Anthropologie

The people here are SO NICE that I like the shop but it’s too small. It doesn’t have the full selection of clothing, it’s a little too Zooey & hipster-​ish in general, but they have cute jewellery and accessories.
This place has a LOT of stairs. A LOT. I also like their selection online and the huge store in Toronto but this one is more like a sad little pop-​up.

I don’t buy clothes here because it’s a little too pixie-​girly for my tastes. Think Zooey Deschanel in «500 Days of Summer» and those days are long behind me now.
However, having said that, some of their home-​related stuff, kitchen and décor and books are a lot of fun and worth looking at. I usually check out the website first and make a note of what I want to look at seriously at the store before buying. Another benefit of visiting the website is that there are buyer’s reviews for practically everything they sell so you know beforehand what’s all hype, what sounds great in print and what actually works in reality.
Case in point: Their Sea Salt soap, after reading the glowing reviews, I bought a couple of bars, was blown away and now plan on making this a repeat purchase as well. Another of their amazing items is their Royal Apothic Conservatory line of scented candles. You can easily blow $ 80-​$ 90 on high end scented candles at Holt Renfrew or Ogilvy’s from chi-​chi designer lines like Jo Malone or Annick Goutal. For literally a third of that price, you can pick up something equally as fabulous at Anthropologie which smells just as heavenly and lasts just as long, if not longer.
I have also found that their selections of cook books and coffee table books just as fun to look through. The salesgirls I encountered were pretty nice too.

I guess their target market isn’t Mom’s with babies… but I don’t see why not — I have visited Anthropologie in every city that I’ve gone to that has one… and I’ve dropped much moolah there over the years… so I must fall into their target market…
Anyway, I had to drag my stroller down several steps outside to get to the entrance, then down more once inside… and then on that main level, I was able to look at a VERY select few items of clothing and some jewellery, and then I had to leave.
When I looked up, I realized there were two more storeys full of great selection of beautiful Anthropologie clothes… but how does one get up 2 flights of stairs with a stroller? Staff didn’t acknowledge me. So that’s why I left.

Mon avis est très partagé sur cette boutique; si j’avais pu, je lui aurais probablement attribué 3 ½ étoiles.
Avant qu’Anthropologie s’installe au Québec, j’étais vraiment fan de l’endroit pour y être allée plusieurs fois lors de mes visites à New York. J’aimais que le magasin soit très (trèssss) grand, sur plusieurs étages et qu’il y ait un énorme choix d’articles pour la maison et de vêtements. Lorsque j’ai appris qu’il y allait avoir un Anthropologie à Montréal, j’étais hyper contente! Puis, j’ai été rapidement déçue. Le fait que l’entreprise ferme sont site Internet à la clientèle québécoise m’a terriblement choquée. Comme Urban Outfitters (sa petite soeur, disons), elle a choisi de né pas traduire sont site Web en français. En tant que traductrice pour une grande entreprise, je né comprends pas du tout leur choix. Est-​ce de la paresse? Un manqué d’égard vis-​à-​vis les québécois? Un manqué de revenus? En tout cas… J’espère toujours que le site sera bientôt disponible en français et que les Québécois de partout dans la province pourront magasiner en ligne, en français!
J’ai quand même décidé d’aller faire un tour à la boutique de Montréal, située sur De la Montagne. Bien que beaucoup plus petite que celle de New York (évidemment), elle est jolie et invitante. J’ai trouvé qu’il n’était pas si évident de se déplacer à l’intérieur puisque le magasin est un peu encombré et les différentes sections sont divisées de façon un peu bizarre. Quant à elle, la présentation visuelle des produits est attirante et donne envie d’acheter. Si seulement le choix des articles, surtout des vêtements avait été plus intéressant… Néanmoins, la section des produits pour la maison était superbe. Vaisselle, décoration, articles de literie, tout me donnait envie de vider mon portefeuille.
J’ai vraiment apprécié le fait que tous les employés étaient toujours disponibles pour m’aider et qu’ils m’abordaient en français.

The entrance is sunken and subtle as Lu mentioned so yes, keep your eyes peeled. Once inside it stretches up and outwards in a satisfyingly labyrinthine manner, getting bigger on the higher levels like a tree. A tree full of over priced but lovely stuff. The metaphor sort of breaks down at this point.
There are lots of dresses, flouncy tops, blazers and pants that seem designed for the funky working girl to go, as they say «from day to evening.» It’s a bit too flowery (put a bird on it!) for me most of the time, but then I turn a corner and gasp, love, purchase some slinky little number, so I think I’m pretty close to the target demo.
Cute housewares a la Urban or Pier 1. There’s a discount section with some slightly marked down stuff tucked away in the back. The staff when I was there were very friendly, chill, smoothly bilingual. It’s an American chain, better than some, and for the gal pals of mine who have been ordering from them online for years, a welcome savings to be able to skip the shipping costs and try the duds out downtown before buying.

Three floors of a slightly more upscale version of Urban Outfitters. Cute crockery, dish linens, some décor items, scented candles and the Italian perfume line Tocca; also, small sized clothing for the young and 0 sized. I missed the shop at first, as the sign is on the side of the entrance and not very prominent, so be on the look out.