Teenage Wasteland

My introduction to Abercrombie & Fitch came through LFO’s “Summer Girls,” the 1999 song best remembered for name-checking the brand multiple times. I remember asking my mom what Abercrombie & Fitch was, because I had never even heard of it. Growing up in the small city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, it wasn’t something that had infiltrated my high school—yet. I also remember when, some time after, the first Abercrombie store opened within driving distance, and I just so happened to stumble upon the store’s trainees, the young workers who would embody the Abercrombie & Fitch lifestyle at the store in Scranton.