Luxury shoppers are led by rational desires to purchase items of high value and craftsmanship. Eight of the ten top purchase motivators are emotionally driven. Marketers must tap into consumers desires for well-being, self-concept, and indulgence. The consumption of symbolic meaning, reinforced through advertising, provides the individual with the opportunity to construct, maintain, and communicate identity and social meanings. Victorias secret is a great example of using the unobtainable, imaginary dreams of its consumers to drive sales. When beautiful and perfectly proportioned models strut down the runway and grace glossy catalog pages, they say that the companys products can enhance or even instill such glamour. if victorias secret products are worn by the beautiful, does the inverse also hold true? will wearing them make one beautiful?