Phi Beta Pink? - Page 3

OhTheAlphaTau · #1 12-20-2008, 03:52 AM

personally, I wouldn't wear the line. I kind of looked over it a lot. it came out when I was in high school and I saw it as "impersonating" sorority girls... which I would have never done. now that I'm in a sorority, it seems to sort of mock another groups letters. since my letters are Alpha Sigma Tau... not Phi or Beta... then I wouldn't wear anything from the line. but I love most of the other stuff from the Pink line. it's a personal choice kind of thing.

tncheek · #2 07-18-2011, 03:50 PM

Phi Beta Pink IS Pi Beta Phi backwards. Yes the founder of Victoria's Secret is a guy, his daughter was a Pi Phi and it was obviously made for her. I am a Pi Phi and have heard about this many times at nationals and through all of my pi phi sisters.

BluPhire · #3 07-18-2011, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by tncheek

Phi Beta Pink IS Pi Beta Phi backwards. Yes the founder of Victoria's Secret is a guy, his daughter was a Pi Phi and it was obviously made for her. I am a Pi Phi and have heard about this many times at nationals and through all of my pi phi sisters.

This is why people with two post should be careful of posting.

The GUY that founded Victoria Secrets hasn't had anything to do with Victoria's Secret for ( like since 1982)years.

He committed suicide after realizing he sold a multi-billion dollar idea for millions.

I really doubt the Leslie Wexler and the Limited Company would care about his daughter.

Drolefille · #4 07-18-2011, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by tncheek

Phi Beta Pink IS Pi Beta Phi backwards. Yes the founder of Victoria's Secret is a guy, his daughter was a Pi Phi and it was obviously made for her. I am a Pi Phi and have heard about this many times at nationals and through all of my pi phi sisters.

I bet you also totally heard about all the brothel laws there, amirite?

/Your NHQ is not a swim meet.

HannahXO · #5 07-18-2011, 04:04 PM

Andddd this is a three year old thread.

katydidKD · #6 07-18-2011, 04:24 PM

It also hasn't been in the stores for three years (source: I work there)

Also, the founder of vs died many years ago.

BluPhire · #7 07-18-2011, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by katydidKD

It also hasn't been in the stores for three years (source: I work there)

Also, the founder of vs died many years ago.

Many many years ago.

Yeah I had posted earlier, but deleted. Sometimes its not even worth it.

katydidKD · #8 07-18-2011, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BluPhire

Many many years ago.

Yeah I had posted earlier, but deleted. Sometimes its not even worth it.

Yep, he died more than 10 years before PINK was even created. Crazy the things people come up with.

33girl · #9 07-18-2011, 07:45 PM

He didn't just die, he jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge.

I don't think it had anything to do with selling the company though...I read an interview with him once and he seemed perfectly happy to have gotten out when he did.

katydidKD · #10 07-18-2011, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

He didn't just die, he jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge.

Haha I knew that, but I couldn't see how it worked into the point i was making/trying to make, so i left it out lol

jen0830 · #11 11-23-2013, 12:34 AM

I just came across this old thread, and, after sweeping off the dust, I'll provide some accurate information. The CEO of the $6.1 billion dollar company known as Victoria's Secret is a Pi Beta Phi from Oklahoma named (Sharen) Jester Turney.
She named it Phi Beta Pink as a honor/wink for Pi Beta Phi. The Pi Phis at OU are reportedly very pretty and feminine, and many wore pink.
The Angel is the unofficial symbol of Pi Phi, so Jester creatively capitalized on this aspect of Pi Beta Phi and created a HUGE hit with this marketing tool. The fashion shows are televised worldwide with superstar models.
Many chapters of Pi Beta Phi have "Pink Parties" to raise money for philanthropic projects. It has been a win/win for all concerned.

33girl · #12 11-23-2013, 12:48 AM

There is no company called Victoria's Secret. It is part of Limited Brands.

MysticCat · #13 11-23-2013, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

There is no company called Victoria's Secret. It is part of Limited Brands.

Not mutually exclusive. Victoria's Secret is a company that us wholly owned by L Brands.

ree-Xi · #14 11-23-2013, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by jen0830

I just came across this old thread, and, after sweeping off the dust, I'll provide some accurate information. The CEO of the $6.1 billion dollar company known as Victoria's Secret is a Pi Beta Phi from Oklahoma named (Sharen) Jester Turney.

>> Thank you for sharing some accurate information! Oh, wait...

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Originally Posted by DGTess

See this story on the CEO of Victoria's Secret, Sharon Jester Tunney, a DG from Oklahoma.

http://digital.watkinsprinting.com/p...tion/?i=151514

>>DGTess, thank you for clearing that up!

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Originally Posted by jen0830

She named it Phi Beta Pink as a honor/wink for Pi Beta Phi. The Pi Phis at OU are reportedly very pretty and feminine, and many wore pink.

>>I bet if you look at any sorority or any group of young women, a certain percentage would wear the color pink at any given time. I also guarantee that many women in other sororities at other schools are "reportedly very pretty and feminine."

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Originally Posted by jen0830

The Angel is the unofficial symbol of Pi Phi, so Jester creatively capitalized on this aspect of Pi Beta Phi and created a HUGE hit with this marketing tool. The fashion shows are televised worldwide with superstar models.

Many chapters of Pi Beta Phi have "Pink Parties" to raise money for philanthropic projects.

It has been a win/win for all concerned.

Don't you think it's odd that someone would create something that means something special to a very small, exclusive group, for millions of other people to wear?

Apparently the myth is being propagated elsewhere online...

"What is Victoria's secret???
The Victoria's secret store has a secret. My girlfriend just got initiated into her sorority pi beta phi which is the sorority the designer of victoria's secret made. Only the girls in pi beta phi know the secret and apparently nobody else does.

Does anyone know what the secret is or could be, she says i will never find the answer and her sorority has sworn to secrecy to never tell, and signed some piece of paper to say the will never tell anyone outside the sorority."

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=129282281

Thanks to the Internet and even the invention of the telephone, it's so easy to research stories like this one.

IndianaSigKap · #15 11-23-2013, 01:09 AM

Apparel Merchandising minor in college. Actually there was a Victoria's Secret company/brand with a handful of stores and they were purchased in the early 1980s by Limited Inc. It was started by a man and his wife after he realized that men did not want to go into lingerie stores to make purchases. We looked at the company in one of our case studies.