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Raymond was inspired to start Victoria's Secret after feeling embarrassed purchasing lingerie for his wife in a department store. [8] [9] To open the store, he borrowed $40,000 from a bank and $40,000 from his family. [10] Roy and Gaye Raymond worked together to design and launch the first store with a Victorian-inspired style.
Victoria's Secret is an American lingerie, clothing, and beauty retailer. Founded in 1977 by Roy and Gaye Raymond, [ 6 ][ 7 ] the company's five lingerie stores were sold to Les Wexner in 1982. [ 8 ] Wexner rapidly expanded into American shopping malls, growing the company into 350 stores nationally with sales of $1 billion by the early 1990s ...
Peter Addenbrooke Thomas (June 28, 1924 – April 30, 2016) [1] [2] was an American announcer and narrator of television programs and advertisements. Possessing a "smooth and silky baritone" voice, Thomas enjoyed a career spanning more than 70 years, and was best known as the narrator of the television series Forensic Files .
The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum Cynthia Bailey is opening up about an unexpected reunion. The model, 57, recently recorded a podcast with her ex-husband, Peter Thomas, to whom she was married ...
Gary Raymond was born in Brixton, London, the younger of twins and the youngest of three brothers, to theatrical parents, both of whom were variety artistes. His mother died of tuberculosis within nine months of the twins' birth, and the two were then in the care of a nanny. When Raymond was eleven years old, he won a scholarship to the Gateway ...
Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra. Peter Thomas (1 December 1925 – 17 May 2020) [1] was a German composer and arranger with an active career of more than 50 years. He was known for his TV and film soundtracks such as Raumpatrouille, the Edgar Wallace movies film series, and the Jerry Cotton film series. [2]
Adam is the father of Molly Arkin. Armendáriz-Marín. Mexican actor Pedro Armendáriz and wife Carmelita, herself an actress, were the parents of fellow actor Pedro Armendáriz Jr. The father was a cousin of Mexican actress Gloria Marín. Arnold-Jones. Singer Monica is the cousin of record producer Polow da Don.
June 24, 1973 – An arsonist burned the Upstairs Lounge, a gay bar in New Orleans, killing 32 people. [ 25 ] May 8, 1977 – Father Jim Brown, a 50-year-old Episcopalian priest, was attacked by two young men shouting homophobic epithets just outside of the Castro District, San Francisco.