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12. Before the 1980s, and several times since (grunge), brand name stuff was very out.

Mon May 27, 2013, 08:35 AM

May 2013

But mass marketers can't sell what is really cool. They tend to sell the stuff referred to by this infamous quote:

Orange County is a place where people spend money they don't have to buy things they don't need to impress people they don't like.

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Abercrombie & Fitch posts ugly sales; stock drops 8% [View all] KurtNYC May 2013 OP

The idiot CEO will probably get a bonus and a raise CanonRay May 2013 #1

+1 hrmjustin May 2013 #2

It's like golf -- low score wins. n/t KurtNYC May 2013 #3

My wife and I accidentally wandered into one of Ron Green May 2013 #4

Good ismnotwasm May 2013 #6

LMAO... freakin awesome... SomethingFishy May 2013 #8

Here's the article it came from ismnotwasm May 2013 #9

Wow, the letter was great... SomethingFishy May 2013 #10

I will ismnotwasm May 2013 #11

What I find amusing about this whole A&F "incident" SomethingFishy May 2013 #7