Tuesday, January 24, 2006
The Keg of Eternal Youth
Once upon a time, I said that Abercrombie and Fitch was run by fratboys who couldn't think outside of the frat. I had no idea how horrifyingly right I was:
Yes, folks, that's Mike Jeffries, the 61-year-old president of A&F. A man who has altered almost his entire body in an attempt to become a paragon of blond-haired, blue-eyed beauty. And what he can't do to himself, he does to others.
The pursuit of superficial beauty leads to the greatest perversions of vanity. I guess it's better than bathing yourself in the blood of virgins, but there's a point when you just have to learn how to age gracefully.
Yes, folks, that's Mike Jeffries, the 61-year-old president of A&F. A man who has altered almost his entire body in an attempt to become a paragon of blond-haired, blue-eyed beauty. And what he can't do to himself, he does to others.
The pursuit of superficial beauty leads to the greatest perversions of vanity. I guess it's better than bathing yourself in the blood of virgins, but there's a point when you just have to learn how to age gracefully.
