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Abercrombie & Fitch CEO’s Alleged Comments About ‘Larger Shoppers’ Strikes An Angry Chord With Women
cbsla.com ^ | May 8, 2013 8:44 PM | Kristine Lazar

Posted on 05/08/2013 9:05:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: Nifster

well, maybe it is a gay store, I sure feel creeped out in there


81 posted on 05/09/2013 4:36:49 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: caww

I have a hard time finding clothes that aren’t made by tent and awning frankly


82 posted on 05/09/2013 4:39:26 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: BenLurkin

So where can the other gals find those Gloria Peterbilt jeans ?


83 posted on 05/09/2013 4:54:18 AM PDT by Einherjar
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To: BenLurkin
Mad TV spoofed A&F a few years back. I think they captured the essence of the place.
84 posted on 05/09/2013 5:07:32 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: skr

My local mall is only open because of these type of teen stores. They employee 100’s of young people and help keep the other stores and food court open because the parents shop while their kids are shopping in A&F/Hollister. I have to wonder what is the motivation to drag up a quote from 2006 other than to try to shut down a private business with feigned outrage from parents who perceive them to be “bullies”.

Oh and it is vanity sizing. Size 10 women’s shorts in A&F have a 34/36” waist and usually have lycra for more stretch.


85 posted on 05/09/2013 5:41:39 AM PDT by happyhomemaker (Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Rom 12:12)
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To: BenLurkin

I don,t think people object to fat people as much as they do to the reason most people are fat.

Because they do nothing except lay around and eat while some one else works to feed them, and have done that since they were babies.

Of course we know that every one who are fat is not on welfare but in these days of socialist America it is so obvious to any one who lived on a working mans pay in the forties and fifties and even the 1960s.

Able bodied people were expected to manage for themselves even if it meant doing that dirty word , work, or go hungry.

So there is no war against fat people which i for one sure in the hell would have no part in, it is a deep resentment against the socialism that America has adopted which has always failed and would be dehumanizing in any case.


86 posted on 05/09/2013 5:54:34 AM PDT by ravenwolf
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To: skr

This quote is all over the net. I am on another board with mothers and they are all outraged. Ironically the mom leading the rampage is a Mass liberal and she told everyone they should shop American Apparel because they pay a “living wage” and have healthcare. So I Google Image “American Apparel” to see the type of clothing she is talking about. Just let me say their ads are NSFW. Apparently AA got back in the news after the Bangladesh factory collapse.


87 posted on 05/09/2013 6:34:09 AM PDT by happyhomemaker (Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Rom 12:12)
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To: BenLurkin

So, don’t go to A&F, go to a fat store!


88 posted on 05/09/2013 6:58:27 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: IDontLikeToPayTaxes
"Look around now. Go into a Wal Mart, for example, and take a look around. It seems that at least half the population is grossly FAT these days."

I'm not about to make excuses for this Jeffries guy; he sounds like a typical nasty, image-obsessed fag. But you're right when you say people are getting fatter.

Big women might not be able to shop at A & F, but I can't imagine they have many problems elsewhere. If you go into a store such as Kohl's and glance through the merchandise, you'll find perhaps one small, one or two mediums, five larges, and a big stack of everything up to XXXXL. I asked a clerk once, "What am I supposed to do if I need a smaller size?" She shrugged and said the large sizes are what they get now....women are getting bigger and bigger. She said, "If you find something you like in a small, you should snatch it up quickly."

89 posted on 05/09/2013 7:23:37 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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To: MacMattico

Mac, I’lll bet your grandmother’s dresses were gorgeous!


90 posted on 05/09/2013 7:24:41 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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To: reg45
Marilyn Monroe need not apply.

snopes:

In 2009, fashion features editor Sara Buys had an opportunity to try on some items from a collection of Marilyn Monroe’s costumes and clothes and reported:
Contrary to received wisdom, she was not a voluptuous size 16 — quite the opposite. While she was undeniably voluptuous — in possession of an ample bosom and a bottom that would look at home gyrating in a J-Lo video — for most of the early part of her career, she was a size 8 and even in her plumper stages, was no more than a 10. I can tell you this from experience because a few weeks ago, I tried to try on her clothes.

91 posted on 05/09/2013 7:33:18 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: BenLurkin

Merle Travis’s gal won’t be shopping at A&F...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfPkGcVi8Mk


92 posted on 05/09/2013 12:19:07 PM PDT by mrs. a (It's a short life but a merry one...)
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To: BenLurkin; Lazamataz
Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)
93 posted on 05/09/2013 12:21:58 PM PDT by Hoodat (I stand with Rand.)
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To: BenLurkin

I am old enough to remember when Abercrombie and Fitch made high-end gear for hunting and fishing. Now, their clothes look like things Goodwill rejects. Even the mannequins look like they slept in the clothes.


94 posted on 05/09/2013 1:17:05 PM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: yldstrk

and what a shame it has become. AF USED to be an upscale sporting goods store (back in the dark ages when my Dad would treat me to something from AF when we vacationed at the Broadmoor). Those days are looooong gone.

I haven’t shopped there in over thirty years


95 posted on 05/09/2013 3:25:41 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: JRandomFreeper

and note that is the maximum size they carry. size ten women do not fit the term rubenesque


96 posted on 05/09/2013 3:26:41 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: JRandomFreeper

a woman’s size ten comes out to be abut the same measurements as a men[’s small


97 posted on 05/09/2013 3:29:38 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: SamAdams76
There is a huge untapped market out there for stylish clothing that can be worn by fat people.

Because once it is on a fat person, by definition, it isn't stylish

98 posted on 05/09/2013 4:44:16 PM PDT by southern rock
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To: Bobalu
Young girls are tortured by unrealistic standards of feminine beauty that they can't hope to achieve.

Umm. Why exactly can't they hope to achieve it?

99 posted on 05/09/2013 4:45:54 PM PDT by southern rock
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To: SamAdams76

Lane Bryant.


100 posted on 05/09/2013 4:51:41 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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