The Abercrombie Guys: 2. Who is Mike Jeffries?
He made Abercrombie and Fitch a millennial megabrand - and had model-like men washing his cars. But what else was going on at Mike Jeffriesβ Hamptons mansion?
He made Abercrombie and Fitch a millennial megabrand, marketing "sexy clothes on sexy peopleβ, as one former colleague of Mike Jeffries put it.
At home he had model-like men washing his cars and staff to chauffeur his dogs around. But what else was going on at his Hamptons mansion? βThere was something about it that was strange,β according to a former staffer, βwhy wouldnβt anyone talk about it?β Rianna decides to investigate.
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This podcast refers to sexual abuse and contains interviews that some listeners may find upsetting, as well as some occasional strong language.
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World of Secrets: Season 1 - The Abercrombie Guys is presented and investigated by Rianna Croxford
Series Producers: Ruth Evans and Alys Harte
Senior Producer: Emma Close
Development Producer: Hannah Livingston
Investigation Editor: Ed Campbell
Podcast Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
Executive Editor: Emma Rippon
Studio Engineers: Neil Churchill, Andy Fell, Gareth Jones, and Ali Rezakhani
Production Coordinators: Debbie Richford and Sophie Hill
Commissioning Editor: Dylan Haskins
Commissioning Executive: Louise Kattenhorn
Assistant Commissioner: Natasha Johansson
Archive:
CBS: Sharon Chin report (9th May 2013)
Warner Bros: Ellen DeGeneres - (May 2013)
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ: Sophie Hutchison news report (24th Jun 2009)
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ: Hugh Schofield news report (26 July 2013)
International Business Times: A&F Company outlook (24th May 2013)
Bloomberg: Report on Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries to Step Down (9th Dec 2014)
Bloomberg: Jeffrey Hayzlett joins Trish Ragen and Adam Johnson on Bloomberg's Street Smart (9th Mar 2013)
NBC: Report on βhalf-naked modelsβ (30/11/2002)
Fox News: The OβReilly Factor Report on Abercrombie & Fitch marketing (1st Dec 2015)
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ 4- Love Thy Neighbour (14th Oct 2008)
This podcast is made in collaboration with ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Panorama.
If you are in the UK, you can watch Panorama: The Abercrombie Guys: The Dark Side of Cool on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer now, or on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Select if you are in the in the US.
World of Secrets: Season 1 - The Abercrombie Guys is a ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Long Form Audio production for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 5 Live and ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds.
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