"I don't think any woman who is at all at ease with herself is going to care one way or the other how things are marketed and sold to her, so long as the product itself stands. That was my point."

First off, you shouldn't be trying to represent yourself as if you speak for women, because you don't. You are one women, and I think you'd find a lot of women disagreeing with your statement I quote above.

Second, I care a great deal how things are marketed and sold to me, and I base most of my buying decisions evaluating those things. I also care about who makes the product where, and under what conditions. All those factors go into my buying choices.

Third, advertising just doesn't work on me, because I don't consume like a mindless couch potato.

Fourth, I have never bought from VS and never will because of my objections to the sexist, objectified way they sell. But I do know women who have and who do shop there, but they seem to make a lot of complaints about the quality and durability of the product they wear.

Fifth, the commercials seem tailor made for people who need to be entertained while they are being sold a bill of goods. I find those sorts of people pretty superficial.