Abercrombie wants only thin and beautiful people in its stores

So what? Do big and tall stores makes clothes available in petite sizes?

As distasteful as this is...it's their prerogative to offer clothing to a certain demographic.

I personally have never shopped at A&F nor do I ever plan to.

They are VERY clear about their demographics...just look at their shopping bags...or the surfer-type teen models that they hire to stand outside their stores.

It's our choice as educated consumers to avoid those stores if we find them distasteful, and I for one will discourage my children from ever wearing "clique" brands such as A&F.

A company should not have to make clothes for fat people.
Here in Thailand, you actually have to pay more as the size goes up.

So there's a different price for S,M, L and XL (normally L and XL get

charged more).


The solution is to not support A&F, and it's boring ass clothes.
Forcing them to somehow make clothes for fat people

isn't going to do anything. I mean, they hate miniroties, so

I won't be shopping there anytime soon. Why would I want

them promoting clothes to Asians? Fuck that.

I'll say that 'price hike' has encourage me to more quickly go down in size

I've gone from an XL to an L, and continue my journey. I'm saving money too.

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PurpleJedi said:

As distasteful as this is...it's their prerogative to offer clothing to a certain demographic.

I personally have never shopped at A&F nor do I ever plan to.

They are VERY clear about their demographics...just look at their shopping bags...or the surfer-type teen models that they hire to stand outside their stores.

It's our choice as educated consumers to avoid those stores if we find them distasteful, and I for one will discourage my children from ever wearing "clique" brands such as A&F.

And their stupid ass jeans don't even make your buttex look any better like Hollister jeans do. Seriously, I don't get why anyone would be up in arms over that tediusly boring company.

But, I can see Mr. Whats-his-face's point of view perfectly. I mean, if I were to design clothes, I would be deliberately trying to exclude the 'jock'/cheerleader type... and, I would avoid the redneck type as well--that, of course is much harder to accomplish than his objectives though. There are a lot of rednecks who could pass for high-so these days. Goddamnit

The guy's an asshole. Point blank. No one has to offer anything they don't want to in their private business, of course they don't, that's not the point.

No skin off my back as I wouldn't (and never) have shopped in his stores anyway but yeesh. What a jerk.

I'm just surprised they still exist. And the founder look like he could be a Hobbit.

What was once a venerable and august brand has been destroyed.

There's an A&F store on 5th Avenue in NYC that I walk by a lot, and it constantly has a huge line out the door. Whatever they're doing, they're doing it right (at least in regards to that one store). Doesn't bother me if they don't want their crappy clothes worn by overweight people.

I'm way more annoyed by the annoying and misleading style of "reporting" in the article itself.

People still shop at A&F?? How 00's.

Wow.............people make an issue of EVERY THING.

I'm not sure if we have this store in Canada - I've never seen it or at least noticed it before.

It's not that they wish to sell to a certain demographic because really, pretty much every retailer does that.

It's the proclamations that their demographic is better than everyone else that is just another typical example of this pathetic bully culture we live in.

Mr. Big & Tall Under Fire For Excluding Slender Customers

imago said:

A company should not have to make clothes for fat people.
Here in Thailand, you actually have to pay more as the size goes up.

So there's a different price for S,M, L and XL (normally L and XL get

charged more).


The solution is to not support A&F, and it's boring ass clothes.
Forcing them to somehow make clothes for fat people

isn't going to do anything. I mean, they hate miniroties, so

I won't be shopping there anytime soon. Why would I want

them promoting clothes to Asians? Fuck that.

I'll say that 'price hike' has encourage me to more quickly go down in size

I've gone from an XL to an L, and continue my journey. I'm saving money too.

Here U go Imago

But I think they prefer black and mulatto type models over asian

I think the Situation from Jersey Shore tried to be an A&F model too and he was rejected

so don't feel bad

isn't that U 2nd from the left? or all the way to the right?

Hey we got in

This is probably irritating people

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^^ Those are from the Singapore store opening long after they were taking to task for not hiring black folks. I don't think those photos are terribly sincere.

imago said:

^^ Those are from the Singapore store opening long after they were taking to task for not hiring black folks. I don't think those photos are terribly sincere.

all of those Asian models weren't snapped at the Singapore store

black models were always in the picture, just not in abundance (who cares)

it's the Asians that were absent, I would think there would be tones of Asian females at least

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OldFriends4Sale said:

imago said:

^^ Those are from the Singapore store opening long after they were taking to task for not hiring black folks. I don't think those photos are terribly sincere.

all of those Asian models weren't snapped at the Singapore store

black models were always in the picture, just not in abundance (who cares)

it's the Asians that were absent, I would think there would be tones of Asian females at least

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My point is what they outwardly are projecting isn't something I perceive to be terribly sincere.

What does the CEO mean by "All American"?

And if that first photo isn't from the Singpore openning, I'm Bette Davis.

At least they´re honest and blunt this time and don´t beat around the bush like they did in the past.

I can´t stand that brand and its offshoot Hollister. I don´t care whether they stock large or XL clothing but I don´t like their elitist and bullying attitude and the consumer base that they cater to, and their clothing is horribly boring.

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Timmy84 said:

I'm just surprised they still exist. And the founder look like he could be a Hobbit.

Aren't those always the ones?

Besides, their clothes are extremely boring.

imago said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

all of those Asian models weren't snapped at the Singapore store

black models were always in the picture, just not in abundance (who cares)

it's the Asians that were absent, I would think there would be tones of Asian females at least

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My point is what they outwardly are projecting isn't something I perceive to be terribly sincere.

What does the CEO mean by "All American"?

You already know the answer to that question.

I thought American Apparel had the biggest asshole running the company.

I guess Abercrombie is trying hard to share that position.


I don't buy American Apparel, eventhough I like their clothes, because of the sexist ads.

To much directed at pedophiles, for my taste.

It shows bad taste and lack of style when a brand or band* markets their product with half naked girls. I don't buy products of companies that enforces a (female) unfriendly world.












* Neptunes sell their music as car salesmen. R.Thicke being the obnoxious car salesman.

imago said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

all of those Asian models weren't snapped at the Singapore store

black models were always in the picture, just not in abundance (who cares)

it's the Asians that were absent, I would think there would be tones of Asian females at least

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My point is what they outwardly are projecting isn't something I perceive to be terribly sincere.

What does the CEO mean by "All American"?

I know Imago, I was just messing around from the start

Unless you're half naked in a bikini, you're not going to get any second looks wearing their boring shit.

Graycap23 said:

Wow.............people make an issue of EVERY THING.

That's how it is in '13. Unfortunately.

MadamGoodnight said:

Timmy84 said:

I'm just surprised they still exist. And the founder look like he could be a Hobbit.

Aren't those always the ones?

Besides, their clothes are extremely boring.

For real. I look at that shits in a commercial back in 2005 and all I can remember is "who will WEAR that shit?" lol

Their clothes don't even fit "healthy" people. Not everyone is "fat" just because they don't have hips or breasts.

The men's clothing is probably the worst. My boyfriend is broad shouldered with large arms, and even the largest male size from them is too tight.

And let's not even talk about the quality of their clothing. Two washes and the darn things are falling apart.

Cheap garments with expensive price tags that cater to a mostly caucasian, and now very twiggy clientele.

They're only gonna dig the hole in the ground deeper by alienating a large subgroup of potential buyers (pardon the pun). Guess we can all be happy that American Eagle and H&M don't do that.

he is scum...but hey free speech and free market. the sad thing is enough of the people who can shop there will shop there and the company will still do fine.

MadamGoodnight said:

Unless you're half naked in a bikini, you're not going to get any second looks wearing their boring shit.

hey that's the idea

I like some of their shirts and caps though, love raised letters and designs

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