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Who doesn't know Abercrombie & Fitch here?

oh about Victoria secrets.
How the hell did they get famous ? Yet again using hot models ?

Even i know the brand without buying anything or know anyone wearing it.
 
Now that I actually look at them they are all American (all-American, even if some of them were foireginers): they have those Midwest corn-faces with perfect teeth.
 
Telstra said:
oh about Victoria secrets.
How the hell did they get famous ? Yet again using hot models ?

Even i know the brand without buying anything or know anyone wearing it.
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What capitalist marketing does today is exactly what aristocratic codes did in the past: you build up a story, a pedigree, a fame, an opinion of you, and make it pass for nature, for the real things, for actual qualities.
So, no matter how "simple and inventive hard-worker" they pretend to pass for, they are just as snobbish and lordly as old decadent, worthless aristocrats, who find a way to legitimize getting money from here and there in exchange for nothing.
 
If you watch the video on mute you can't even tell it has anything to do with A&F. :) I don't really care about the brand (don't hate it).

All I know is a saw an extremely long line of unbelievably gorgeous men half naked. 'Nuff said.
 
Stroker17 said:
If you watch the video on mute
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As I almost always do...
Stroker17 said:
you can't even tell it has anything to do with A&F. :)
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Because it's about sex, prudish nipple-navel-denim version, typically American, boring and conventional enough not to stir general outrage, but tickling enough for the demure/repressed. Then, once they have grabbed or brushed your crotch or attention or whatever, they try to sell you their C R A P.
 
Personally, A&F is my favorite brand, it has been ever since I turned 13, but it's not because of the name or what they stand for or whatever, it's because their shirts frame my body perfectly, and I love the vintage/destroyed look of their jeans.
 
tcrawford18 said:
Personally, A&F is my favorite brand, it has been ever since I turned 13, but it's not because of the name or what they stand for or whatever, it's because their shirts frame my body perfectly, and I love the vintage/destroyed look of their jeans.
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Then say that you are happy you can find those clothes at A&F, but not talk as if those designs were exclusive to them or better done by them.
 
tcrawford18 said:
Personally, A&F is my favorite brand, it has been ever since I turned 13, but it's not because of the name or what they stand for or whatever, it's because their shirts frame my body perfectly, and I love the vintage/destroyed look of their jeans.
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It was for me, too. However, years ago the company went from a small 1x2cm patch at the bottom of the shirt bearing a logo to having it plastered all over for everyone to see.

WHen this started, I asked the sales clerk, "what kind of discount to I get now?"

Puzzled, he ask, "what do you mean?"

"Well," I say, "now that I'm a walking billboard, I want to know what kind of incentives there are."

The clerk has absolutely no idea as to the point I was trying to make.

That's the last time I shopped there.
 
looseliam said:
It was for me, too. However, years ago the company went from a small 1x2cm patch at the bottom of the shirt bearing a logo to having it plastered all over for everyone to see.

WHen this started, I asked the sales clerk, "what kind of discount to I get now?"

Puzzled, he ask, "what do you mean?"

"Well," I say, "now that I'm a walking billboard, I want to know what kind of incentives there are."

The clerk has absolutely no idea as to the point I was trying to make.

That's the last time I shopped there.
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I always hated Lacoste for the silly tiny lizard they put on everything, go figure if I ever would buy a cheap American product that would end up featuring the handspan-large silhouette of a naked attention gigolo blanding a stick while riding a horse.
For short-sighted costumers, what would the difference between RL, TH, A&F, apart from the abecedary letters, if they did not put a distinctive big splotch to tell them?
 
looseliam said:
It was for me, too. However, years ago the company went from a small 1x2cm patch at the bottom of the shirt bearing a logo to having it plastered all over for everyone to see.

WHen this started, I asked the sales clerk, "what kind of discount to I get now?"

Puzzled, he ask, "what do you mean?"

"Well," I say, "now that I'm a walking billboard, I want to know what kind of incentives there are."

The clerk has absolutely no idea as to the point I was trying to make.

That's the last time I shopped there.
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"now that I'm a walking billboard"

No, you have to pay extra for displaying their name ... :lol:
 
belamo said:
I always hated Lacoste for the silly tiny lizard they put on everything, go figure if I ever would buy a cheap American product that would end up featuring the handspan-large silhouette of a naked attention gigolo blanding a stick while riding a horse.
For short-sighted costumers, what would the difference between RL, TH, A&F, apart from the abecedary letters, if they did not put a distinctive big splotch to tell them?
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Now, the liitle lacoste logo never bothered me.

I have shirts from brooks brothers that have the little logo. Same for polo.

It when the logo become more that irks me.

Armani exchange has suffered the same problem.
 
I LOVE their marketing... don't care for theirs clothes or anything else... I don't recommend buying A&F stock as a longterm investment, a bit sucky business model and they don't appear to have any competitive advantages but their gayboy market segment that can shift to another brand with naked guys on ads....
 
People who unnecessaily bash popular things annoy me more than people who like them. There's a difference between stating your opinion and overreacting.

I get it. You don't like A&F. But do you need to bash them as if they've made the national debt go up or raped your grandparents?

Yay, you're smarter/cooler/more unique/more economical than those who shop at A&F. Do you want a lollipop or a sticker now?

With that said, I'm not much of a fan of A&F. Their shirts are soft and bright and one of my most softest and warmest sweaters are from them. I just don't think paying the price they ask for is worth it.
 
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