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Poster Police

ericb — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:49:31 -0800

On Saturday police in Virginia Beach (VA) seized two promotional posters from an Abercrombie & Fitch store and have cited the manager of the store with an obscenity charge. "One [of the posters] shows a group of shirtless male models and one has his jeans low enough to show a part of his buttocks." "The other image is of a woman who is topless and whose 'breast is displayed with her hand covering just the nipple portion.'" Police spokesman Adam Bernstein: "An officer went and looked at them, and thought himself that they were pretty racy." The obscenity charge was issued under City Code Section 22.31 which makes it a crime to display "obscene materials in a business that is open to juveniles." In 2003, the company halted publication of its 7-year-old A&F Quarterly catalog after the threat of a boycott led by by the National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families regarding sexually suggestive photographs by award-winning photographer Bruce Weber.

No Shirts!!!

ericb — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:03:42 -0800

Improv Everywhere's latest mission: 111 men of all shapes and sizes shop shirtless at the Abercrombie & Fitch store on 5^th. Avenue. Previous Improv Everywhere missions discussed at MetaFilter.

West Virginia: no, we actually don't hook up with our relatives

calwatch — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 20:24:42 -0800

West Virginia: it's all relative: or is it? Looks like those hucksters of overpriced clothing at Abercrombie & Fitch have done it again. The spokesman for A & F claims to "love West Virginia". Oh well, it's not like they have much of a presence there anyway.

topolino — Fri, 22 Jun 2001 00:26:39 -0800

Critics call Abercrombie & Fitch catalog soft porn. I can't comment on the catalog itself, since I haven't seen it; I just had to laugh out loud though when I read this sentence: "Boycott organizers contend the company... is wooing younger customers and using sex to popularize its image." Oh, the horror! Also striking was A&F's spin on it, calling it " the Norman Rockwell of 2001." Clearly, a divide in perceptions. Can anyone who has seen the offensive/inoffensive material in question explain why it is/isn't any different from the marketing practices of, oh, say, everyone else?

m.polo — Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:41:45 -0800

Apparently, the Lt. Governor of Illinois has WAY too much time on her hands.... Of course, rallying public support for a boycott of Abercrombie & Fitch doesn't really seem like what she was elected to do, but hey, never hurts to throw your title around when your teenagers are going ga-ga over half-naked muscle-boys, huh?