Les’ Misérables

Les Wexner
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

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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