Abercrombie & Fitch gives up

The Mercury News ^ | 5/23/02

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Abercrombie & Fitch, an apparel retailer that is no stranger to controversy, has sparked outrage again by selling thong underwear to young girls.

The Christian-based American Family Association said Wednesday that it has been assured by the retailer that it was pulling the underwear from its abercrombie stores, a chain for girls and boys ages 7 to 14.

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Abercrombie said it would pull the panties from stores after receiving as many as 120,000 e-mails from people who were furious...

Score one for the good guys; however, A & F sure got a free advertising ride, even though it's negative.

[codebreaker]

Amen!

[jlogajan]

There is no such thing as bad publicity.

[FlyVet]

Been following this story for a few days. I wonder what the higher-ups at A&F do in their spare time.....

[ClancyJ]

Been following this story for a few days. I wonder what the higher-ups at A&F do in their spare time.....

Pimp?

[blam]

"Been following this story for a few days. I wonder what the higher-ups at A&F do in their spare time....."

"Wink, Wink."

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I wonder what the higher-ups at A&F do in their spare time.....

Don't know, but I'll bet it involves the internet and Swedish porno.

[over3Owithabrain]

Abercrombie & Fitch are pulling the young girl's panties?

Haven't they done enough already?

[Harrison Bergeron]

"Been following this story for a few days. I wonder what the higher-ups at A&F do in their spare time....."

I'd like to know the name of the AF bigwig who signed off on the thong underwear emblazoned with cherries for prepubescent girls. I think he should qualify for registration under Megan's Law.

[FlyVet]

Don't know, but I'll bet it involves the internet and Swedish porno.

I'm guessing a fly on the wall could get them all arrested.

[Newbomb Turk]

These morons should team up with Rosie and K-Mart.

[anniegetyourgun]

I don't trust 'em for a moment. They've backed off before, only to prepare for another lewd catalog of underagers layered upon each other and lacking in clothes. I'm not sure how a clothing company sells clothes when the teen models are shown from the rear running down the beach nude.

I consider selling sexualized youth to hype clothing on the next page to be the corporate equivalent to dumping pollutants into the river. Only they are dumping their sewage into the culture - like we didn't have enough already. How much longer before Tony the Tiger is shown getting it on with a 6 year old on the Frosted Flakes box.....

[Red Jones]

it is also amazing how this A & F company has got young girls mesmerized with its clothing too, I'm talking about the non-lingerie clothing they sell.

[codebreaker]

The Thread that Launched 120,000 Emails

[ChadGore]

Abercrombie & Fitch: "We want you to pay us to dress your daughter like a sl_t"

[sayfer bullets]

There is no such thing as bad publicity.

Tell that to Disney. Or Arthur Anderson, for that matter.

[Mjaye]

I couldn't believe this when I heard it on the news today. What neanderthal thought it was OK to put little girls in thongs in the first place? And what idiot parents would buy them? No wonder 10 year olds are getting into the kinds of trouble that used to involve 14 or 15 year olds. Children are being denied their childhoods, and it's sickening.

[weegee]

They thought that the controversy was about the "graphics" on the underwear. They've just been replaced with a celebrity endorsed line "What Would Stripper Mommy Do?" < /sarcasm >