How sex, discrimination and #MeToo sunk Abercrombie & Fitch: Netflix doc
Netflix documentary “White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch,” out April 19.The documentary traces the explosive growth of the fashion and pop culture sensation and how its clothing and seductive marketing dominated youth culture for over a decade. Under the stewardship of ultraprivate CEO Mike Jeffries, the brand was aspirational — and, as lawsuits later alleged, discriminatory in its hiring practices. Bogged down by bad press, legal issues and its reluctance to move with the ever-changing times, it had fallen out of fashion by the late aughts.The original Abercrombie & Fitch was founded in 1892 in Manhattan by David T.