2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is coming!

While the show doesn't air until December 4th on CBS, the live event took place at New York's Lexington Armory on Wednesday, November 7. Even though there was a furious snowstorm outside, forty of the world's top models made their way down the runway wearing lots of feathers, sequins and not much else during the hour-long spectacle.

Rihanna sang her single "Diamonds" in a floor-length, high-slit black dress, topped off goggle-looking sunglasses, long gloves and a garter belt. She returned later in the show wearing a decidedly more low key look: Sheer pink short dress, pink ankle boots and a pink long sleeve sweater tied around her waist.

Beginning in 1995, Victoria's Secret began holding their annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, which is broadcast on primetime American television. Starting with the 1995 fashion show they are "a combination of self-assured strutting for women and voyeuristic pleasures for men—and lingerie becomes mainstream entertainment." This involves a lavish event with elaborate costumed lingerie, varying music, and set design according to the different themes running within the show. The show attracts hundreds of celebrities and entertainers, with special performers and/or acts every year.

By 2011 the budget for the fashion show was $12 million up from the first show's budget of $120,000.

See this video selecting models for the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Photo slideshow credit:
http://www.vspressroom.com/storage/images/fashion-show/fashion-show-fittings-2012/
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_secret#Product_history
http://www.youtube.com/user/VICTORIASSECRET