8th November 2010. Harriet Phipps, 18, said the assistant manager at the Southampton branch had told her to remove the poppy she was wearing. She initially refused to take it off, but was made to feel so "uncomfortable" she eventually did. Hollister, which is owned by US giant Abercrombie and Fitch, said it had reviewed its policy and staff may now wear a poppy on Remembrance Day itself. Miss Phipps said she wore her poppy in honour of a friend currently serving in Afghanistan. It is not the first time the American owned company, Abercrombie and Fitch has been involved in a disagreement with staff over its uniform policy. In August 2009, following a tribunal, a disabled woman was awarded £8,000 for unlawful harassment after she was made to work in the stockroom of the company's Savile Row store in central London after wearing a cardigan to cover her prosthetic arm.
