Abercrombie & Fitch

Asthma and respiratory sufferers avoid this place like the plague. It stinks to high heaven of cheap teen cologne. The merchandise is still over priced and staff is dumber than a box of rocks. On the plus side, it’s a great place for decent men’s sweat pants. Just make sure you don’t pay full price. Also wash the clothes when you get them home, they will stink like their cologne.

Loud House Music, Dark lighting, A moose head — Alaskan style, Fierce — not the fragrance of the weak (I dig it), the best knee length cargo shorts around (I buy a new pair every couple years) — that’s what makes this store A-​OK+ for me. I’ve made several personal as well as gift purchases at this store over the years. Staff is usually greeting at the front (when folding) otherwise they tend to be off doing their own thing. I’ve not had a bad experience. Just not a lot for me other than what I summarized up top — some people really love the store and the clothes.

I can’t even review the actual store or the service of the associates who work there. Who can make it through the wall of whatever that obnoxious fragrance is that rapes your olfactory membrane starting at a 6 store radius?
Their clothes may be fashionable, but it might be better to shop online to avoid any headaches that stem from that gnarly smell.

I must admit, I still love this place. It’s like a nightclub that sells clothes. Loud dance music, too much cologne in the air, and employees who are both courteous and stuck-​up. I totally dig it!
I was hesitant on this endeavor though. I have worn through my old A&F jeans that I bought near 2002. I loved the quality and the fit of my ol’ jeans and was hoping to find some more just like them. Scratch that, they only had new styles of jeans. As I was browsing I couldn’t help but notice that A&F had fallen into the nasty trend of selling mostly «skinny jeans.» And seeing as how I am neither skinny, nor a fan of the style I was worried I wouldn’t find anything that I really liked. Then I found their Kilburn Boot cut jeans. These fit great — low rise, boot cut, and relaxed fit! Yay! Plus the ones I wanted were on sale for 50% off. Absolutely wonderful.
Stay classy Abercrombie & Fitch!

Sometimes they have additional 30, 40 or 50% off clearance items depending on the season.
I found a pair of lightwash destroyed «erin» skinny jeans for under 10 bucks in the clearance section way in the back.
Score!
XS sell out really fast.
If you’re a size M or L, some good deals in the clearance section if you look

One word: overpriced.
Abercrombie and Fitch is one of those stores in the mall that I always pass by. I can’t even remember the last time I actually went in to an A&F. It’s not that their clothes aren’t cute… it’s just that you can find the same type of clothes elsewhere for much less.
Their clothes are way overpriced and border on the edge of preppy. Their man models are hot though. So if you do go in, only go for the giant wall-​sized man pictures.

I remember when I thought Abercrombie was totally BA. I spent weeks trying to convince either one of my parents to take me there so I could buy a hat with a hula dancer on it and maybe even a sweater with a line through it.
Eventually, one of them caved, probably because of my birthday, and spent way too much money on way too few clothes.
At some point I figured out that Abercrombie was actually completely lame. I don’t know if its my tastes that have changed, or their clothes, but in either case I have no plans of dropping in to A and F anytime soon.

Is there a more snobby place to shop in the valley… The selection is incredibly limited, everything’s priced at least twice as much as it should be, and the staff is so incredibly unhelpful, if they were any less so the front door would be padlocked shut…