<p>I was at A&F earlier this week and there was a black guy working there, so they don't discriminate!</p>
<p>Dude, Although I don't shop there a lot, I'm an Asian guy who works at Hollister :P</p>
<p>hey foreveryoung, what school do you go to?</p>
<p>Lots of Asians working at AF/Hollister in HI (& working just about everywhere else). Not sure what this has to do with what clothing is appropriate for college boys tho. My S has never set foot in either store & doesn't own anything from either store. He's satisfied with his wardrobe--cargo shorts, t-shirts with varying surfing designs, polo-style shirts & short-sleeved collared shirts & a few sweatshirts & light jackets. He does own two pairs of long black Dockers, which were worn for Marching & Pep Bands. Expect he'll need to buy some warmer gear for winters, even in LA.</p>
<p>do u think they actually train them to only assist white shoppers?
stop feeling sorry for yourself and go worry about real problems. the turn over ratio at those stores is like 1 month for an employee. so if anything the employee is straight up racist or the buyer doesnt look serious enough as a buyer for the employee to go help them</p>
<p>i believe abercrombie or hollister, one of the two had a anti-asian racist incident.</p>
<p>You're probably thinking of a recalled tee shirt from four years ago. It was a humor tee and said "Wong Bros. Laundry Service: Two Wongs can make it white". There were a few others as well, if I recall. "Two Wongs" and others made a group of Asians upset and they filed some charges. I'm a bit shaky on the details but if you Google this you can probably find some more information about it.</p>
<p>hollister IS abercrombie. it was launched five or six years ago in the midst of the parental uproar over partial nudity in the abercrombie catalogues. the initial idea was to target a somewhat younger audience with a sportier, west-coast inspired line of clothing... and keep the moms, who pay for the stuff, happy.</p>
<p>more important than a tshirt recall is the abercrombie lawsuit. i dont remember when it was initially filed, but it was settled out of court last year. abercrombie was sued for discriminating against several minority groups in their hiring practices including hispanics and both asian- and african-americans. </p>
<p>...just one of the reasons i refuse to shop there.</p>
<p>(first let me state that im south asian) ok, while it wasn't the nicest thing for abercrombie to make those tees about wongs and asians or whatever, i have seen plenty of shirts just like it by other retailers. I guess it's because anf is such a big name, that it's a perfect target.</p>
<p>Even worse is what I see in the ads for the department stores. Shirts for boys about 8 years old that say something like "My sister is for sale". What amazes me is that parents buy these shirts for their kids.</p>
<p>While I don't have any siblings, making it perhaps a bit tougher for me to speak on this, I do have a "little sister" who I sort of "adopted" while in high school and I personally would never want to sell her.</p>
<p>And yes, other retailers have made somewhat objectionable shirts. Browse the internet and you'll find some shirts worse than anything A&F has ever sold. And speaking of a perfect target, check out your local Target to find some rather offensive tees.</p>
<p>Yes, there is no monopoly on poor/awful taste. It's part of "free speech" that I find sad, but part of a democracy. It is up to folks to refuse to patronize folks who profit from awful tasteless stuff--voting with your pocketbook. The profit motive obviously makes it worth it for the merchants to continue to make garbage.</p>
<p>i think that it is rather pathetic for people to get so bent out of shape over a t-shirt... i really dont think i would be that offended if i saw a "tasteless" white shirt or catholic shirt, its just people with to much time on their hands wanting to ruffle feathers</p>
<p>Or Tshirthell.com :D</p>
<p>wow. are you all filthy rich? I can't imagine throwing out my wardrobe and going on an "abercrombie shopping spree" in order to dress like everyone else... I don't think I've ever even considered buying a garment of clothing (other than a winter coat) that cost more than $40...</p>
<p>What ever happened to buying $20 jeans from Old Navy? (I'm really cheap, but still...)</p>
<p>I've spent more than 40 on occasion. Old Navy sucks, bad. For cheap clothes it's JCPenney or Kohl's for me. F Old Navy.</p>
<p>people spend money differently. for example, i dont play golf often so i dont care if my clubs are the best available but i can understand why someone that does play golf frequently has the best clubs.</p>
<p>i dont mind spending money on clothes. i dont mind spending $200 on a pair of jeans (not abercrombie, their jeans are ****). you might think im crazy, but i might think you are crazy for some of the stuff you spend money on.</p>
<p>actually i think abercrombie and hollister have very nice jeans. everything else from their stores are ridiculous crap. abercrombie and hollister jeans last a long time.</p>
<p>Ok, guilty as charged, I own one (or two or three) pairs of $100+ jeans. I have scoured the mall up and down and torn apart every Kohl's and department store within a fifty mile radius of my home...and the jeans that look the best and fit the best on me, are, without a doubt, $80 Abercrombies. Expensive? To some. Worth 2x as much as ill-fitting, boring ones from the Hecht's junior department? Yeah. Smoother looking than my dark wash Lucky pair ? Yeah. </p>
<p>You caught me red-handed. But I'm not ashamed.</p>
<p>buy what you like</p>
<p>/thread</p>
<p>i actually dont really like abercrombie jeans. american eagle has $40 jeans and those are my fav.</p>