Top model Barbara Palvin brings her sensual mix of femininity and seductive, innocent coquette to For Love & Lemons Valentine’s Day 2024 collection, lensed by Carin Backoff [IG].

Key pieces from the For Love & Lemons Cordella and Velma collections are available online only at Victoria’s Secret. A search for Love & Lemons at any VS stores is a blank page.

Note that the Velma bra below is reduced to $69.30 on FL&L but remains $99 at VS, on February 6, 2024.

The History of Valentine’s Day

AOC embarked on a brief history of Valentine’s Day to support these images. It became so complicated with historical data that resonates with 2023 politics in America, that we are backing off and issuing it separately ‘next-door’ to this page.

Not Even Valentine’s Day Is Sacred Anymore

We could say that “nothing is sacred anymore — not even Valentine’s Day” but as more questions arose in Anne’s mind, directing Lulu, our AI assistant, in the research, it became clear that the evolution of Valentine’s Day is deeply involved in evolution of a young Christianity in Rome and its practices.

Because we love Barbara Palvin’s images [see BP’s AOC archives] and For Love & Lemons exquisite lingerie, AOC chooses to abandon the historical narrative and let us all take a deep breath of the beautiful images.