Fitch, Please

Be There in Five

Jan 30, 2022•2 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 199

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Episode description

In this deep dive, Kate examines the history, controversy, nostalgia, turnaround, inappropriate t-shirts, catalogs, and employee policies of iconic retailer Abercrombie & Fitch through the lens of the comeback it's making now. Part-research, part-personal anecdote, part-crowdsourced, this analysis takes both a serious and lighthearted approach to analyzing the influence of a brand that is both nostalgic and historically problematic. Enjoy!

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WORKS CITED

https://fusion.tv/story/32813/a-decade-of-tastelessness-finally-grounds-abercrombie-fitch-into-irrelevance/amp/

https://web.archive.org/web/20210326015634/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jun-29-cl-16389-story.html

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/03/05/feeling-minnesota

https://www.businessinsider.com/abercrombie-fitch-crazy-history-2011-4#the-retailer-hit-some-road-bumps-along-the-way-3

https://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-clothing-brand-abercrombie-and-fitch

https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2001/09/10/a-brand-to-fit-all-ages/