Comments on: What Store Do YOU Avoid in the Mall? http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/ Standing in the Gap in a Society that's Warring with God. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:09:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: MInTheGap http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78784 MInTheGap Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:33:15 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78784 You're right, Katie. Big difference between husband and boyfriend. I would suggest that a boyfriend has no business in VS or buying a girl underwear for that matter. You'll find this amusing, but I didn't even want to fold the underwear of the girls in my house when I was kid-- it was gross in my mind! You’re right, Katie. Big difference between husband and boyfriend. I would suggest that a boyfriend has no business in VS or buying a girl underwear for that matter.

You’ll find this amusing, but I didn’t even want to fold the underwear of the girls in my house when I was kid– it was gross in my mind!

]]> By: Katie http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78711 Katie Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:43:46 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78711 Of course, Min, there's a world of difference between a husband buying it for his wife and a guy buying it for a girlfriend, too! Of course, Min, there’s a world of difference between a husband buying it for his wife and a guy buying it for a girlfriend, too!

]]> By: MInTheGap http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78660 MInTheGap Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:59:50 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78660 Either Christian companies online or in homes I don't have problems with. But the problem is that these bigger companies like VS get the attention because of the splash they create. It would definitely be better to go this route, but I don't know how you popularize it. Especially since there are a lot of guys buying things for their girls... Either Christian companies online or in homes I don’t have problems with. But the problem is that these bigger companies like VS get the attention because of the splash they create. It would definitely be better to go this route, but I don’t know how you popularize it. Especially since there are a lot of guys buying things for their girls…

]]> By: Jess @ Making Home http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78640 Jess @ Making Home Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:02:40 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78640 There are Christian companies that sell things online... all kinds of marital "aids" for intimacy... and they try to keep porn-ish advertising away from their sites. For example, they use mannequins to display lingerie rather than real women; they cut off any photos off of packaging that are sent out, etc. There are rare companies that do this, though- and they don't get much "play". My friend had a business like this, and was doing well until a group of Bible study women decided that some of the things that she sold on her site (toys/etc.) were unbiblical. They essentially drove her out of business, but she had been trying to offer all of these things in a way that wouldn't require someone to go into an ethically-questionable place and expose themselves to porn just to buy things that they wanted to use in their marriage bed. All that to say, I think the way she ran her business was very honorable and I wish more Christians would make use of places like that rather than VS. ~Jess There are Christian companies that sell things online… all kinds of marital “aids” for intimacy… and they try to keep porn-ish advertising away from their sites.

For example, they use mannequins to display lingerie rather than real women; they cut off any photos off of packaging that are sent out, etc.

There are rare companies that do this, though- and they don’t get much “play”. My friend had a business like this, and was doing well until a group of Bible study women decided that some of the things that she sold on her site (toys/etc.) were unbiblical. They essentially drove her out of business, but she had been trying to offer all of these things in a way that wouldn’t require someone to go into an ethically-questionable place and expose themselves to porn just to buy things that they wanted to use in their marriage bed.

All that to say, I think the way she ran her business was very honorable and I wish more Christians would make use of places like that rather than VS.

~Jess

]]> By: MInTheGap http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78438 MInTheGap Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:22:08 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78438 Karen-- I think, if you call them, you can get them to stop sending you the magazines. One year I got my wife some lotion and clothes from the place, and we started getting the magazine and that's what really made us stop even considering finding anything there. Katie-- that's a great question. On the one hand I could see a good argument being made that without promotion and high visibility the store couldn't just do underwear. However, many department stores have the same kinds of things without the sexy mannequins and the porn television spots. I would suggest maybe some kind of in home thing might work, or even VS if they didn't put the models in their underwear in the front. A store that just has the clothing isn't as repulsive as the larger-than-life posters they show. Karen– I think, if you call them, you can get them to stop sending you the magazines. One year I got my wife some lotion and clothes from the place, and we started getting the magazine and that’s what really made us stop even considering finding anything there.

Katie– that’s a great question. On the one hand I could see a good argument being made that without promotion and high visibility the store couldn’t just do underwear. However, many department stores have the same kinds of things without the sexy mannequins and the porn television spots.

I would suggest maybe some kind of in home thing might work, or even VS if they didn’t put the models in their underwear in the front. A store that just has the clothing isn’t as repulsive as the larger-than-life posters they show.

]]> By: MInTheGap http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78405 MInTheGap Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:05:40 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78405 I'm sorry that inappropriate ads were displayed. I use Google AdSense for some of the ads on this site, and they're good at catching keywords, just not always good at catching context. If you know what URL they used for the Bare Necessities ad, then I can filter it. I should have guessed that a post that had to deal with a store selling underwear would have triggered those kinds of ads. I'm glad you enjoyed the entry and hope you'll come back again soon! I’m sorry that inappropriate ads were displayed. I use Google AdSense for some of the ads on this site, and they’re good at catching keywords, just not always good at catching context. If you know what URL they used for the Bare Necessities ad, then I can filter it. I should have guessed that a post that had to deal with a store selling underwear would have triggered those kinds of ads.

I’m glad you enjoyed the entry and hope you’ll come back again soon!

]]> By: Wendy http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78403 Wendy Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:16:04 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78403 Love your blog entry but found it interesting and ironic that the ad banner over the article was for Bare Necessites. Love your blog entry but found it interesting and ironic that the ad banner over the article was for Bare Necessites.

]]> By: Katie Gillet http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78381 Katie Gillet Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:44:46 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78381 What would be the ideal way to sell the higher-end, more adventurous, lingerie to those married couples using it? There's an agreement that those products have their place, so how should they be sold/marketed/displayed? What would be the ideal way to sell the higher-end, more adventurous, lingerie to those married couples using it? There’s an agreement that those products have their place, so how should they be sold/marketed/displayed?

]]> By: Karen (Pediascribe) http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78379 Karen (Pediascribe) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:02:26 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78379 I totally agree. VS displays are over the top. I avoid the mall, or that area of the mall at all costs. The bad thing is, this year my sister in law wanted flannel pj's from VS for Christmas. I bought them and the matching slippers. Now I get their catalog which can only be described as "soft porn." I'm trying to get VS to take me off their mailing list. Next time I'll buy her flannel pj's from somewhere else! I totally agree. VS displays are over the top. I avoid the mall, or that area of the mall at all costs.

The bad thing is, this year my sister in law wanted flannel pj’s from VS for Christmas. I bought them and the matching slippers. Now I get their catalog which can only be described as “soft porn.” I’m trying to get VS to take me off their mailing list. Next time I’ll buy her flannel pj’s from somewhere else!

]]> By: MInTheGap http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78337 MInTheGap Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:34:52 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2007/12/05/what-store-do-you-avoid-in-the-mall/#comment-78337 Laurie B, it's funny because my wife and I were saying that there's definitely a message that VS wants to tell young ladies-- and that underwear is all about sex and that you have to look sexy. I don't think that this is the message anyone wants to give young ladies. I believe it's part of all the problems that young girls are having trying to match up to slinky skanky models. Jess and Carol-- you're right, there's a lot of stuff that is advertised that you wonder "who makes a decision to buy that from a commercial on television!" There really isn't much that's still private. Laurie B, it’s funny because my wife and I were saying that there’s definitely a message that VS wants to tell young ladies– and that underwear is all about sex and that you have to look sexy. I don’t think that this is the message anyone wants to give young ladies. I believe it’s part of all the problems that young girls are having trying to match up to slinky skanky models.

Jess and Carol– you’re right, there’s a lot of stuff that is advertised that you wonder “who makes a decision to buy that from a commercial on television!” There really isn’t much that’s still private.

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