Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2026: Angels, wings and the Fantasy Bra

After two editions in New York, Victoria’s Secret is taking its runway show to the West Coast. The brand announced the move on 16 July 2026 in carefully chosen words: Los Angeles, the “birthplace of glamour”, is “the City of Angels, after all”. Here is what Victoria’s Secret has officially revealed one week ahead of the show: the casting, the wings, the fate of the Fantasy Bra, and how to watch the event from France.

A show live from Los Angeles

The show will take place on Sunday 18 October 2026 in Los Angeles, with a livestream starting at 4:30 pm Pacific Time. This marks the third edition since the runway show returned in 2024, and the first outside New York since its comeback. The brand has not yet disclosed the exact venue. The city has hosted the show before: in November 2007, it was held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, as recalled by jeweller Mouawad, who created that year’s Fantasy Bra.

The show’s history began in 1995 at the Plaza Hotel in New York. Since then, Victoria’s Secret has created some 500 pairs of wings, according to figures published on its website.

Thirteen Angels announced, and one more to discover

Victoria’s Secret is revealing its cast name by name. Gigi Hadid led the list on 16 July, followed by Paloma Elsesser, Alex Consani, whom the brand introduces as an Angel walking “for the third year in a row”, and then Abby Champion. As of 11 October, the official casting page listed thirteen names:

• Abby Champion, Adriana Lima, Alex Consani, Anok Yai, Ashley Graham;
• Candice Swanepoel, Devyn Garcia, Gigi Hadid, Imaan Hammam;
• Joan Smalls, Liu Wen, Paloma Elsesser, Precious Lee.

Two of them have previously worn the Fantasy Bra: Candice Swanepoel in 2013 and Adriana Lima, notably in 2014. The brand notes that additional names may still be added.

A fourteenth silhouette remains secret. Since 27 September, the documentary series Angels Among Us, produced with Boardwalk Pictures and directed by Nadia Hallgren, has been following candidates on YouTube from an open casting call held across the United States. According to the press release from 1 September 2026, the winner will be revealed on the runway on 18 October as the brand’s newest Angel, securing a contract with IMG Models.

Wings still kept under wraps

The wings for the 2026 show have not yet been revealed, and Victoria’s Secret has not named any of their designers. Artistic direction has been entrusted to Adam Selman, Chief Creative Officer of Victoria’s Secret & Co., who provided the quote for the September press release. The official casting portraits already feature wings prominently: gold for Candice Swanepoel, lacquered red for Alex Consani, and red lace for Liu Wen.

The craftsmanship behind them is well documented by the brand. A single pair of wings requires an average of 400 hours of work. The heaviest ever worn on the runway weighed 40 pounds (around 18 kilograms), a mass attributed to their gilded finish, expansive wingspan, and 105,000 Swarovski crystals. For the 2024 return, the outfit fabrics were designed in collaboration with the Swiss textile maison Forster Rohner.

In 2025, the brand detailed the new wings from its New York show: gold and jewels for Candice Swanepoel, beaded pink fringe with a matching headdress for Anok Yai, black feathers for Abby Champion and Ashley Graham, and silver star wings for Lily Aldridge.

The Fantasy Bra, absent since 2018

Neither the Victoria’s Secret website nor its press release mentions a Fantasy Bra for 2026. Jeweller Mouawad, who created eleven of them, notes that the last one appeared on the runway in 2018. For over two decades, this high jewellery piece was the highlight of the show, boasting values announced in the millions of dollars. Here are the most valuable creations, according to figures published by Mouawad:

• 2001 · Heavenly Star, worn by Heidi Klum: $12.5 million, featuring a 90-carat emerald-cut diamond and 1,200 Sri Lankan pink sapphires;
• 2005 · Sexy Splendor, Gisele Bündchen: $12.5 million, designed around a 101.84-carat diamond;
• 2003 · Very Sexy, Heidi Klum: $11 million, set with the 69.68-carat Excelsior diamond;
• 2002 · Star of Victoria, Karolína Kurková: $10 million;
• 2004 · Heavenly 70, Tyra Banks: $10 million, never presented on the runway as no show took place that year;
• 2013 · Royal, Candice Swanepoel: $10 million, featuring a 52-carat ruby.

Guinness World Records currently attributes the title of most valuable bra to the 2001 Heavenly Star. Recent editions saw lower valuations: $2 million each for the two 2014 Dream Angels bras and the 2017 Champagne Nights bra, worn in Shanghai by Lais Ribeiro.

Four performers on the runway

Victoria’s Secret has announced four musical acts: the group KATSEYE, country singer Megan Moroney, rapper Megan Thee Stallion, and singer Tate McRae. They follow KAROL G, Madison Beer, Missy Elliott and TWICE in 2025, and Cher, Lisa and Tyla in 2024. A nod to the crew: Nadia Hallgren, director of Angels Among Us, also directed Pop Star Academy: Katseye.

How to watch the show from France

The livestream will begin on Sunday 18 October at 4:30 pm in Los Angeles. In France, viewers will need to stay up late: the show kicks off on Monday 19 October at 1:30 am. It will be streamed on Victoria’s Secret’s YouTube channel as well as its Instagram and TikTok accounts. In 2025, Prime Video also broadcast the show. This year, the brand mentions only YouTube and its social media channels.

A second live broadcast, a TikTok party, will follow at 5:45 pm in Los Angeles (2:45 am in Paris). Live screenings in ten AMC cinemas and ticket giveaways in stores are reserved for US audiences. To pass the time, episodes of Angels Among Us are released on YouTube on Thursdays and Sundays leading up to the show, and the 2025 edition remains available to watch on the brand’s YouTube channel.