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Palestine | San FranciscoI Dreamed I Went to Gaza In My Secret Armor Bra
QUIT! presented its second Victoria's Secret Weapon fashion show on the Saturday before Mother's Day at Victoria's Secret's Union Square store. Victoria's Army, a division of Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!), delighted Mother's Day shoppers in San Francisco on Saturday, May 12, with a fashion show outside Victoria Secret's Union Square storefront. The fashion show was the second outing for the bold Victoria's Secret Weapon Line, underwritten by generous grants from the Pentagon.
Tammy worked her Push ’Em Out Bra, made popular by the late Golda Meir ("there is no such thing as Palestinians), while Danielle showed off the wonders of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's own Total Control Boundary Reshaper (checkpoints and apartheid walls give you the contours you want). Three types of Razor Wire bras help separate the welcome from the unwelcome and let you decide who gains access to your cleavage. Sarit modeled the bulletproof Secret Armor set, keeping soldier girls safe and sexy from Falluja to Nablus. A crowd favorite was Secret Support, with it's red, white and blue pullout option, offering you the security that the world's only superpower can provide. "Nothing's more American than Mom, apple pie, and support for Israel," intoned popular announcer DeeGee, to roars from captivated bystanders. "Who says apartheid can't be sexy?" It's a little known fact that Mother's Day is one of the busiest times of year for lingerie retailers. Another little known fact is that many of Victoria’s Secret’s bras, cotton panties and sleepware are made by an Israeli company called Delta Galil. Most of the cotton they use is grown in Israel or Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory. The “Shop Israel” website administered by the Israeli embassy in the U.S. urges people who support Israel to buy Victoria’s Secret products. The Victoria's Secret Weapon brochure includes a card shoppers can deliver to Victoria’s Secret staff, asking the company to stop contributing to the Israeli economy until Israel fulfills its obligations under international law. QUIT!’s full-color catalogue is available for download, along with photos from the action and more information about Delta Galil and Victoria's Secret, at http://www.QuitPalestine.org.
Group poses with banner
Secret Armor
Lulu shows off the secrets of Secret Armor.
Comments (Hide Comments)Except for one major problem
Wednesday May 16th, 2007 7:21 AM
The whole premese of this action is that VS manufactures in Israel, but they haven't in nearly 6 years. Everything in the store comes from China. The manufacturing costs are much lower there. The manager of this particular store has pointed this out to many people on many occassions, but it doesn't seem to matter.
The fact that VS has nothing to do with Israel makes a silly action cross the line to ridiculous. You should actually go inside the store and check
Wednesday May 16th, 2007 10:10 AM
Its been confirmed, on many occassions, that Israeli products are not for sale at Victoria's Secrets, and that these actions are based on websites that have not been updated.
This is a waste of time and energy. Now as always, the main place to purchase Israeli products are the small Arab grocers. Actions should be directed in that direction. We don't say the manufacturing is done in Israel
Friday May 18th, 2007 8:56 PM
Actually, look at the text. It doesn't say the manufacturing is done in Israel. It says it is done by an Israeli company, and this is still true. We have seen the 2006 annual report. VS is still a major client. Actually, everything is not from China. If you look at the labels, you will see that things are made in Sri Lanka, Egypt, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Guatemala. If they say Egypt and Jordan, they are probably made by Delta Galil, which also has operations in a number of the other countries mentioned above. Their website says so.
But if VS managers want to send us anything proving that they are no longer buying anything from Delta Galil, we will cerrtainly stop doing actions there. I don't get it.
Wednesday May 23rd, 2007 11:29 AM
[i]If you look at the labels, you will see that things are made in Sri Lanka, Egypt, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Guatemala.[/i]
Is it better to support companies from Sri Lanka, Egypt, Jordan or Bangladesh than those from Israel? What about those nations is in any way superior to Israel in terms of human rights or democracy? Sri Lanka especially.
victoria' Israeli bras?
Thursday Sep 27th, 2007 8:27 AM
I went to V.S. stor to buy an Israeli made bra. All I found was made in Chica or Sri-Lanka. Nobody knew anything, so where are the bras?
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