The New Abercrombie Learns the Lesson Old Abercrombie Taught: Don’t Be Yourself

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I was a chubby little monster of a child. The baby fat held on well into high school. As a closeted gay boy secretly obsessed with fashion, having a pudgy, prepubescent body was slightly detrimental when Abercrombie men’s clothing was at its peak. Abercrombie men’s fashion was representing an unobtainable confidence I craved desperately.