At 149 5th Avenue you´ll find American retailers and the chain of “Ann Taylor” retail stores (which sells apparel collections aimed at affluent career women) does not refer to a person or designer of that name. “Ann Taylor” is simply the name a fine women’s apparel store first launched in New Haven, Connecticut by local businessman Richard Liebeskind in 1954.

The eventual emergence of career women in major U.S. cities over the years helped made the store popular, with nearly 1,000 stores by the end of 2012. Like the other store locations, this one offers classic styled suits, separates, dresses, shoes and accessories.

Ann Taylor is best-known for using Hollywood actresses and other prominent women to market its latest lines, such as Demi Moore, Katie Holmes, Milla Jovovich, Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts – displaying large ads of them in front of their stores.