Scouted: Abercrombie Has Entered Its Grown-Up Era, and the Pieces Are Better Than Ever

Scouted/The Daily Beast/Abercrombie. Scouted selects products independently. If you purchase something from our posts, we may earn a small commission. Abercrombie & Fitch may have been founded in the 1800s, but its mall-culture reign throughout the ’90s and early aughts make it a decidedly millennial brand. I worked at Abercrombie in college (the now-closed three-story flagship store in downtown Portland, Oregon) during the spring and summer of 2008. At the time, applicants were rated on their looks. The color black wasn’t featured in any items the brand sold, and employees were banned from wearing it. Read more at The Daily Beast.

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