Victoria’s Secret CEO says new customers are embracing the escape provided by the glamorous brand: ‘We were living in a beige world for awhile’

Victoria’s Secret doesn’t just want to sell you a bra this Valentine’s Day—it wants to sell you an escape hatch from a world that feels a little too difficult. CEO Hillary Super argues that after years of cultural heaviness, the lingerie giant is finding its footing again by leaning back into glamour, glitter, and unapologetic fantasy—this time on women’s terms.

Super, the first woman to run the company in its current form, is blunt about how flat things had gotten. For years, Victoria’s...