Copeland calls A&F boss ‘idiot’ over remarks

Leading Irish tailor Louis Copeland has labelled the head of US clothes giant Abercrombie and Fitch an “idiot” for effectively telling “old, fat, and ugly” people not to shop at the stores.

In a recently resurfaced 2006 interview for new book The Rules of Retail, the US firm’s CEO, Mike Jeffries, openly said his company targets young, thin, and beautiful people.

The worldwide A&F chain opened its first Irish store in Dublin last year.