When Netflix dropped the highly anticipated documentary “White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch,” it brought back memories for many people that were in high school and college during those years.
Even if one never wore Abercrombie & Fitch, one probably could not escape the in-your-face (almost pornographic) advertisements and those shutters that kept prying eyes away from what went on in the store.
And while many saw Abercrombie & Fitch as just the latest preppy fashion trend, the brand became symbolic of an era of outright discrimination and elitism that has now become apparent even to those that did not pay much attention to the clothing brand decades ago.
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