Fifth Avenue Dispatch: Abercrombie & Fitch Queue Robust As Ever

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Heading south in a cap this weekend, Racked staffers happened to notice the incredible line wrapping around the Abercrombie & Fitch midtown flagship. People appeared to be waiting upwards of 30 minutes for the opportunity to buy simulated-vintage t-shirts, broken in chinos and to ogle at the All-American Boy models. Friends with sisters who live in Nebraska and colleagues with nieces upstate, explain something that, frankly, boggles the mind: this has been going on most days since the store opened in 2005. For those of you with have dealt with a bright-eyed visitor who has insisted on b-lining to the store upon arrival in Manhattan this isn't news, of course. But seriously, friends, you can but this junk online, no? photo credit