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At the age of 20, Abercrombie earned a bachelors degree in Romance Languages from the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana. Skilled as a writer, her university professors urged her to pursue a career as an author. After graduation ... she chose instead to attend classes in figure drawing and commercial techniques at the Chicago Art Institute and the American Academy of Art. In her interviews, Abercrombie emphasized that she was largely self-taught as an artist. In 1931, she worked as an illustrator doing glove advertisements for $15 a week at Mesirow department store. Later, Abercrombie drew illustrations as a revamp artist for the Sears' catalog.
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Abercrombie returned to New York City in 1984, opening in the renovat ed South Street Seaport area of lower Manhattan. By the end of 1986 t he chain had grown to 26 stores, including a second Manhattan outlet in midtown's glitzy Trump Tower. Net sales reached an estimated $ 40 million in 1985. The Oshman-owned A&F chain stocked relatively few hunting and fishing supplies or exotic items, concentrating on e xercise machines, tennis rackets, golf clubs, and other paraphernalia of more contemporary interest, much of it designed exclusively for t he chain. Men's and women's clothing departments featured business an d casual dress as well as sportswear, and the gift departments offere d an array of goods, including gourmet edibles.
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"The quarterly is very much alive," [Hampton Carney, spokesman for Abercrombie & Fictch] told CitizenLink. "I assure you that you will see the 'Spring Break' quarterly in our stores very shortly. [And next Christmas], without a doubt, it will be in stores. And you will see no change in direction [in terms of content]."
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