Abercrombie CEO: No Fatties, No Uglies

[romantico]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 2:28pm

I worked for A+F for about 8 months and it was by far the worst job I ever had. This is really not surprising but I would think this would hurt business. I have a few caps I wear from A+F but after this, I would be ashamed to be seen wearing one out in public.

[blueroses]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 2:31pm

Google an image of Michael Jeffries. He's repulsive.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 2:33pm

Seriously ghastly individual.

[suestorm]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 2:34pm

i thought that was gary busey

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 2:36pm

His interior seems to match his exterior.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 2:39pm

What a jerk. Their clothing isn't even that special. And it's way overpriced.

[xxdrewboy85xx]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 2:58pm

I worked for A+F for over 3 years in College as a "Denim Specialist" and a "recruiter" on top of being a "brand rep". It really is that bad. Nothing in the store has anything black on it including Labels (it's all navy blue) because "black is Gothic". If you work there you can't have any tattoos or piercings, no fake tan lines, and woman can't wear make up except for foundation and lip gloss.... b/c they have to be "All American".

As a recruiter for the Chicago Flagship store, I would have shifts where I was to walk around the mag. mile and the beach to look for the best looking people I could find to join our team.

During their many law suits I would be told that at interviews I could only hire Hispanics, because we didn't have enough, etc... They would get hired, but only for 'impact team" which only worked in the back room. Abercrombie finally realized how to get away with these lawsuits... So they no longer hired "Brand Reps", started calling them Models... and there you have it- you can now discriminate against looks!

I quit when I showed up to work one day in a sling because I dislocated my shoulder. I was sent home because the new GM ( This CVNT Amanda) said I couldn't work in a sling. Then she wrote me up for not following dress code. I said FVCK YOU and never looked back.

I could go on and on about all the crazy things I had to do for that company and can not believe I was ok with being apart of their discrimination as I worked for them.

One last thing- If you ever have heard.. it's true. There is a book in the back office of every store with pictures of its employees. This book is how the company hires their models (except the few times they've used Ashton Kutcher, Jamie Bell, and Lindsey Lohan, etc.), but they also use this book to have the hire-ups go through it and decide who should be fired and doesn't fit their criteria. Looks are subjective, so the hiring manager could think one is good looking, but if the VP doesn't agree, you're OUT!

[romantico]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 2:58pm

If I were a A+F shareholder I'd be pretty upset. As CEO, is he actually helping sell his product? Is he improving the companies image with these horrible things he is saying? Are people to assume ALL A+F employees share his views on this? IMO, this is the dumbest and most damaging thing a CEO can say on behalf of their company.

Oh, and Blueroses. You were not kidding. He is repulsive.Nothing more pathetic than watching a guy who looks to be 60+ years dress like a teenager. (and think he is getting away with it)

Updated On: 5/9/13 at 02:58 PM

[SNAFU]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 3:00pm

He looks like Jocylen Wilderstein halfway through her surgeries in some pictures.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 3:01pm

The first time I walked into one of their stores was about 12 years ago. I looked at the clothes, looked at the prices, laughed, then walked out. Never set foot in one again. Never understood the obsession gays had with the brand, either. "A&F Fratboi" was such a popular moniker (and still is among deluded chicken hawks). To me, the company is nothing more than expensive boring clothes that usually aren't featured in their Tom Bianchi-inspired ads. Nobody has ever impressed my by wearing an A&F logo. It usually has the opposite effect.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 3:02pm

If Ron Perlman and new-faced Kim Basinger or Melanie Griffith had a kid...

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 3:06pm

Wynbish, yes!!!

[all that jazz]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 3:20pm

I'm wearing A&E right now...

The man is very non attractive, but there's nothing utterly shocking about his statements.

Their clothes are not really special but I get their philosophy.

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 3:21pm

So if you're fat and ugly, are you asked to leave the store?

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 3:23pm

You "get" their philosophy?

That's disturbing.

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 3:26pm

"The man is very non attractive, but there's nothing utterly shocking about his statements.

Their clothes are not really special but I get their philosophy."

What? Folks, a new troll is born!

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 3:28pm

I get their philosophy, too. It's the same philosophy expressed by Dov Charney of American Apparel. I just find it disgusting. I'd be fine with both A&F and American Apparel disappearing from the planet.

Bring back Chess King.

And since when have attractive all-American cool kids been associated with great attitudes?

Updated On: 5/9/13 at 03:28 PM

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 3:37pm

It's like fashion eugenics.

[morosco]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 3:40pm

According to Business Insider 67% of the apparel-purchasing population is plus sized and they represent $16 billion in sales.

So, Mr. Assholecrombie, you are a retail idiot.


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[Jane2]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 3:41pm

Hipsters - whom we laugh at.

[AnthVoice2010]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 3:44pm

I can't wait for findingnamo's comments....The mind reels...I mean this has namo written all over the subject line...no pun intended...

I can't stand the putrid smell that leaks out from this place onto fifth avenue and maybe I'm going blind but you can't SEE a goddamn thing in there...who wants to buy clothes if you can't SEE THEM!!??

[suestorm]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 4:06pm

ugh i hate hipsters too. brooklyn is home base for them unftly. but the hipsters i see dont wear AC they consider it too "gay"...
Plus all they wear is "ironic" clothes, like white belts, bad hats and everything youd never be caught dead in... cuz you know theyre so cool, that theyre making fun of us for thinking theyre not!! ummm but the jokes on them, theyre still wearing that crap!

Updated On: 5/9/13 at 04:06 PM

[BroomstickBoy]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 4:30pm

Let's not forget their disgusting cologne. And it's called FIERCE no less. One whiff of it and I feel like a dog snorting chloroform.

Of course in Atlanta, you can tell it's PRIDE week when the scent is in the air.

Dear Lord, he looks more like the result of breeding Herman Munster with Teresa Guidice.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 4:51pm

I hope his plastic surgeon had his license revoked. On the other hand, maybe I don't. More A&F shoppers should go to that guy.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 5:04pm

I try not to comment on people's appearance, but in this case, I have no qualms on doing so. He really does look like a tragic plastic surgeon victim (no big surprise, given his attitude about appearances.)

I worked one Summer in University at A&F--for all of 6 weeks or so. Others have already given the specifics, but it truly was the least friendly atmosphere I have ever worked in. And as others have said, the clothes aren't even interesting, or worth their price, but I suppose what they sell is the image--I hope this makes more and more people less and less interested in buying that image.

However, unless I have a different definiton of hipsters, I don't know any one *I* would call a hipster who would be caught dead in A&F clothing unless it was some bizarre "ironic" take.