I was always impressed by the occasional thirtysomething, single mother of six, who would come into Hollister (used to work there) and try to squeeze her ass into a pair of size 12 (considerably smaller than a size 12 in most other stores) jeans. That takes some courage and determination.
When finally she finds a pair that she can grease herself into, her card will inevitably be declined and two hours of hard work will be for naught.
When you've seen that, you don't judge the unfashinable, 18-25 year old dude who still shops at AF/Hollister because he doesn't know better/he doesn't have a gay friend with impeccable taste to steer him in the right direction.
I haven't bought anything from them in ages, but I do own a lot of jeans and sweatpants from both stores. The big logos are tacky, but I mean it's not like buying a Lacoste/Ralph Lauren shirt with an equally tacky logo is any different. And a lot of the stuff from the stores are of great quality, especially Abercrombie. I have jeans I bought like 4 years ago that still look good.
Yes I have no problem not complaints with there clothing you just have to know what to wear from them and what to wear from them what not too, I don't do very bright colors or the big logos I do have a couple shirts with big logos but most of my shirts are plain from them, Aeropostale got stale during 9th grade, I use AE sometimes, but I mostly wear H&M, A&F, Hollister, Urban Outfitters & I've recently discovered Express
Yeah, I like them both. I don't see why some people have a problem with them... I feel like people who do are trying hard to be pretentious and "edgy"
I'm 16 years old and I used to only own stuff from there when I was like 12 years old but since then I've started shopping at other places like H&M and F21
All of my jeans are designer. For tops I have a lot of clothes from wet seal, Lauren Conrad collection and some from target. Also When I get a chance I buy clothes from lacoste and Ralph Lauren.
Tbh anything is better than buying your clothes from the same store you buy your groceries from
I don't buy my groceries there but Target has some surprisingly decent clothes (casual, nothing hot or trendy) that are super cheap for good quality material.