Abercrombie, also, Fitch.

[Halifamous]

So I had never been in an Abercrombie and Fitch store before. Not to say that I wasn't familiar with the brand, I went to a prep school, shit was a more prolific uniform than the uniform. Plus I went to university, so yeah, I done seen that moose befo.

HOWEVER.

I never hated it.

I mean, what's the point of joc'in on that shit really? I've been in American Eagle before (my brother likes to stop in and put the collars down on the mannequins whenever we're in the mall) and to be perfectly honest, besides a few horrendously destroyed pairs of "painters" jeans, all the stuff was basically fine for what you were paying. Twenty dollar T-shirts, forty dollar polo's, sixty for a dress shirt. That shit's fine man. I mean, I don't the styling, and it's annoying how many people have it, but I never really hated ON people just for that. Not everyone has it in their budget for Dior, y'know.?

So I always assumed Abercrombie to be in the same boat. Y'know, like "oh hey bro, your polo kinda looks like shit, but I mean, what do you expect, y'all only dropped like sixty bucks for it".

Until I went into the store (an aside here, holy fuck the Abercrombie store in Toronto is dark as a budget motel room and stinks of cheap cologne, also, there is a dude in underpants with a body like a gay porn pitcher greeting you at the door, like, he's actually there, it's not a picture, his name was jeff, and he was getting paid under 10$ an hour) and looked for myself.

Um, shit is really expensive.

REALLY expensive.

People were shelling out over 140$ for the button ups, a hoodie with fake felt fur on the inside was going for about 250$, jackets were 300$+.

So now it turns out I hate A&F. It basically boils down to the fact that if you are fucking stupid enough to pay more money than I do for your clothes and you end up with a pile of pastel colours and stripes that were made in china and make you look like every other fucktwat I see on campus... then I hate you.

I had no idea people were paying so much money to look so boomingly retarded. My mind is thouroughly blown. Totally exploded.

Sorry if this wasn't news for some people. It was sort of a shock for me.

[sean_]

yo this guy i went to highschool with was one of the greeter guys there

he also appeared on guysgonewild.com

that store is hilarious

[ChaseDizzy]

Yeah. It's in the mall and it's expensive. People think that's fashion.

[Halifamous]

yo this guy i went to highschool with was one of the greeter guys there

he also appeared on guysgonewild.com

that store is hilarious

Next sufu TO meet is gonna be at A&F.

F'reals, the white girls that work there are pretty fit, and they were totally hot for my junk.

Which of course, considering my tight pants, was probably prominantly displayed.

[mrpenguin354]

Article

^^really explained the whole "Abercrombie" mindset to me. I still don't like their crap, but at least know I know they're run by some weird looking nutjob.

[Halifamous]

determined to keep Abercrombie on the edge with both fashion and image.

''The people who are intimidated are not our customers,'' Mr. Jeffries said, wearing the company's summer ''uniform,'' a striped shirt hanging out over baggy khaki shorts and flip-flop sandals. ''We want college kids, the ones who aspire to be the coolest. We've been voted the third coolest brand, after Nike, and, I think, Sony.''

Edge is funny.

A grown man dressing like that guy that's not going to get laid at a shitty college party is hilarious.

People who aspire to be the coolest is uproarious.

[lithiumsys]

This fat girl I went to high school with worked there. They wouldn't let her work with the customers because she didn't fit the mold of a tight, fit, Ambercrombie chick.

I love America.

[Halifamous]

This fat girl I went to high school with worked there. They wouldn't let her work with the customers because she didn't fit the mold of a tight, fit, Ambercrombie chick.

I love America.

I may have a new hate for A&F, but boy can I get behind their management style.

[disasterrrrrrrrr]

Where is this place that Nike, Sony and A&F are the 3 coolest brands? Teen Disney?

[homi29]

the only real reason to go in there is to spit game on the girls..

[Halifamous]

the only real reason to go in there is to spit game on the girls..

Like I said, sufu noth invasion.

[homi29]

Like I said, sufu noth invasion.

im down

lets style on dem hoez

maybe ill even get baydin apes

[sean_]

i would rather spit game at jarvis hookers than a&f girls and im not even a fan of aids

[ericdw]

This fat girl I went to high school with worked there. They wouldn't let her work with the customers because she didn't fit the mold of a tight, fit, Ambercrombie chick.

I love America.

i worked there in high school. there was a class action discrimination law suit against them 5 years later and i got $2000 for being asain, lol

it was a great job, they told employees not to help customers and to generally be dicks.

[owl]

Holy Shit! guy looks weird! scary...

[lithiumsys]

i worked there in high school. there was a class action discrimination law suit against them 5 years later and i got $2000 for being asain, lol

it was a great job, they told employees not to help customers and to generally be dicks.

Dream job.

[calvin1663]

[broneck]

i strongly endorse this thread

[Halifamous]

Dream job.

That's pretty much American Apparel.

Only AA doesn't stink like a date rape morning-after.

[Guest]

roofies, cock and guysgonewild is all you can taste in there

[hey]

American Apparel (at least here in Gainesville) has nearly-naked dudes walking around in it at times too. I guess they have to wear 100% (or close to it) AA outfits, and "briefs" constitutes an outfit.

I went into an A&F once when I was like 14 and not even into fashion and that was enough for me. I guess back then they didn't have the naked greeter. You could still smell the store (and Hollister) from half a mall away though.

[fadingblue]

they got a new brand called gilly hicks

www.gillyhicks.com

i dig their intro video

[DaBestSpoona]

af is pure genius from a marketing standpoint

They attract their main clientèle of jock homophobe frat dudebros with blatantly homo erotic imagery in their ads, catalogs, and instore models.

[Guest]

yea .. what a broad demographic...

[schnapp]

Hey guys, wearing abercrombie makes you cool!

''We want college kids, the ones who aspire to be the coolest. We've been voted the third coolest brand, after Nike, and, I think, Sony.''

[Etz]

It's a great company for growth too. I worked there for a bit when it first opened and you had guys who were 26 years old and already regional managers making some serious coin. Aside from that and the girls (some borderline retarded, some actually pretty cool), the place boggles my mind.

[plongin]

it was a great job, they told employees not to help customers and to generally be dicks.

how can anyone respect any store who actually does this?

my school toilets use the same cologne/smell as the a&f stores...

[geekbonchic]

I went to a fashion job fair which turned out to be an asshole gathering because one of the main companies there was A&F. But cosign to what Etz said. We met some people (kids) who had barely gotten out of college and were making bank doing shit work and basically just telling people to wear shit clothes and be assholes.

If you're willing to sell your soul and don't care that you look like the world's greatest douchebag, then I say go for it.

[LimonRouge]

Abercrombie & Fitch

And that marked the beginning of Black September, when the incensed hords of tweens, prepsters, frat boys, and the douchays all gathered together and turned urban dictionary into an e-bloody battle ground.

[notesee]

I've always hated this brand with a passion, every time I see someone wearing the clothes they look terribly dressed. Especially the ripped and bleached jeans. And university kids think they're the shit when they get a low paying job there.

Last Christmas my cousin bought me an A&F thermal, I was so pissed. It's been on the bottom of my closet for a year. This year she got me a Marc Ecko hoodie which will also end up at the bottom of my closet, because she didn't provide a receipt.