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The ex-CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch and his British partner face allegations of exploitation from men recruited for sex events they hosted around the world. A BBC investigation found a highly organised network used a middleman to find young men for the events with Mike Jeffries and Matthew Smith. Eight men told the BBC they attended these events, some of whom alleged they were exploited or abused. Mr Jeffries and Mr Smith did not respond to requests for comment. But the couple's middleman denied any wrongdoing and said men went into these events "with their eyes wide open". Abercrombie &...

When a Muslim woman sought employment at a Tulsa, Okla. Abercrombie & Fitch store in 2008, she showed up to her interview wearing a headscarf associated with her faith. The potential employer notified Samantha Elauf that her appearance violated the store’s policy and chose not to hire her. As is the norm in today’s overly litigious culture, she pursued legal action against the company for perceived discrimination.While a federal judge ruled in favor of Elauf and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, that decision was recently overturned by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Indicating that the applicant never sought...

When traveling in the corporate jet, the CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch makes it clear that he has stringent requirements for his luxury travel. Those needs span 47 pages in a remarkable “Aircraft Standards” manual that covers everything from the underwear male cabin staffers must wear (boxer briefs) to the seating plan for the dogs of A&F chief Michael Jeffries, 68, and his boyfriend Matthew Smith, 49.

Police, saying they were responding to citizen complaints, carted away two large promotional photographs from the Abercrombie & Fitch store in Lynnhaven Mall on Saturday and cited the manager on obscenity charges. Adam Bernstein, a police spokesman, said the seizure and the issuance of the summons came only after store management had not heeded warnings to remove the images. The citation was issued under City Code Section 22.31, Bernstein said, which makes it a crime to display "obscene materials in a business that is open to juveniles." He did not say what was being done with the pictures and when...

A veteran Illinois lawmaker is commending an effort that compelled clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) to listen to thousands of teenage girls voicing their complaints against a line of shirts they found objectionable. Last week officials with A&F announced that the company would stop selling some of its T-shirts with controversial slogans. The action came after a protest, dubbed a "Girlcott," that was sponsored by the Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania (WGF) and spearheaded by a group of 13- to 16-year-old girls in Allegheny County who jointly called upon young women across the U.S. to stop shopping...

LOS ANGELES - Abercrombie & Fitch Co. has agreed to pay $40 million to black, Hispanic and Asian employees and job applicants to settle a class-action federal discrimination lawsuit that accused the clothing retailer of promoting whites at the expense of minorities, lawyers said Tuesday. The settlement, approved Tuesday morning by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston, requires the company to adhere to a consent decree that calls for the implementation of new policies and programs to promote diversity and prevent discrimination in its workforce. Abercrombie & Fitch also must pay about $10 million to monitor compliance and cover attorneys'...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Bob Wise sent a letter to Abercrombie & Fitch on Monday demanding that the clothing retailer stop selling a T-shirt that spoofs the state with the slogan, "It's All Relative in West Virginia." Wise said the T-shirt depicts "an unfounded, negative stereotype of West Virginia." "I write to you today to demand that you immediately remove this item from your stores and your print and online catalogues," Wise wrote. "In addition, these shirts must be destroyed at once to avoid any possibility of resale and proof be given thereof." Abercrombie & Fitch spokesman Tom Lennox declined...

<p>Here it comes again, another dumbly predictable, panicky little outcry from terrified parents' groups and petrified dads all aflutter over the recent sexed-up, "racy" Abercrombie & Fitch catalog, just in time to stuff your proverbial stocking.</p> <p>You know the one, that new A&F Christmas catalog that dared to go so far as to show actual young half-naked models laying around in half-naked splendor doing half-naked nothing much. Same as it ever was.</p>

In an unprecedented move this year, Abercrombie & Fitch removed its catalog from their 650 stores. As I saw early reports this last week, there was something in my head that hoped it was for the right reasons. Certainly it is important that the offensive "Christmas Field Guide" – which promotes group sex to junior-high, high-school and college-aged kids is actually unavailable. But the response by Abercrombie & Fitch officials is telling – and the stakes are being raised. I first heard about the catalog's removal from stores when I organized yet another covert attempt to purchase a catalog from...

After boycott produces 300 calls per hour company stops selling quarterly in stores. Under pressure from boycott campaigns, Abercrombie & Fitch stores have stopped selling a controversial catalogue described by family advocacy groups as pornographic. Maryam Kubasek, spokeswoman for the National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families, sees the retailer's move as significant but says her group will continue its campaign. Abercrombie & Fitch catalogs have taken on a new look since this 1940 edition. "It is a victory; they are obviously sensitive to public pressure, but they are definitely not off the hook," she told WorldNetDaily, noting...

In matters of foreign policy, Teddy Roosevelt advised, one should speak softly and carry a big stick. Last month tens of thousands of Americans applied that advice to a vexing domestic matter. Their "big stick" was the threat of a nationwide boycott of one of Roosevelt's favorite stores, Abercrombie and Fitch. The threat worked. Four days before the official start of the Christmas shopping season — Abercrombie, known for overpriced clothes and underdressed models — ordered its 651 stores to stop selling "The Christmas Field Guide," the latest edition of the company's pornographic quarterly magazine. It's evidently the start of...

Abercrombie & Fitch to your kids: Group sex now! Posted: November 14, 20031:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Forty-five specific portrayals of sexual imagery in the first 120 pages, advice to the readers ... this is how the new Abercrombie & Fitch Quarterly titled "The Christmas Field Guide" begins its new quarterly magazine that is targeted to your 10- to 13-year-olds. The 45 images include overt portrayals of group sex, lots of teen and young adult nudity, men kissing, and teens /young adults frolicking in a river engaging in sexual activity in multiple group settings. Did I mention that the actual clothing...

<p>Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch recruits and hires a disproportionately white sales force, cultivates a virtually all-white image and discriminates against minorities in hiring and firing, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.</p> <p>The lawsuit, filed by nine Hispanic and Asian plaintiffs in federal court in San Francisco, alleges that Abercrombie discriminates against blacks, Hispanics and Asians by enforcing a nationwide corporate policy of preferring white employees for sales positions, desirable job assignments and favorable work schedules.</p>

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