Gisele Bundchen turned down an invitation from Victoria’s Secret to come out of retirement and walk in the fashion show’s return… but it appears there are no hard feelings.
Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ… VS invited Gisele to walk in last night’s event, although in 2020 she retired from fashion shows.
Our sources say Victoria’s Secret reached out to Gisele’s team in June, when the brand began casting for the show… and Gisele’s team politely declined on her behalf, explaining that she no longer wanted to walk in the shows. catwalks for fashion shows.
Gisele was a Victoria’s Secret Angel from 1996 to 2006… and she retired from the runway in 2020… although she reunited with VS in 2023 for their Icons campaign.
So it was still a long shot… but Victoria’s Secret tried anyway.
Our sources say Emmanuel Alt – the former head of French Vogue – was the one who tried to convince Gisele to come out of retirement… as Emmanuelle is close to Gisele and styled the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.
But it didn’t work… we’re told Gisele still politely declined… with her team saying that no matter how close Gisele is to the designer, she’s done with the runways for good.
The VS Fashion Show was back after a 6-year hiatus… but Gisele left it on record that she has no desire to show again… so there’s no data here.