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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.
By Benoit Denizet-Lewis

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  • Tuesday, January 24, 2006 06:43 PM

    Gawker

    Amusing interview with Benoit at Gawker regarding this article:

    http://www.gawker.com/news/interviews/benoit-denizetlewis-braves-the-horror-of-abercrombie-fitch-150340.php

    As for A&F, we grudgingly visit on occasion to get a gift cert for the neices, but it's hard to walk in and not want to bust out laughing. The blaring dance music, the massively large B&W homoerotic prints of shirtless young men, the ripped and torn crap jeans that sell for $75 a piece. The "Dude" is surely laughing all the way to the bank.

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