Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

Victoria’s Secret staged its first fashion show in 1995 at the Plaza Hotel in New York. Through the late 1990s and 2000s the production grew into an annual televised spectacle — supermodel "Angels," musical headliners and diamond-set Fantasy Bras — that functioned as much as a marketing broadcast as a runway show.

The show was cancelled in 2019 following declining ratings and sustained criticism of the brand’s narrow casting, part of a wider reckoning that reshaped the company’s marketing. Victoria’s Secret revived the format in 2024 with a reimagined production staged in Brooklyn, reframed around a broader cast, returned to Brooklyn in 2025 and takes the show to Los Angeles for 2026.

Victoria’s Secret says the 2026 Fashion Show comes “LIVE from LA” on Sunday 18 October, starting at 4:30pm PT / 7:30pm ET (6:30pm CT, 5:30pm MT). In the UK that is 00:30 BST on Monday 19 October (British Summer Time runs until 25 October). Elsewhere it falls on Monday morning: 01:30 CEST in Paris and Milan, 04:30 PKT in Pakistan, 05:00 IST in India, 06:30 WIB in Jakarta and 10:30 AEDT in Sydney.

Victoria’s Secret’s own announcements name the city rather than a building, but YouTube, the show’s streaming partner, lists the venue as Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California. It is the show’s first Los Angeles edition since 2007. Adam Selman, Victoria’s Secret’s chief creative officer, told People the team could not find a space in New York that fitted his plans for a bigger show, Cosmopolitan reported.

Seats were offered to fans through ticket opportunities the brand announced every Thursday through September on its Instagram and TikTok accounts and VictoriasSecret.com.

The show streams free and worldwide on Victoria’s Secret’s YouTube channel, the show’s new streaming partner for 2026, and on the brand’s Instagram and TikTok accounts. Searching “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” on YouTube leads to the official livestream, runway highlights and behind-the-scenes videos, and YouTube says some show videos carry product tags for shopping the runway.

For the first time, the show also screens live at 10 selected AMC cinemas in the US, in cities including Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami and New York, with tickets sold through AMC (Victoria’s Secret; Marie Claire).

A Pink Carpet pre-show begins at 4pm PT / 7pm ET, hosted by journalists Scott Evans and Zanna Roberts Rassi (Marie Claire; Sports Illustrated). After the runway, Victoria’s Secret hosts a TikTok LIVE from 5:45pm PT / 8:45pm ET to celebrate the night’s highlights, with runway-inspired shopping. No television broadcast had been announced when this page was checked on 16 October 2026; the 2024 and 2025 shows streamed with Amazon.

Victoria’s Secret is naming the cast in stages on its VS Insider “Meet the Cast” page. When this page was checked on 16 October 2026 it listed Abby Champion, Adriana Lima, Alex Consani, Amelia Gray, Anok Yai, Ashley Graham, Candice Swanepoel, Devyn Garcia, Gigi Hadid, Grace Elizabeth, Imaan Hammam, Joan Smalls, Liu Wen, Paloma Elsesser and Precious Lee. The brand’s Fantasy Bra feature adds that Elsa Hosk, who wore the last Fantasy Bra in 2018, returns to the runway this year.

Alessandra Ambrosio returns for her 20th Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show: the brand announced her return on Instagram, and Ambrosio thanked it for “the cutest surprise to celebrate my 20th show” (Gazeta Web; Marie Claire). Victoria’s Secret PINK says Gabi Moura and Yoon Young Bae return for the PINK Halftime Show at the Fashion Show, joined by newcomer Jordan Leftwich.

One more name arrives on the night: the winner of the Angels Among Us search, chosen from finalists Andreína Martínez Fournier, Solange Omon and Tatyana Tinsley, is revealed on the runway (WWD). The Cast Index adds models here only once Victoria’s Secret or two reputable outlets confirm them.

Victoria’s Secret announced an all-women musical line-up on 29 September 2026: KATSEYE, Megan Moroney, Megan Thee Stallion and Tate McRae, who perform live during the show (Victoria’s Secret; Billboard). The brand describes the four acts as rooted at the intersection of music and culture. No host had been named for the main show when this page was checked; the Pink Carpet pre-show is hosted by Scott Evans and Zanna Roberts Rassi.

The third edition of the revived show brings a new city, a Sunday-evening slot and a new streaming partner in YouTube (Marie Claire). Adam Selman told People he is “calling this year Fandemonium”, describing the show as a different take on Americana and the American dream (Cosmopolitan).

The Angel title returns. Victoria’s Secret retired its Angels in 2021; this year its YouTube docuseries Angels Among Us, which premiered on 27 September, follows an open casting that drew more than 100,000 applicants to castings in Chicago, Houston, Miami and Los Angeles. The winner walks the show and receives a modelling contract with IMG Models (WWD).

The Fantasy Bra is back for the first time since 2018, created with the high-jewellery house Jacob & Co. Jacob Arabo says the piece brings together diamonds of different shapes and sizes, including the jeweller’s proprietary Angel-Cut, and WWD reports a centrepiece valued at $22 million. The full value has not been disclosed, and the model wearing it will be revealed at the show.

Victoria’s Secret had not published the hair and makeup leads for the 2026 show when this page was checked on 16 October 2026. The show’s creative direction is led by Adam Selman, the brand’s chief creative officer; beauty credits will be added here, with their source, once the production names them.