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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 12:00 AM

The man behind Abercrombie & Fitch

Mike Jeffries turned a moribund company into a multibillion-dollar brand by selling youth, sex and casual superiority. Not bad for a 61-year-old in flip-flops.

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  • Tuesday, January 24, 2006 08:42 AM

    Being gay...

    would make him no less creepy, I'm sorry. It would just make him a slightly different kind of creepy than the dirty old man who ogles young girls. Yuk.

    If you all want to wear Abercrombie and Fitch in some parodic hipster way in order to "taint" the brand, go right ahead. From their website, it also looks like those with less-than-supermodel physique could get into some of those pants--the fit would probably be slightly more snug, but I'll bet they'd still fit. Jeffries won't care, though--he'll just get to sell more poorly-made, tacky clothes that make people look like bums.

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