Abercrombie and Fitch CEO "hates fat chicks"

There are many many many companies that do this... they just don't advertise it.... WHY do you think Lululemon only goes to size 12??

Pretty much.....

There are many many many companies that do this... they just don't advertise it.... WHY do you think Lululemon only goes to size 12??

Pretty much.....

They also don't go smaller than a size 2.

They "hate skinny chicks"

What is wrong with developing a business model that caters to slender people?

Should slender women hate Torrid?

I dont hear skinny chicks bemoaning Lane Bryant......

There is nothing wrong with developing a business model that caters to slender people. I don't even think that is the greatest source of the outrage. I think was ticks people off the most is that he is blatantly stating that he is holding his customers to a standard of beauty that he does not meet himself. It is obvious that he is not attractive enough to work at one of his own stores.

He had to know that this was going to blow up in his face and if he didn't he was asleep at the wheel. He is going to turn away some customers as a result of these statements plain and simply.

While there will be business lost there will also be business gained and he has to be counting on the gain being greater than the loss. I am hesitant to mention this part because it might anger people further but I do think he knew this would piss people off and I do think he did this on purpose.

There is an economic concept known as the "positional good." It is when something has value attributed to it specifically because it is not possessed by others. By telling everyone that his clothing lines are exclusionary he actually creates a desire in some people to have their cloths. People will feel a sense of status by virtue of the fact that they are able to wear the A&F clothing.

Some people will refuse to wear his cloths because they aren't shallow but he is banking on the assumption that his customer base is made up of shallow people. He wants people to feel a sense of superiority when they wear his cloths. A sort of "I can wear it and you can't." mentality.

I have a limited supply of outrage and have none to waste on this company.

LMFAO!

LOL it looks like his face fell off and someone smooshed it back on.

HOLY EWW

I love A&F.... it lets me identify whos a *kitten* without even having to talk to them. On the other hand I hate their stores and the all out assault on my senses they are making by spraying that damn pefume in the air. Walking past A&F is worse than walking past a yankee hill candle store. I can seriously smell the local A&F from across the mall. It is non consensual.

Haha ^^This^^

Ironic too that one of the ugliest men I've ever seen says he only wants good looking people wearing his product.... he must not wear his own clothes then.

THis^^^^^^^^^^^

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I read an article today and I think I officially know why I've disliked Abercrombie & Fitch since high school.

Well my reaction was :explode:

First thing I wondered was, how 'attractive' is this guy when he claims that only 'thin and beautiful' people can wear Abercrombie? He definitely isn't the most attractive guy I've ever seen (Average in my opinion, but then again I've been told I have peculiar taste in men ). Look who's talking Jeffries.

Abercrombie XL = Kohl's M

It's just not a clothing store for larger folks.

And that is the reason someone like me can't shop at stores like Kohls, where the extra small is so big it should really be labeled a medium.