Inside the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Pink Carpet, Front Row

After a six-year hiatus, the Victoria’s Secret fashion show made its much-anticipated return on Tuesday night at the Brooklyn Navy Yards. And the brand rolled out all the pink stops for the occasion, which aimed to put the spotlight on inclusion, diversity, and the women who make all the magic happen.

Although the mid-autumn temperatures weren’t the best match for the unofficial under-dressed dress code, every model, celebrity, influencer, and editor who trekked out to the venue seemed thrilled to be part of the action. The night offered a little something for everyone: performances by Lisa, Tyla and Cher; appearances by Victoria’s Secret veterans like Tyra Banks, Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima and Gigi Hadid; show debuts for supermodel Kate Moss and daughter Lila Moss, as well as Ashley Graham, and front row faces including athletes Angel Reese and Suni Lee; rappers Ice Spice, Cardi B, Tyga, and Queen Latifah; actresses Phoebe Dynevor and Jodie Turner-Smith; La La Anthony; Bethan Hardison; James Turlington, and more.

“My rose keeps trying to say hi to everyone,” said “Bachelor Nation” star Hannah Godwin, adjusting the rose embellishment at the center of her Camila Coelho Collection dress. “Basically, [the Victoria’s Secret fashion show] was my mom and I’s Super Bowl growing up,” said Godwin. “We had this long hallway at my house, and I would definitely put on her heels and one of my swimsuits and I would strut down the hallway. So it really is full circle being here.”

“I think my favorite memory connected to the VS show will be tonight,” said Jordyn Woods, who was dressed in a long-sleeved lace jumpsuit. “I just wanted to give sexy, I wanted to just embody confidence — and I really feel like that’s what I’m doing,” she said of her look. “I didn’t expect it to be this cold out here, otherwise I would have covered up a little more.”

“These are my pom-poms for the night,” said Dylan Sprouse, holding up two homemade signs that featured photographic cut-outs of a cat and dog. The actor was there in support of his wife Barbara Palvin, who was walking in the show. “These are our babies, our little animals. So we’re waving these for Barbara. I hope she doesn’t cry.” True to his word, Sprouse did jump up from his seat mid-show to cheer as Palvin strutted down the runway.

Cher walked the carpet hand-in-hand with boyfriend Alexander Edwards before heading backstage to get dressed for her performance. Asked what “female empowerment” — central to Victoria Secret’s brand reinvention in recent years — meant to her, Cher was succinct: “Everything,” she said.

The show’s punctual start time meant that Cardi B took her seat just as the livestream started to roll. Blackpink member Lisa kicked things off as she hopped off.a motorcycle and launched into a performance of her single “Rockstar.” The singer was lowered below the stage, and the audience’s attention turned to Gigi Hadid, who gave the first winged model appearance of the night. Performances by Tyla and, finally, Cher followed before Tyra Banks closed out the fashion lineup.

After the show, servers quickly appeared on the runway with trays of celebratory drinks for the crowd. Cardi B posed for photos with Angel Reese before they both made their way back outside to the pink carpet to pose for more photos. Queen Latifah was readying herself to descend down a flight of stairs and head back outside, where a fleet of black SUVs — and “ferry service,” in the form of a Victoria’s Secret branded yacht — waited to whisk the VIP crowd away to their next stop.