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Originally Posted by CutiePie2000
I remember 100 years ago, when A&F was more upscale, like a Polo Ralph Lauren type of shop. It also had weird stuff that you could buy, like stuff for playing cricket and elephant hunting or something like that. Trying to be like colonial India or something like that.
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A&F is over 100 years old. For most of its history, it sold sporting goods and outdoorsy clothing. They outfitted Charles Lindburgh for his trans-Atlantic flight. Steinbeck mentioned the store along with
Field and Stream in
Travels with Charley. The main (and for years only) store was on Madison Ave., but they had a catalog as well. The basement of the Madison Ave. store had a shooting range in it, while at a pool on the roof, you could learn to fly fish.
They went bankrupt in the 70s and closed. The Limited bought A&F in the 80s and brought us the current version of A&F.
BTW, Hollister is a brand of A&F.