Ivy Lane - West Des Moines, Iowa

Jeannie I.

Happened to be walking through stores in Valley Junction...found a couple good ones. Ivy Lane had just what I was looking for..a comfortable..long duster to add to my wardrobe and purse to match. Going in for another one on Wed that Allison found for me. Stop in.

Haley W.

Very unwelcoming. I am a young adult and walked in with my teen sister trailing me. I enjoy boutiques and sustainability, right when I walked in the door I grabbed and verbally showed interest in a dress. I got yelled at for tugging on the dress. I let it slide as she voiced that that hanger falls often but I was not pulling on it and her tone was quite unwelcoming. As my sister and I walked towards the back she said in an annoyed voice "This is an arts store, not a trendy store", being stubborn I decided to stay in there and say to my sister "I would love to get this if that lady wasn't so mean". As we were leaving we passed her having quite a nice conversation with another customer in a much different mood.
I don't write reviews often, but treating someone different because of their age is not something I wanted to experience today.

rochelle B.

No stars here. I felt the owner was very rude, no greeting at all. I felt like she body shamed me, I was looking at the small section on a sale rack, when she finally did speak to me and said I was in the smaller part of the clothes rack and the large sizes were also there. Really? I will not be visiting this store ever again. I see some other negative reviews, not surprised! I grew up and still live in Valley Junction, it's really too bad she takes up that space!

Mike L.

Terrible, owner follows you around like you’re a full on burglar trying to steal all of her wares. Wouldn’t let me handle and inspect an item I was interested in from the display window. Just because I don’t LOOK the part of high end yuppie doesn’t mean I don’t have the money to treat myself with nice things, but in the future I will definitely be treating myself elsewhere.

Crimson B.

The owner harasses and creates a hostile environment for anyone that’s not the owners ‘ideal’ demographic, something I’ve experienced myself… looking at the other reviews it appears as though her antics can be racially charged at times as well 😬😬 she has some nice things in there, but there are plenty of local businesses in Des Moines with nice things AND a friendly environment, I’ll keep my *green* money in those establishments.

Edit: Must be hard to get a 2.5 star rating when you only have a 4 hour window to harass people just 4 times per week… telling.

Evangelina O.

Very bad experience!!! Never going back.. the "owner" follows you arround, harassing you, because she thinks ppl are going to steal from her and she said it like that! I felt racism, I have never felt like this before.. only store in Valley Junction, where I was treated this way.

Amanda G.

If you have a small child don't go into this store you will be asked to leave if they are at all a little fussy. I went in with a girlfriend who is from out of town it was our last stop before heading to lunch, and my son was anxious to leave. He wasn't yelling cry or touching anything in the store he just kept telling me he wanted to leave. And when I went to sit him down on a bench so my friend could finish shopping I was asked to leave. I could have understood if he threw a full on fit and it was a possibility he may break something but it was in no way even close to that. My son actually never has done that but I've seen other kids do that, but he was in no way hurting anything by being a small child and asking to leave. And both my friend and I had a good amount of money to spend, glad we didn't spend any here. Totally rude I'm guessing this woman working dosent have kids and it's not a kid friendly store.

Jennifer H.

Has a very unique selection of year around fashion, this is my favorite store. The owner is the best personal shopper.