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Abercrombie and ****ing Fitch

  • 01-11-2012 6:29pm
    #1
    Max Power
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,072 ✭✭✭


    What's the big obsession with A&f clothes? Every second dickhead seems to be wearing their clothes. It used to be a D4 thing now it has spread like wildfire. Was listening to the radio earlier and they mentioned A&F opened a new store in Dublin this morning and people were queuing up for hours. :rolleyes:


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  • #2
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,069 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb_X1b6UW_0


    They're definitely not **** or anything


  • #3
    él statutorio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭él statutorio


    Don't get it myself, I've been in the stores in the states and they do have a load of good looking young wans working there to be fair to them. Their aftershave is nice though, I've bought it a few times, mind you they're charging €92 for 100ml of the stuff. I paid $50 for the same size a few months back.


  • #4
    woodoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,219 ✭✭✭woodoo


    FionnMcCool87 wrote: »
    Was listening to the radio earlier and they mentioned A&F opened a new store in Dublin this morning and people were queuing up for hours. :rolleyes:


    Maybe they are looking for jobs.


  • #5
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Don't worry OP, it's just fashion. In six months people will have forgotten about it, and instead will be wearing tricorne hats and chainmail or some such nonsense.


  • #6
    wilkie2006
    Registered Users Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭wilkie2006


    My name is URL wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb_X1b6UW_0


    They're definitely not **** or anything

    What a bunch of fooking morons.


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  • #7
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    FionnMcCool87 wrote: »
    Every second dickhead seems to be wearing their clothes.

    What are the rest of the dickheads wearing?


  • #8
    Phoenix Park
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭Phoenix Park


    Do they make tracksuits? Hopefully not, would be nice to dilute out the tracksuits round town....

    A warm welcome to you Abercrombie and Whatever! (if you don't make tracksuits).


  • #9
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Queuing up for hours to be afforded the opportunity to spend your money on over-priced and frankly boring clothing????!!!!!!


    WHERE DO I SIGN UP STAND IN THE FREEZING COLD????


  • #10
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Anyone that queues up to get into a shop has no self respect. Its one thing if its a couple of days before xmas and you need to get a certain present but this was just gimpish behaviour. Just as bad as the gimps that queue up for apple products.


  • #11
    Max Power
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,072 ✭✭✭Max Power


    My name is URL wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb_X1b6UW_0


    They're definitely not **** or anything
    I would love to punch every single person in that video. Everyone.


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  • #12
    xzanti
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 10,439 Mod ✭✭✭✭xzanti


    Who are the 2 goons waving in that video??


  • #13
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,069 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Phoenix Park wrote: »
    Do they make tracksuits? Hopefully not, would be nice to dilute out the tracksuits round town....

    A warm welcome to you Abercrombie and Whatever! (if you don't make tracksuits).

    http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/17/article-2026937-0D764B1200000578-67_468x681.jpg


  • #14
    decisions
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭decisions


    smash wrote: »

    What are the rest of the dickheads wearing?

    Hollister?


  • #15
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    xzanti wrote: »
    Who are the 2 goons waving in that video??

    Hired goons.


  • #16
    dan1895
    Registered Users Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭dan1895


    xzanti wrote: »
    Who are the 2 goons waving in that video??

    Hired goons

    damn you Anonoboy


  • #17
    Max Power
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,072 ✭✭✭Max Power


    xzanti wrote: »
    Who are the 2 goons waving in that video??
    I don't know but by the way they were waving it seems they have some sort of mental disability. Gobshites.


  • #18
    mauzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭mauzo


    I've a few hoodies that I bought in America, most comfortable ones I own. Wouldn't pay the prices over here, and I doubt I'd fit it their jeans!!!


  • #19
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    xzanti wrote: »
    Who are the 2 goons waving in that video??

    one of them seems to be some sort of human Ken doll


  • #20
    Princess Peach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,698 ✭✭✭✭Princess Peach


    If people are stupid enough to queue up in the cold to buy overpriced tracksuits, there should be someone smart enough to take the money off them.


  • #21
    Max Power
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,072 ✭✭✭Max Power


    woodoo wrote: »
    Maybe they are looking for jobs.
    Didn't he die a while ago?


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  • #22
    risteard7
    Registered Users Posts: 879 ✭✭✭risteard7


    its a new phenomenon now in dublin wanting to be american..
    have you not heard dublin girls speak with american accents now :o

    its an epidemic and its gettin fookin worse


  • #23
    flutterflye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,538 ✭✭✭flutterflye


    New kids on the block had a bunch of hits
    Chinese food makes me sick
    And I think it's fly when girls stop by for the
    Summer, for the summer
    I like girls that wear abercrombie and fitch
    I'd take her if I had one wish
    But she's been gone since that summer,
    Since that summer.


  • #24
    Cheeky_gal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Cheeky_gal


    My name is URL wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb_X1b6UW_0


    They're definitely not **** or anything

    What a bunch of f*cking d*ckheads the state of everyone in that video makes me wanna vom and the two ar*eholes waving who the fcuk are they grrr


  • #25
    kerry4sam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    FionnMcCool87 wrote: »
    What's the big obsession with A&f clothes? Every second dickhead seems to be wearing their clothes. It used to be a D4 thing now it has spread like wildfire. Was listening to the radio earlier and they mentioned A&F opened a new store in Dublin this morning and people were queuing up for hours. :rolleyes:

    Cheers! Didn't hear they were opening in Dublin. A & F have some lovely perfume fragrances :) , hopefully they will sell in-store so stop me having to purchase online.


  • #26
    Max Power
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,072 ✭✭✭Max Power


    I would love to introduce my hurl to that gimp in the red jack.


  • #27
    Martyn1989
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭Martyn1989


    mauzo wrote: »
    I've a few hoodies that I bought in America, most comfortable ones I own. Wouldn't pay the prices over here, and I doubt I'd fit it their jeans!!!

    People go on about their hoodies, whats the story? What makes them so comfortable. They look a bit narrow for the length of them and they only seem to come in rotten colours.


  • #28
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    FionnMcCool87 wrote: »
    I would love to introduce my hurl to that gimp in the red jack.

    To be fair the lad is getting paid well to stand around showing off his pecs (or abs or gluts or whatever they are called these days).

    Can't argue with a man making a living even if he's doing it in a shop for tools.

    It's the fools queuing up to go into the place that I'm laughing at.


  • #29
    Rayne Wooney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,136 ✭✭✭✭Rayne Wooney


    Ah lads, a bit harsh here
    Abercrombie and Fitch deserve some respect for paying that gimp Pauly D from Jersey Shore not to wear their clothes :rolleyes:


  • #30
    Snowie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,048 ✭✭✭✭Snowie


    lots of umalumpas and bad hair cuts in that place :pac:


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  • #31
    Canard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,572 ✭✭✭Canard


    oh my god who queues to go into a clothes shop seriously.
    the size of that line, it'd be packed inside, why wouldnt you just wait til later!


  • #32
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    risteard7 wrote: »
    its a new phenomenon now in dublin wanting to be american..
    have you not heard dublin girls speak with american accents now :o

    its an epidemic and its gettin fookin worse
    Cheeky_gal wrote: »
    What a bunch of f*cking d*ckheads the state of everyone in that video makes me wanna vom and the two ar*eholes waving who the fcuk are they grrr

    :(


  • #33
    Princess Peach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,698 ✭✭✭✭Princess Peach


    Martyn1989 wrote: »
    People go on about their hoodies, whats the story? What makes them so comfortable. They look a bit narrow for the length of them and they only seem to come in rotten colours.

    It says Abercrombie on the front and smells so damn good. Nothing else matters!

    :confused:


  • #34
    lukesmom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭lukesmom


    Why has your man got no top on him, the fool in winter. Must be hard up for a few euro. Standing there like a plank. That's one of the most cringe worthy things I've ever viewed.

    On another note I do have an abercrombie and fitch hoody. They are very high quality and warm.


  • #35
    Hogzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,544 ✭✭✭Hogzy


    Patchy~ wrote: »
    oh my god who queues to go into a clothes shop seriously.
    the size of that line, it'd be packed inside, why wouldnt you just wait til later!

    Or if you really need A&F clothes that badly, just buy online.

    Seriously overpriced clothes btw.


  • #36
    sink
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭sink


    They have some weird staff hiring practices, they sack people for putting on weight. There was a lawsuit in the States taken out by a girl who lost her job at A&F because she lost her arm in an accident. It's not that she couldn't function in her job it's that she no longer looked the part.

    Whenever I'm state-side my first port of call shopping wise is American Eagle, similar looking clothing but great value and without the pretension.


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  • #37
    Dark Artist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 387 ✭✭Dark Artist


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    To be fair the lad is getting paid well to stand around showing off his pecs (or abs or gluts or whatever they are called these days).

    Can't argue with a man making a living even if he's doing it in a shop for tools.

    It's the fools queuing up to go into the place that I'm laughing at.

    I agree. Have to admire someone who achieves that kind of physique. Obviously he's loving the attention but we're the ones sitting at our computers with our beer guts moaning about it.

    The reason this video is so cringey is because the A&F style is dated. Their sales have been depleting in the US which is why they're opening stores overseas. It's all about the more 'hipster' trends now, which are a far cry from this sports/douchey/high-school look.


  • #38
    mauzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭mauzo


    Martyn1989 wrote: »

    People go on about their hoodies, whats the story? What makes them so comfortable. They look a bit narrow for the length of them and they only seem to come in rotten colours.

    I don't know what it is, they are really thick, long sleeves, huge hoods....I love them. NOthing to do with the brand, they are just comfortable.

    I have a turquoise one and a navy one, some colours are crazy though.


  • #39
    kincsem
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,013 ✭✭✭kincsem


    I'm 62 years old. This is great news. Abercrombie & Fitch is the best.
    I own 200 shares in A&F


  • #40
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    Some people will rant at anything. It's just a clothes shop and people like it, especially considering it used to be much more difficult to get Abercrombie clothes.

    Personally I like some of their stuff like a few pairs of jeans and hoodies, and at least now it'll make it way easier to get a hold of a bottle of aftershave when I run out.


    Queuing for it though, feck that shít.


  • #41
    dan1895
    Registered Users Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭dan1895


    sink wrote: »
    Whenever I'm state-side my first port of call shopping wise is American Eagle, similar looking clothing but great value and without the pretension.

    I've a couple of great glow in the dark boxers from there :D


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  • #42
    dan1895
    Registered Users Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭dan1895


    Dark Artist wrote: »
    we're the ones sitting at our computers with our beer guts .

    Speak for yourself ;)


  • #43
    Cill94
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,414 ✭✭✭Cill94


    Anyone who is willing to spend €40 on a t shirt is a bit of a materialistic eejit in my book. But people actually queuing in the cold for hours, just to be the 1st in the country to do it?

    Jesus wept.


  • #44
    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


    For the record, I hate them as a brand, but, their hoodies are bloody comfortable. Plus theyre creating 300 jobs and will boost footfall in the area. So fvck it, if you don't like it, don't go there. Plus they've restored the building beautifully.


  • #45
    Princess Peach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,698 ✭✭✭✭Princess Peach


    sink wrote: »
    They have some weird staff hiring practices, they sack people for putting on weight. There was a lawsuit in the States taken out by a girl who lost her job at A&F because she lost her arm in an accident. It's not that she couldn't function in her job it's that she no longer looked the part.

    They have some terrible ethics. Were sued hard a few years ago too for having absolutely no minorities hired, having only white models also. They were also only hiring people under the age of 25.


  • #46
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    My name is URL wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb_X1b6UW_0


    They're definitely not **** or anything

    I got bored halfway through (how can you engage with a concept so ludicrous as a man trying to sell clothes wearing so little?) and made up my own story.

    This then became the final scene in a modern, gender-swapped remake of 80s hit Mannequin.

    Dowdy sales assistant Jane Switcher (Selena Gomez) leads a boring life. Single and with no friends, she confides in one person: a male mannequin! (Zac Efron)

    But one night when she's left alone to stocktake, the mannequin is struck by lightning and comes to life!

    Now, she must hide her new man from her boss (Stanley Tucci) while also trying to stop an evil property developer (Bryan Cranston) from turning the vintage boutique into a parking lot!

    In the end, not only do they manage to save the boutique, but she and Manny fall in love (even though, hilariously, she could never convince him to wear anything under his jacket, as he only used to model jackets!) and somehow end up running it together, with everyone in the neighbourhood showing up on their re-opening day.


  • #47
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    MarkMc wrote: »
    For the record, I hate them as a brand, but, their hoodies are bloody comfortable. Plus theyre creating 300 jobs and will boost footfall in the area. So fvck it, if you don't like it, don't go there. Plus they've restored the building beautifully.

    Their hoodies are brilliant and they're really durable. I'm wearing one right now that's over 4 years old, and I still can't bring myself to throw it out either.


  • #48
    Allyall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    xzanti wrote: »
    Who are the 2 goons waving in that video??

    I wanted to post the exact same thing when i saw the video.

    Really... What.. My head is hurting. Who are they?

    American Ireland. It is a hell i want no part of.


  • #49
    kincsem
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,013 ✭✭✭kincsem


    It's bullying with fashion.


  • #50
    Princess Peach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,698 ✭✭✭✭Princess Peach


    MarkMc wrote: »
    For the record, I hate them as a brand, but, their hoodies are bloody comfortable. Plus theyre creating 300 jobs and will boost footfall in the area. So fvck it, if you don't like it, don't go there. Plus they've restored the building beautifully.

    I just have an issue with a corporation who hire not on merit and ability, but looks.


  • #51
    Hogzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,544 ✭✭✭Hogzy


    kincsem wrote: »
    It's bullying with fashion.

    This is the most retarded thing iv read all night. Hats off to you.


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