Exhibit 1


                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement (Form S-8 333-60203) pertaining to the Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Savings
and Retirement Plan of our report dated June 17, 2004, with respect to the
financial statements and supplemental schedules of the Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
Savings and Retirement Plan included in this annual report (Form 11-K) for the
year ended December 31, 2003.


/S/ ARY, ROEPCKE & MULCHAEY, P.C.


Columbus, Ohio
June 25, 2004



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