Hollister and A&F = Garbage. Options

[JerzDevil]

I never bought clothes from either stores except one time .. I think 4 years ago. I have to be honest, I don't really think it's pure "prep" fashion. It's trash to be honest. American Eagle is nice and it's not as bad and those two stores i've mentioned .. plus their clothes are too expensive .. I can go to Marshall's and buy 4 tees and the final cost would turn out to be the price of 1 pair of jeans at a& f .. I respect A/X, Lacoste, and J.crew even though they're pretty even more expensive because they have a real, authentic "preppy" original look .. but I cannot stand Hollister and A&F ..

[Just_Dream]

Pandamonium - Woah... What state do you live in? I live in California and minimum wage is currently $7, which is going to raise to $7.50 sometime in 2007. $6.15 is pretty low, for a company that makes $60,000 in a day!

I work at Express (Design Studio NYC) and I would say that we make quite a bit of money as well -- I'm not even sure how much it is, but yea I would say it's about the same. The quota, that is. $30,000, maybe? Regardless, starting pay is $8.50/hour.

I mean, A&F, Ruehl, and Hollister are all under the same line (what is it called, anyway? A&F?). Same for Banana Republic, which owns Gap and Old Navy. This goes for Express as well, since Express is a Limited Brand, joint with: The Limited, Express for Men, Victoria's Secret, Bath and Body Works, and White Candle Barn (something like that ). I mean, I thought that at the very least A&F co.'s pay would be at least competitive with other companies. Guess not. ^______^;;

I think the reason why I get paid more, though, is because while working under The Limited Brand, we are required to act like "fashion experts" to customers, assisting them with finding just the right clothes for special occassions. We make it a rule to get to know our customers because if they're frequent ones, they're important clients to us. I mean, when I walk in A&F or Hollister, they just say "welcome to ______" and that's about it. There's hardly any (or none at all) customer service. But I'm basing this on the ones that I've been to, in So. California. :P

lovefooled - I'm the same as you. I was never able to fit into size 0 AE jeans. I usually wear a size 12 slim in Abercrombie (kids) as well. In fact, Abercrombie jeans are actually okay, but I'm not into the really vintage-y, ripped ones. I also wear size medium shirts from there as well. :D I usually buy things on sale there as well. ;] I'm a killer for sales. But then again, I have very few clothes from Hollister and Abercrombie. I never really liked AE. A few of their clothes are okay, but I guess I just never really got into their clothing. ^_^;;


mai_z - But, I was defending Banan Republic as well. I don't know if you're agreeing with me or not. lol :P But it's true, Banana Republic's clothes are made of realllly good material. Pssh, I would've applied to work there, but then again, I can HARDLY fit the clothes from Express, which means nothing would fit me at BR, so working there would be a lost cause. =X

Preppy clothes consist of more upscale labels, imo. A&F is not very "upscale", when compared to Lacoste, J. Crew, Ralph Lauren, BanRep, etc.


Plus, judging a label just by the way the store "smells" is kinda.. weird. o_____O"

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I mean, A&F, Ruehl, and Hollister are all under the same line (what is it called, anyway? A&F?). Same for Banana Republic, which owns Gap and Old Navy. This goes for Express as well, since Express is a Limited Brand, joint with: The Limited, Express for Men, Victoria's Secret, Bath and Body Works, and White Candle Barn (something like that ). I mean, I thought that at the very least A&F co.'s pay would be at least competitive with other companies. Guess not. ^______^;;

i thought you meant what is a&f xD sorry.

WOAH hold up on that michelle. i dont think that a&f judges on how pretty or were. they hired my cousin who is asian, and i dont think they're that low, i've seen lots of asian works in the past, so i dont think they're racist about it.

my cousin works at a&f and she's paid minimum [8 dollar something or whatever xD] because she isn't aloud to work more than 4-6 hours.