hell yeah, I wonder if the u.s will be able to order copies. Abercrombie is one of the fashion cornerstones.Abercrombie & Fitch were the pioneers of "casual luxury", and in todays society image is everything and media rules the world.

the Catalog was boring and unecessary. How can you sell a shirt when the model (female) isn't even wearing one? Oh wait, I take that back....

A&F Keep your filth to yourselves. It's getting bad when a clothing company goes to this extreme to sell their wares.

so much for freedom of speech. this country is so damn uptight it's sickening.

It's been years since I looked at or in anything A&F. I remember, though, that the models were so skinny it was a turn off. Also, their stores locally had that big black and white photo of what looked like skinny 15 year olds ready for sex. I'm sorry, but I would not like that even when I was a 15 year old. I just don't get their brand.

if you don't like it don't look at it. it's that simple

i now buy from A&F for my grandaughter but if this catalog is printed i will shop somewhere else. at 14 yrs old she is very impressionable

There selling clothing by showing naked people, Doesen't make much sense. They can do as they like, but if you want to see what the clothes look like wouldn't it make more sense to have the model wear it than to have a naked person holding up the shirt?

I never really saw anything wrong with the catalog (outside of it being rather boring) nor of their advertising tactics. The reason why their tactics worked is because it got people to talk. Talk and curiosity makes people read/look through the catalog and that sold their product. Europeans, generally speaking, are more open minded to the human body so I'm certain that the catalog will not cause the controversy it did in the US. So many Americans are so uptight over seeing the human body it's unreal.

A&F used to RANK ther employees in categories of BEAUTY.
so the "ugly" ones worked in the back while the "beautiful" ones worked out with the consumers.
the "catalog" doesnt advertise the clothing, just the brand and the people who supposedly wear the brand.

In June 2003 a lawsuit was brought against A&F for employment discrimination. Where was the outrage over that? There was more outrage over their catalog then over their hiring practices.

Oh trust me, there was an outrage. The female community, some religious groups, ther was a t-shirt that was racist against asian americans, they spoke out, ther was another t-shirt that insulted male gymnast, i think a boycott took place?

Maybe I am showing my age, but I am tired of seeing airbrushed twenty somethings with perfect bodies (not even a freckle) being held as the standard of beauty. We are real people, with real skin, real bobbies, real tummies and not all men look like Gold's gym ads. Lets get real folks.

I honestly don't care.
But really, it's not a big deal to me.
It's art.
Has anyone looked at it that way? It's not really pornographic to me. It's tastefully done actually.
And so what if they're not wearing clothing...do you honestly think a teenage girl is going to think," Jeez, if I wear their clothing it'll magically cause me to become naked and surrounded by naked men!"
I doubt it.

AF has some of the most boring clothes on the planet. I don't understand why so many people are willing to drop 40 bucks for a navy blue t-shirt that says "Abercrombie" across it in crappily sewed on letters. I'd much rather spend money on something a little bit more creative and colorful, thank you.

I think Abercrombie needs the marketing power of a contraversial calendar. There clothing is just okay and waaaay over priced. I think they are not much better than gap or banana and much more costly.

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price
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I think that. in a free market, if enough people vote with their wallets rather than whining about it, it will carry all the weight needed to communicate whatever message it is you wish to communicate. Clearly, they're bringing it back because they believe sales will go up. They're in business to make a buck, not to care about moral outrage. Speak with your wallet.