American Apparel

This place doesn’t open on time and it’s a late opening for a retail store comparable to all other retail stores in Hoboken. Extremely disappointed.

Well first off let me give a quick review of American Apparel in general. I absolutely LOVE this store! I can not even begin to count the amount of items I have in my closet; from casual, to flashy party/​night in da club, even pieces for the office. Their prices are a little high; $ 68 for a sheer secretary blouse or $ 30 for a cotton Tshirt, but its completely worth it! Though the trends are imitated everywhere you won’t find the styles, fit, and quality anywhere else.
Now to the Hoboken store, the place is large with a great selection. Basically everything you see on the website you can go into the store and try on. The staff is friendly and helpful and the racks are always clean and organized. It’s awesome to not have to trek into the city to hit up AA (or pay the extra sales tax!)

I have never bought any clothing for myself from here. However, I do love their accessories. I live two blocks from here, and I work right next door, so I usually pop in here about once a week to check out their new stock.
Their displays always look great, and they’re always changing it up. The staff there greets you warmly, for the most part, and they’re always offering to help you find something. The fitting rooms are clean, and I love the way the store is set up. Very unique. Everything always looks organized and in place.
Their prices are pretty reasonable. I bout this beautiful infinity scarf, that is a great material and just the right amount of thickness. It’s so warm, I think I might have to go back today to get another one.
They have super cute clothes for pups & are very doggy friendly! The girl working the front counter told me that they work with shelters in adopting dogs. I bought my pup a baseball-​T and a zip up hoodie. Very reasonably priced, and they looked adorable on him! My only issue is that the T-​shirt stretched out really fast. It could be due to his ridiculous french bulldog shoulders though!

Good selection but very lazy staff :/​they kinda just hang around, been here a few times and was only asked once if i needed help. Ill still shop here, awesome clothes.

One of our realtors came here for a quick outfit and actually found a great deal.
It’s nice not to have to travel to the city for this cool store, has a pretty good selection.

I’ve heard all these horrible things about this chain known as American Apparel — neon colors, uninterested hipsters running the shop, etc. so I was bit hesitant on going in an American Apparel at all. Luckily, Groupon had this great deal where you pay $ 25 to get $ 50 worth of merchandise from AA, so off I went…
And I found myself pleasantly surprised in this store. Some people say AA’s stuff is incredibly boring, but for some reason, I found myself eerily drawn to these crisp, clean lines of clothing they had all over the floor. I mean yea, I know most of the clothes come with absolutely no design on it, but maybe that’s the beauty of it after all. The dresses and skirts were for the most part, very simple, nothing totally crazy or innovative, but sometimes you need to rely on the simple pieces in your wardrobe.
I ended up buying two of those T-​Shirt style crew neck dresses (regular price: $ 32 each): one in navy, and one in red, because I loved how simple yet chic they looked. And the material is so soft.
They have a section upstairs where there’s off-​season stuff for 30% off, usually (did notice a lot of glittery pantyhose? cut off shirts?) and the fitting rooms are upstairs as well. The downstairs features a smaller room with men/​unisex clothing, and there was another room dedicated to all fun kinds of tights. Whether you’re looking for lacey tights or highlighter yellow tights, AA has them.
A friend told me that the cotton t-​shirts at AA are to-​die-​for-​soft, and… I must agree, they are. Although I don’t like paying over $ 10 for things like t-​shirts, and these were more like $ 16-​$ 30 depending on the style you got.
Conclusion: I think AA won me over with their soft clothing and simple designs, but they need to have more sales! Then I will come back and buy more things instead of ducking in after work (after all, this is RIGHT next to the PATH station, so bonus points on such a great location) and mindlessly browsing, hoping for an extra 50% off rack somewhere (alas, I’m always disappointed)!