Are you an Abercrombie whore?

cson · 09-12-2008 10:46PM #1

Walking through College today.... absolutely fecking everyone is wearing it (or Hollister/AE). It's surely reached market saturation at this stage? Having said that I don't blame most of them, compared to the crap avalible in this country its positively haute couture.

I'm gonna have to admit to having a few bits of it myself too, the hoodies are just too comfy! :pac:

/Abercrombie prostitute :P

Fad · 09-12-2008 11:09PM

cson wrote: »

Walking through College today.... absolutely fecking everyone is wearing it (or Hollister/AE). It's surely reached market saturation at this stage? Having said that I don't blame most of them, compared to the crap avalible in this country its positively haute couture.

I'm gonna have to admit to having a few bits of it myself too, the hoodies are just too comfy! :pac:

/Abercrombie prostitute :P

Dont own a shred of it, prefer it to tracksuits though

MIN2511 · 09-12-2008 11:12PM

Love A&F!!!

Aisling(",) · 09-12-2008 11:13PM

not me dont own any abercrombie

nothing against it though they have lovely hoodies

eVeNtInE · 09-12-2008 11:19PM

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GrumPy · 09-12-2008 11:23PM

You cant even get on a bus these days without seeing someone wear it. :rolleyes:
Have one or two things but not a hoodie, you can get perfectly comfy hoodies without having A & F strewn across them.

Creamy Goodness · 09-12-2008 11:32PM

let me be the first to welcome you out of your bubble.

the year is 2008.

rizzla · 09-12-2008 11:38PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3-WzqfbVHU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3-WzqfbVHU

Exactly what the shops are like in the states.

I wouldn't buy any of it. It's just to plain. I have my comfy hoodies already.

10-12-2008 12:54AM

I am an Abercrombie whore.Its true.But only from the J1.Would not pay the prices in the uk for Abercrombie.

Acacia · 10-12-2008 12:58AM

Nah, far too expensive...

....And I'm not a member of the cast of 'The Hills'. Or a UCD student. :pac:

cson · 10-12-2008 01:15AM

Acacia wrote: »

....And I'm not a member of the cast of 'The Hills'. Or a UCD student. :pac:

Hey you should try UL on for size! I've yet to fail to lol everytime I hear a 'cultural' kerry accent and see its owner decked out in Abercrombies finest.

Acacia · 10-12-2008 01:23AM

cson wrote: »

Hey you try UL on for size! I've yet to fail to lol everytime I hear a 'cultural' kerry accent and see its owner decked out in Abercrombies finest.

Hehe, and when they try to fit Americanisms in, it just doesn't work with the accent. It must be even worse in Cork-

"Boi, I'd love a frappuchino, like!" :pac:

But really, I think every college has its own Abercrombie contingent.

cson · 10-12-2008 01:35AM

No americanisms at all, just kerry and cork-isms which makes it all the funnier

Flexing their muscles in the little Abercrombie sleeves while saying "Come eeeeeerrrrreeeee yah big langoooor yah d'we have to hop in dat assignment for tomorr-ah like?"

anonymous_joe · 10-12-2008 01:44AM

I've always found your man whose currently running the company a loathesome asshole. He actively encourages people to wear Abercrombie because it signifies that they're better than people who don't.

I do have an Abercrombie hoodie I had bought for me about 4 years or so ago at this stage.

And yeah UCD's stuffed full of the stuff. And Hollister and AE and the various derivatives.

Time Magazine · 10-12-2008 02:16AM

anonymous_joe wrote: »

I've always found your man whose currently running the company a loathesome asshole. He actively encourages people to wear Abercrombie because it signifies that they're better than people who don't.

That depends entirely on your judgement as to what makes one person "better" than the next. If your judgement on this in any includes whether or not their consumption of Abercrombie goods is higher than somebody else's, then by my compass you've utterly failed to grasp what life is about.

anonymous_joe · 10-12-2008 02:36AM

The Economist wrote: »

That depends entirely on your judgement as to what makes one person "better" than the next. If your judgement on this in any includes whether or not their consumption of Abercrombie goods is higher than somebody else's, then by my compass you've utterly failed to grasp what life is about.

More accurately - he was asked if he had any opinions on the fact that kids had been bullied for not having A + F clothes - and he responded by saying that those (the bullies) were the kind of people he wanted wearing his clothes. The athletes, the popular ones, etc, and he wanted them to bully people.

KnifeWRENCH · 10-12-2008 02:53AM

Don't own any A&F, but I'd like to go to one of their stores, just to see what it'd be like. If I saw a nice hoodie or t-shirt I'd prob. get it.

Overheal · 10-12-2008 03:22AM

So A&F is a brand, and not just what ye're calling posers these days?

hullaballoo · 10-12-2008 12:06PM

I remember a lot of the lads coming back from J1s telling me they worked in A&F over the Summer. One of my best mates is a scruffy arts student who would be...eh...'individual' in terms of his fashion sense. I jokingly asked him whether he too had worked in A&F. He said, 'yeah, man'.

Turns out they had him on the night shift with the other pastey cretins.

Piste · 10-12-2008 01:59PM

Nah, they're not nice enough to spend a load of money on or go to the bother of ordering online. Bit of an emporer's new clothes fad I think. I've nothing against them though, I don't look down on people who wear Abercrombie o actively dislike them, like some people.

JC 2K3 · 10-12-2008 04:06PM

Nothing about their clothes is the slightest bit original, their hoodies don't look any more comfy than any other hoody, I abhor their marketing and advertising campaigns, I hate clothes that advertise companies on them in general, I'm not a fan of the "jock" stereotype they're marketed towards and they've been involved in lawsuits in the past for using slave labour. Also, I had the displeasure of being in one of their shops when in New York 2 years ago (my sister is into it), it was one of the most uncomfortable experiences of my life. It was dark, initimidating and had REALLY LOUD shíte music blaring.

I don't really have the "everyone who wears Abercrombie is a mindless idiot" mindset anymore, but they would be one of my least favourite companies...

10-12-2008 06:27PM

Abercrombie offered us jobs when we were on our j1.Didn't take them as money was pretty ****.

10-12-2008 06:31PM

JC 2K3 wrote: »

and they've been involved in lawsuits in the past for using slave labour. ...

Actually,I never got the why everybody is against cheap labour in these poor countries.Like,the money seems small to us but to them,it might be their only chance of earning money even it is very little,plus this is encouraging growth in poor countries which is a good thing.I read a research paper on it once.I will try find it.

JC 2K3 · 10-12-2008 06:37PM

There's a difference between cheap labour and the use of sweatshops, slave labour and exploitative labour practices.

From the 90s up until about 2004 when a lawsuit forced their closure, I think, Abercrombie used to operate sweatshops in Saipan (Alongside Ralph Lauren, Levi Strauss Calvin Klein and some others), which is an island which is governed by the United States (which meant they could put "Made in USA" labels on their clothing), but without the same labour laws as mainland USA. Aside from low pay and extremely long hours, there were reports of workers being forced to sign contracts waiving their human rights, forbidding them from practicing their religion, marrying or dating, forming unions and other such restrictions. There were also reports of physical and sexual abuse of workers and workers being forced to work "off the clock" or "volunteer" hours.

It's not as simple as people being happy to work for less in poorer countries.

It's also not as simple as a handful of companies employing these exploitative practices, and I'm sure a lot of the unbranded clothes I own have been produced unethically, but I can't bring myself to wear something that advertises a company which has been exposed to use such practices because it's "cool".

ironictoaster · 10-12-2008 08:29PM

Abercrombie sucks. All the clothes just have their brand plastered on it. I remember my brother telling that the huge abercrombie shop in New York is like a nightclub. Pitch black barely seeing the clothes as well as the loud techno music. I will say that their clothes are very quality and won't be in bits after a wash.

challengemaster · 10-12-2008 08:33PM

Whats an abercrombie?...

...

>_>

<_<

/leaves

Frisbee · 10-12-2008 08:35PM

If I know anyone going to America I usually give them money and get them to bring me back an Aeropostale hoodie or sweatpants.
As good quality as Abercrombie at a fraction of the price.

SarcasticFairy · 10-12-2008 09:26PM

I was wearing an Abercrombie hoodie today... mind you the actual A&F branding was covered with a scarf but whatever. I have two A&F hoodies, but I wouldn't actually go to the bother of ordering online or whatever, an ex boyfriend bought them both for me, in a bid to get me to 'fit in' with his asshole friends. Wouldn't put them on any higher a pedestal than any of my other clothes, just a warm hoodie really!

Fad · 10-12-2008 09:45PM

Fad wrote: »

Dont own a shred of it, prefer it to tracksuits though

I forgot something

I own some counterfeit Abercrombie I bought in China for the laugh.

Child labour FTW!

JC 2K3 · 10-12-2008 09:46PM

SarcasticFairy wrote: »

an ex boyfriend bought them both for me, in a bid to get me to 'fit in' with his asshole friends.

Lol, did he actually say that?

SarcasticFairy · 10-12-2008 10:04PM

JC 2K3 wrote: »

Lol, did he actually say that?

Not in so many words no, but it became quite obvious over time.... Whatever, there's a reason it's over :rolleyes:

Still, I hate him, but like, the hoodie is still nice

Are you an Abercrombie whore?

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