Happy to say none of my kids nor me ever owned any of their rags.
They use crappy fabric. Went to a consignment shop and nearly all A&F shirts were horrible looking now that they had been washed. Other expensive brands looked petty good. Major eye opener for sure.
I refused to buy that crap for my kids. It felt like it was made of tissue paper and would fall apart in the first wash.
And I pointed out that retail space in The Mall was expensive- having all your goods on a few tables within a large space was VERY inefficient, so the profit margin must be huge.
I think the fashions they pushed for guys helped effeminate some of 20 something men in our culture. Just sayin’.
A & F used to be THE BEST outfitter in the world.
Rags now.
I keep telling my teenage daughters that they can find everything they need at LLBean, but somehow it doesn’t seem to sink in ....
I feel for the workers that ultimately will lose their jobs. It was a wonderful company but it was fadish. It is hard to keep up when you are a one-trick pony. The owner has enough money to survive. The workers? Not so much.
Walk by that store at the mall and you get blasted by very loud music/noise. There is always a large poster of some shirtless guy looking at you thru the store entrance.
Wait... “teens”.
That doesn’t mean what it means when describing criminal behavior, does it?
And it's too bad, because the outfitting biz is now pretty hot - Cabelas, anyone? New York metrosexuals wearing tacti-cool gear. Don't expect it to last, but it's happening.
A&F / Hollister stuff is poorly made and way overpriced. Trendy or not, parents expect a $30 t-shirt to last through more than 2 or 3 wash/wear cycles. And the perfume they soak everything with in the Hollister stores gives me a splitting headache when I walk by - have to hold my breath.