By the time the husband and I made it to Ann Taylor, I was getting a little frustrated in my quest to buy a suit. However, we were pretty promptly offered help by a saleslady, and once she got me set up in a fitting room, she kept bringing me different styles and sizes of pants to try on. I have to say, working with someone who has some idea of available stock is definitely faster than me standing there trying to figure it all out by myself!
On the downside, despite trying on like 8 kinds of pants (they have combinations of the pants style, curvy vs regular fit, and regular vs petite sizes, which can get confusing!), I didn't quite find any that were a great fit. We did get an idea of what size and style I might order online, but I still wasn't quite sold that those would fit how I wanted.
Like most stores these days, they are very fond of ordering online to have things shipped to the store, but since they don't offer tailoring, I politely declined based on the 2 hour round trip drive I would need to make just to pick something up from the store.
Overall, although I didn't find what I needed, I at least got some help and felt like somebody cared. For something other than pants (they did have some gorgeous jackets), I'd definitely come back to Ann Taylor. read more