Les’ Misérables

News and notes about all the Les Wexner protégés, and private equity behemoths, quietly angling to resuscitate Victoria’s Secret.

Some are insistent that Wexner had told Mehas that Victoria’s Secret wasn’t fixable, and it would be easier to start a new brand. Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Fragrance Foundation

Lauren Sherman

March 21, 2024

Earlier this month, John Mehas was fired from his job as C.E.O. of Vineyard Vines, the privately held, Connecticut-headquartered maker of safety school frat scene canvas club belts and madras plaid cotton button-ups. Inauspiciously, perhaps, Mehas had also been fired from his previous executive gig, at Victoria’s Secret, where he briefly served as C.E.O. before making an inappropriate remark over Zoom. Nevertheless, Mehas, a well-known retail executive, was brought into Vineyard Vines in October 2022 by his old colleague, Roger Farah, an advisor to Vineyard Vines co-founders Shep and Ian Murray.