Macy's050

Good infant, child, and teen departments at a once-local store best known for its wedding registry. The downtown location (formerly, The Bon Marche), a 1929 landmark faced with terra-cotta tile, boasts a seemingly endless number of floors and has the best selection and variety. It's located in the heart of the business district. Look for infant layette items and a small supply of baby toys. Most infant through grade-school clothes for boys and girls are rough-and-tough (Carters, OshKosh, HealthTex), with a few more expensive labels (Ralph Lauren, Little Me) thrown in. Merchandise for little girls used to be exclusively sweet and demure, but lately we've noticed styles for older girls and women, cut very small, creeping in. If you want to dress your two-year-old in a low-cut spangly blouse with a filmy skirt, this is the place to go. The Junior/Young Men's departments feature clothes with a hipper feel. You won't find too many clean-cut styles for older boys here - look for hip-hop and skater influenced clothes like baggy pants and logo t-shirts. We've sometimes had trouble finding clothes for boys too old for matching separates from HealthTex but too young for harder-edged middle-school styles - the selection for girls, toddlers, and preschoolers seems more complete.