“The story of how Abercrombie looked the way it did is a lot more intentional and top-down, and flagrantly discriminatory than I might’ve expected,” director Alison Klayman said.
The filmmaker turned her lens toward Abercrombie in 2019, shortly after finishing her Steve Bannon documentary “The Brink.”
came onboard to revitalize the dusty brand in 1992, ultimately transforming it into a mall powerhouse through marketing and experiential store design. The brand became known for its focus on hiring store employees based on attractiveness, defined through a Euro-centric lens, as well as its preppy aesthetic and racy campaigns shot by Bruce Weber.
Klayman, who came of age during Abercrombie’s reign over teen culture, was interested in the opportunity to focus on the system in which the retailer thrived. Her team interviewed former brand models; employees of color who joined the class-action discrimination lawsuit against the retailer; the former editor of the Abercrombie quarterly journal; apparel designers, and a store recruiter.
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