pink, has licenses with many colleges to sell hoodies, t-shirts, tote bags and that sort of thing.
Now, one college campus seeks to remove such gear. University of Minnesota has decided to remove themselves from the 33 other colleges who sell gear through the Pink Collegiate line. At this time, Victoria's Secret is still offering the merchandise. Instead of dealing with the colleges directly, VS made a deal with the Collegiate Licensing Bureau.
Although the site I sourced has an opinion on this, University of Minnesota hasn't explicitly said it feels the ads are too racy. The school was concerned about their reputation however. A representative quoted stated the school did not feel it was in their best interests to have Gopher gear sold through the apparel giant.
Pic by Sweet~Vanilla.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
caron 6-29-2008 @ 9:07AM
As a U of MN grad...I'm GLAD to see that they are not offering the VS line of clothing. I think VS sweatshirts, tees and ect are TACKY. Cute styles...but hate the fact that they say "PINK" all over them.
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ashley 7-09-2008 @ 10:33PM
all of this is because some parents threw a fit. this is so stupid. these parents clearly simply don't have anything better to do with their time. just because you can't figure out how to be involved in your own kid's life and talk about sexuality with your own child doesn't mean you should attempt to ban some sweatshirts because they have victorias secret associated with them.
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