Abercrombie’s Dark Secrets

Infamous

Sony Music

True Crime, News, Relationships, Entertainment News, Society & Culture

3.8 • 964 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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This week on Infamous, we dive into the dark side of Abercrombie & Fitch. Once the ultimate symbol of early-aughts cool, the brand is now mired in shocking allegations against former CEO Mike Jeffries. Natalie sits down with White Hot filmmaker Alison Klayman and producer Colin Jones to unpack the rise and fall of Abercrombie, the culture it embodied, and the disturbing claims of exploitation that have come to light. Click ‘Subscribe’ at the top of the Infamous show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. To connect with Infamous's creative team, plus access behind the scenes content, join the community at Campsidemedia.com/join Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:43.3	From Sony Music Entertainment and Campside Media, this is infamous. I'm Lily Houston Smith.
0:45.5	This week, Natalie, is going to be bringing you a story about Abercrombie and Fitch, the aspirational
0:50.6	brand of my childhood anyway.
0:52.5	I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch.
0:55.8	I take her if I had one wish.
0:58.3	Well, she's been gone since that summer, since that summer.
1:02.5	It was the brand my parents refused to buy for me, and that I believed in my heart would
1:07.6	make me cool.
1:09.2	I did manage to procure some Abercrombie gear, bought mostly
1:12.2	with gift cards that relatives would send me for Christmas. As an adult, I find this very
1:16.9	strange, but the gift cards always had on them a very provocative photo of a fit, shirtless man
1:23.7	that was cropped so low, I mean just above scandal.
1:29.0	But recently some allegations have emerged that have made those weird sexed-up gift cards
1:33.8	seem a lot less funny and much more disturbing.
1:37.4	And they're all to do with the company's former CEO, Mike Jeffreys.
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