LOFT

Great selection. Always tidy, always friendly. And never a wait for fitting rooms. Also, if you’re not getting some kind of sweet sale, you’re doing it wrong!

For me Loft has a great combination of clothes for work and clothes for the weekend. I visit this location whenever they’ve got a great sale going on, which is more often than not. IN addition to the regular sales…
The store is a nice size with plenty of room to wander around.
Staffers are friendly and always willing to help find a size or start a dressing room for you.
Check out lines are relatively speedy (of course that depends on what sale is going on and how many ladies are shopping.)
Always a good shopping experience at this Loft. In fact I don’t really shop at other Loft locations… and why would I? This store is great.

Generally never had a problem buying or returning in that store. But now stay away from the long-​haired bespectacled associate Steven. He is bent on showing his pompous powers (really!), and when I was trying to return something insisted I needed state id (my work id with photo, credit cards and all else were suddenly not enough). I tried to reason, instead he immediately called the store manager, so the customer (me) would immediately feel at fault and almost like a criminal. The store manger was great, had no problem with my documents, and all was returned. But really does one need this kind of experience with shopping when your needs to return something are aimed at boosting a sales associate low self esteem. Steven was just so eager to display his importance! Ridiculous. Made my experience very unpleasant, and I won’t use this store again.

Gone here multiple times for my petite frame. This store is well stocked, well lit and with good womens clothing. I love going here and their styles are meant to stay and be worn for a multitude of times. Ann Taylor LOFT caters for career women and their clothes fit great.

I buy expensive jeans. I buy expensive shoes. I buy expensive undies. I buy sort of expensive purses. I buy vintage costume jewelry that should not be expensive but because it is vintage, is. I have no money. I mean, I wouldn’t have any money to begin with but after all of the above I certainly don’t have any money. This lends itself well to ramen and, also, ATL.
As jeans and purses and jewelry are worn multiple times during a one/​two week period, I have no issues with spending more on these items for obvious reasons. Shirts and scarves, however, need to go as long as possible without being worn again so as not to create the illusion of going to work with the same GD outfit on every day.
Thus, I buy a lot of my tops and scarves at ATL. Sex appeal of this store? Zero. Maybe even negative zero. Nordstrom Rack has more sex appeal– and when I think of Nordstrom Rack I think of that older sister we all have, the one with the not too pretty face.
Today I have on amazing albeit obnoxiously fluorescent shoes, amazing jeans that sort of give strangers the impression that I might have an ass, an amazing vintage bracelet that obviously was over-​priced, and an ATL sweater that I wear off-​the-​shoulder. It looks good, especially since I have an amazing and all too expensive yet trashy-​looking visible red bra strap peeking out of it. By itself, the top would be nothing note-​worthy and probably kind of boring. However, with the right combination, it just works.

This location carries a good variety of items and even Petites. They always do a nice job with the window displays which gets me to walk in to look at something in the window.
Economical prices for items that can be worn for work and play.

This particular location has employees who whistle and hum with the music CONSTANTLY. It’s really irritating, and I actually straight up avoid this location because of it. I never understand how the manager of a store (or a restaurant) would allow the employees to act like that. I can’t imagine there is any person anywhere who actually enjoys listening to employees groove out while on the job.

This Loft is always well stocked. There are generally some helpful, present people who work here, especially in the fitting rooms, which is great. I often like strolling in and just seeing the styles. I like their sales rack, too.

Ann Taylor LOFT has recently ramped up their fits and designs to make them younger and more modern. (Note high-​end models like Chanel Iman starring in their ad campaigns.)
I used to never be able to fit into anything from this store because the cuts were too big, but now their sizes are smaller and they even carry a petite XXS. Now I find myself shopping here as my go-​to place for «work-​appropriate» clothing.
The bonus– they have tons of sales and coupons on a regular basis, which means I don’t have to spend a fortune not to look like a total slob at my job.
I appreciate the new sizing and will keep shopping here as long as the clothes fit. Now I find myself shopping less and less at Banana Republic, and more and more at the LOFT because ATL beats BR in fit AND price. Talk about a win-​win situation!

*A guys perspective*
This place could be good or bad, depends on who’s paying and how much your buying.; P
In this case I’m paying but I never have to pay bust out retail with Ann Taylor. Between the sales and reward dollars my wife collects I’m good to go. Actually, on this trip my wife picked up 3 shirts that added up to $ 90, 25% off they came to $ 60, she used some reward dollars and the total paid, $ 22 out the door.
This place is bigger than the Ann Taylor Loft Northeast of Times Square on Ave of the Americas but they have the nicer employees. There is a good selection here although it seems Ann Taylor is scaling back the petites in all the stores.
Best thing about the store is a couple of places to sit (which the other Loft I mentioned doesn’t have). This gives a guy a moment to get off his feet for a bit and play some video games on his phone.

Ann Taylor is a HUGE culprit in the continuation of sweat shop labor around the world. Just look at the tags where it say «Made in _​_​_​_​_​» — usually countries where you think «Hm… what else is there?» Nothing, they’re poor. Because Ann Taylor, Nike, the Gap, etc pay in cents and donuts.

Good store to buy clothes for work. They have a decent petite secion and good sales.

I know what you’re going to say: isn’t The Loft a woman’s clothing store? Well yes it is. Which is why I’m more than qualified to give a review.
I came here to look for a birthday present for my friend, since i know she always buys stuff from here. I figured that the New York store would have more items to choose from than in New Jersey. And good Lordy, I was right.
I found a few pretty blouses, and a bunch of nice sweaters that she would’ve loved. I ended up with a nice blouse, and for a reasonable price. Of course, when a saleswoman asked me if I needed help, I said, «yes do you have anything in size 44?» ha ha ha, i’m such a comedian.
But yes, reasonable prices + good collection of clothes + not knowing what to get a chick = pretty good store.

I was here for the after-​holidays sale. Eveything was like 50% off, so you can get really nice sweaters and shirts for around 20 – 30 bucks. I wouldn’t normally shop here because there’s not much of a selection; everything tends to fall under the «work-​clothes» category. But the shopping bags are neat… and they wrap up your purchases in crinkly paper. I love that. Crinkly paper reminds me of chocolate. Yum. Chocolate.

Kinda staid and stolid. Never found a thing there.

Very good for work. Reasonable prices, usually sales going on, liberal return policy. It’s everywhere, but hey, there’s a reason!