Mike Jeffries: Last News

Addie Morfoot Contributor Two years after the release of the Netflix documentary expose “White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch,” the retail company’s former CEO Mike Jeffries was arrested last week on international sex trafficking charges for crimes that occurred while he was running the clothing retailer from 1992 to 2014. The 88-minute film, directed by Alison Klayman, served as a building block to bring the clothing store’s condemnable past back into the zeitgeist and ultimately led to the BBC docuseries “World of Secrets: The Abercrombie Guys,” which further opened the doors for people to come forward about Jeffries’ alleged sexual misconduct.

: former CEO Mike Jeffries. Here is everything we know so far.Jeffries was CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch from 1992 to 2014.

Mike Jeffries, who is the former CEO of the popular clothing brand Abercrombie & Fitch, has been arrested on “sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges,” NBC News reports.

The former boss of fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch and his British partner have been arrested and face sex trafficking charges.

BBC has confirmed Abercrombie & Fitch ex-CEO Mike Jeffries and his partner Matthew Smith are the subject of a Panorama special.The network announced an hour-long episode would air Monday October 2 last week, with no details on what the documentary would cover.The special, which is now available on BBC iPlayer, is titled The Abercrombie Guys: The Dark Side Of Cool and investigates various allegations of exploitation and abuse from men against the fashion mogul.In the documentary, it’s claimed Jeffries and Smith used a “middleman” named James Jacobson and other “recruiters” to find young men for sex events they hosted around the world between 2009 and 2015.Eight men discussed their alleged recruitment for the events in the documentary, with the majority claiming Jacobson sexually “auditioned” them by requesting or performing oral sex before being introduced to Jeffries or Smith.Half the alleged victims claimed they were initially misled about the nature of the events or not told sex was involved. Others said they knew the events would be sexual, but were allegedly unaware of what was expected of them.

White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch, he was just the visionary micromanager to heat up the retailer’s image and sales.Jeffries sought to encapsulate the brand’s lusty, youthful mystique in their stores — dimly-lit, permeated by cologne and thumping club beats, guarded by statuesque, shirtless “brand representatives.” Abercrombie became a pop culture phenomenon.“That smell. That music.

, which chronicles the rise and fall of the brand and exposes the racist and toxic culture that flowed onto the pages of its infamous catalog and the policies of its club-like stores. Initially established in 1892, it wasn’t until under the leadership of CEO Mike Jeffries, that the retailer went on to define a generation with its “potent mix of sex and wholesomeness” and elitist take on the “all-American” image. During its reign, everyone from Channing Tatum to January Jones modeled for the brand’s racy, homoerotic marketing campaigns led by photographer Bruce Webber while consumers spent billions in sales across thousands of stores in the U.S.Even Chris Evans modeled for the brand at one point, taking to Instagram to share his photo shoot “for Abercrombie, which during the late 90’s was the holy grail of overpriced clothing.” A post shared by Chris Evans (@chrisevans)“This was a shared experience for a generation of people,” director Alison Klayman tells ET about the brand’s reach and monolithic place in the zeitgeist.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticFashion, of course, is rarely just fashion — it tells a story about whoever’s wearing it. And in the ’90s and 2000s, the preppy youthquake mall-fashion outlet Abercrombie & Fitch told a very big story.

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.

Netflix is diving into the behind-the-scenes drama and controversy behind the famed retailer Abercrombie & Fitch.The streaming platform dropped the first trailer for their new documentary, , on Thursday, which examines the early days of the company as it skyrocketed to fame in the '90s and early 2000s.«It was such a pop culture phenomenon,» one interview subject says in the trailer, recalling just how popular the retail chain was for a time.However, the trailer quickly lays out one of the major controversies that would arise for the company, as one interview subject recalls comments made by former CEO Mike Jeffries, «We go after the cool kids… if they didn't look a certain way, they didn't belong in our clothing. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely.»Helmed by documentarian Alison Klayman — the filmmaker behind 2021's and 2019's — features candid interviews with dozens of former employees, executives and models as it unravels the darker side of the high-end clothing store's business practices.

Wilson Chapman editor“White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch” will debut on Netflix April 19, the streamer has announced.Directed by Alison Klayman, who helmed the Alanis Morissette documentary “Jagged” last year, “White Hot” explores the rise in popularity of casual wear retail chain Abercrombie & Fitch, which was first founded in the 1800s, during the late ’90s. Under the leadership of CEO Mike Jeffries, the store became known for its sexualized advertising and its emphasis on an “all-American” look –– which, to many, was code for “white.” As the store developed a dominance in the retail world off of its brand, growing criticisms regarding discriminatory hiring and marketing practices eventually engulfed it in scandal.