CalhounSq said:

treated like shit you say?...and that's precisely the time when short, lil' ole, unobtrusive me asks to speak with management

I hate Evercrumby and Bitch. Couldn't pay me to go in their store.

Ottensen said:

Ehh, management would have the same attitude There's just an air about the people in there, an inherent rude & snottyness. I'd just rather not shop there, that music is God awful anyway

I'm surprised people still care about A&F. That's been played out with the white college kids since 2001.

PANDURITO said:

he looks like Marv from "Sin City"








And I don't think HE'd fit into Mr. Abercrombie's marketing plan. What an ass
I've never stepped foot in any of the scum-pit stores and I never will.

IstenSzek said:

I ALWAYS remember that line when I run into snoody shop people!

RipHer2Shreds said:

In 2004 A&F paid $40 million to settle a class-action suit brought by minority employees who said they were either denied employment or forced to work in back rooms, where they wouldn't be seen by customers. While A&F denied any wrongdoing, Jeffries said the suit taught him a lesson: "I don't think we were in any sense guilty of racism, but I think we just didn't work hard enough as a company to create more balance and diversity. And we have, and I think that's made us a better company. We have minority recruiters. And if you go into our stores you see great-looking kids of all races."

In the latest episode, last fall a group of high school girls from Allegheny County, Penn., made the rounds of television talk shows to protest the company's "offensive" T-shirts. Of particular concern were shirts that read "Who Needs a Brain When You Have These?" "Gentlemen Prefer Tig Ol' Bitties" and "Do I Make You Look Fat?"

"Abercrombie has a history of insensitivity," the group's well-spoken Emma Blackman-Mathis, 16, told me, "and there is no company with as big an impact on the standards of beauty. There are kids starving themselves so they can be the 'Abercrombie girl,' and there are guys who think they aren't worthy if they don't look exactly like the guys on the wall."

The protest (which resulted in A&F pulling "Who Needs a Brain When You Have These?" and "Gentlemen Prefer Tig Ol' Bitties" but retaining "Do I Make You Look Fat?" and others) began after my visit, so I couldn't ask Jeffries about it. But I did ask him about other T-shirt dust-ups, including "It's All Relative in West Virginia" (which West Virginia's governor didn't find funny), Bad Girls Chug. Good Girls Drink Quickly (which angered anti-addiction groups), and Wong Brothers Laundry Service -- Two Wongs Can Make It White (which triggered protests from Asian groups).

Mara said:

yep

IstenSzek said:

Bravo.

Totally agree with your comments. I shouldn't feel like it - and, normally, I don't allow people to let me feel that way - but we do have a few shops here in Cardiff that if you dare enter, you'll get 'that' look which makes you feel like this > < tall. Wankers.

My/our money is just as good as anyone's. Not that it matters but - since some shop staff are so prissy - the chances are we earn more money than they do. So they have no right to get snooty with paying customers.



It's the same with bars. Some of my mates like to go to these pretentious bars that have suddenly sprouted everywhere. Where chavs dress up to the nines and - since they're wearing trousers/shirt/shoes - suddenly feel like they're 'it' all of a sudden. Bore off. Nothing more annoying than one of these local places trying to create an elitist vibe and recreate some swanky bar in London. It's Cardiff, for Christ's sake. And I wouldn't go to those bars even if I lived in London.

And as for the idiot behind A&F...




Right, I think I'll go and get a coffee...

thesexofit said:

Well, I did spend a few extra minutes in Sainsburys' aisles drooling over the security guard last week...

onenitealone said:

oh i have sooo been there

IstenSzek said:

Well, shopping can be so boring, y'know? You need some entertainment.

And they've got to use those handcuffs on someone.

A&F is tired. step away from the puka shell chokers. don't do it.

COME ON.. YOU KNOW YOU WANT US.. AND TO BE LIKE US

NorthernLad said:

I always get redirected to Hot Topic. I'm still trying to figure out why.

newpower99 said:

A&F clothes take at least 25 points from the hotness factor. it's like meeting a hot hot hot guy and you realize he's wearing complicated looking novelty tennis shoes that light up and have air pumps. why????

PANDURITO said:

and is his hair actually frosted, like he's some 18-year old frat boy?!!!

...and yeah, a & b sucks ass majorica. i've never set foot in one of those stores, and i never will. i'm surprised that nobody's called the police on 'em since their friggin in-store muzak's always turned up SUPER loud; if a & b were a lone house, they'd be breaking the local noise ordinance.

most all the perfume and clothing companies do this with their ads... that's why they're called models. Ambercrombie extended it to their employees which raises eybrows about discrimination. I once caught a model girl working in Abercrombie faking an english accent, she left the counter when I said her accent sounded strange. Or was it American Eagle?

Actually, Abercrombie makes polo tops that fit me perfectly, no other store has that fit, so they do have a unique cut of clothing on some items.

PANDURITO said:

Dude looks like Vincent from that show where all the misfits lived in the sewer...whats the name? I dont remember. Anyway, his store sucks. I dont think I could shop in a store that sells pre-ripped jeans. Thats so uncool. Its one thing to rip your shit and still wear it cause you like it, but to buy some ripped up shit for the sake of looking rebellious shows you aint got it in you.

gary busey's face really freaks me out.

Wow. That's kind of incredible.

I think most of their clothes are stupid, but now I kinda want a A&F logo tshirt. Maybe I'll send that charming fellow a pic of my fugly ass wearing it.

"Great attitude". . . so, is HE allowed to wear their clothes, then?
[Edited 5/26/06 10:12am]

Anx said:

i think his face would improve with a live grenade in his mouth

IstenSzek said:

looks like it already happened.

Anx said:

So, I went to look for an ironic A&F tshirt to add to my wardrobe. . .

HOLY FUCK their clothes are ugly. I don't think the comedy is good enough to make it worth it.

I like Abercrombie & Fitch... I don't like this thread...

notoriousj said:

That's because you're a yuppie corporate whore. Now, go drink your Jager with Esquire.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

I can't not BELIEVE YOU CALLED ME A YUPPIE!!


Label whore YES Yuppie NO

I leave the yuppie department to wentworth...

notoriousj said:

Oh, OK. Miss Louis Vuiton Nordstrom M.A.C. Abercrombie Whatever You Say Super Yuppie Lady.

sextonseven said:

Hot Topic is fun. They have cool t-shirts