Supermodels walking the catwalk wearing million-pound bras and butterfly wings – it could only be a Victoria's Secret fashion show.
The US lingerie label brought its annual spectacle to London for the first time, dazzling guests with a high-octane mix of fashion and entertainment that featured 47 extravagantly dressed models and performances by pop princesses Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande.
Some of the world's best-known models sashayed down the catwalk wearing lingerie paired with sparkly wings, feather skirts, and gold knee-high stiletto boots.
Tim P Whitby/Getty ImagesCandice SwanepoelTim P Whitby/Getty ImagesDoutzen Kroes, who had her second child just five months ago, showed off her enviable post-baby bodyDimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesConstance Jablonski passes Doutzen Kroes on the runway during the 2014 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at Earl's Court exhibition centre in LondonLeon Neal/AFPLindsay Ellingson wears spectacular golden wings during the Gilded Angels sectionPascal Le Segretain/Getty ImagesDevon WindsorTim P Whitby/Getty ImagesCandice Swanepoel walks the catwalk in the Gilded Angels sectionTim P Whitby/Getty Images
Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio showed off the brand's "fantasy bras" – encrusted with thousands of jewels and worth a reported $2m each (£1.28m).
Karlie Kloss wore gilded angel wings made of 18K gold.
Alessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima walk the runway wearing jewel-encrusted Dream Angels Fantasy Bras, each worth $2mPascal Le Segretain/Getty ImagesEd Sheeran smiles sheepishly as Alessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima walk the catwalkPascal Le Segretain/Getty ImagesKarlie Kloss wears gilded angel wings made of 18K goldDimitrios Kambouris/Pascal LeSegretain/Getty Images
Taylor Swift performed in glamorous peach and lace, and later changed into a racy black lingerie set worn with a matching lace cape.
Ariana Grande, Hozier and Ed Sheeran also performed as models strutted around them. Asked whether he was nervous about performing so close to scantily-clad women, Sheeran joked: "That's how I usually perform."
Taylor Swift performs in the Victoria's Secret showDimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesMagdalena FrackowiakPascal Le Segretain/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift performs as Karlie Kloss takes to the catwalkDimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesAriana Grande performs on the runway at the annual Victoria's Secret fashion showTim P Whitby/Getty ImagesIzabel Goulart walks the runway while Hozier sings his hit Take Me To ChurchDimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift and Karlie KlossDimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Victoria's Secret model Lily Aldridge called the performance a "little slumber party that we get to have in London" – albeit an expensive and slickly managed one.
The showing in London is part of the company's efforts to boost their global profile, while the show itself will be seen in approximately 200 countries.
Lily Donaldson takes to the runway in the Fairy Tales section of the Victoria's Secret showTim P Whitby/Getty ImagesBehati PrinslooDimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesElsa HoskDimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesVictoria's Secret model Kate Grigorieva walks the runway while Ed Sheeran performsDimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesJourdan Dunn, Devon Windsor, Magdalena Frackowiak and Stella Maxwell walk the catwalk during the finaleDimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesVictoria's Secret models walk the runway during the finaleDimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesPascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
The show ended with the models parading and dancing amid hundreds of balloons. A post-show party followed late into the night.
