UNITED STATES
                                  -------------
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                       ----------------------------------
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K
                                    --------

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                                 --------------
                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report  (Date of earliest event reported):       May 6, 2004
                                                         -----------

                         ANNTAYLOR STORES CORPORATION
                         ----------------------------
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware                              1-10738                 13-3499319
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)                                            Identification No.)

                              142 West 57th Street
                            New York, New York 10019
                            ------------------------
  (Address, including Zip Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)

                                (212) 541-3300
                                ---------------
               (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                Not Applicable
                                --------------
                 (Former Names or Former Addresses, if Changed
                               Since Last Report)




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ITEM 12.  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.
--------  ----------------------------------------------

       AnnTaylor Stores Corporation issued a Press Release, dated May 6, 2004.
 A copy of the Press Release is appended to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is
incorporated herein by reference.

       The information included herein and in Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished
under Item 12 and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section
18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), nor
shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of the
general incorporation language of such filing, except as shall be expressly set
forth by specific reference in such filing.



                                  SIGNATURES
                                  ----------

       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                          ANNTAYLOR STORES CORPORATION
                                          ----------------------------


                                          By:    /s/ Barbara K. Eisenberg
                                                 ------------------------
                                                 Barbara K. Eisenberg
Date:  May 6, 2004                               Senior Vice President,
                                                 General Counsel and Secretary











                                     Page 2

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
                                  -------------


Exhibit No.                       Description
-----------------------------------------------


99.1      Press Release issued by AnnTaylor Stores Corporation
          on May 6, 2004.































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UNITED STATES
                                  -------------
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                       ----------------------------------
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K
                                    --------

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                                 --------------
                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report  (Date of earliest event reported):       May 6, 2004
                                                         -----------

                         ANNTAYLOR STORES CORPORATION
                         ----------------------------
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware                              1-10738                 13-3499319
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)                                            Identification No.)

                              142 West 57th Street
                            New York, New York 10019
                            ------------------------
  (Address, including Zip Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)

                                (212) 541-3300
                                ---------------
               (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                Not Applicable
                                --------------
                 (Former Names or Former Addresses, if Changed
                               Since Last Report)

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2

ITEM 12.  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.
--------  ----------------------------------------------

       AnnTaylor Stores Corporation issued a Press Release, dated May 6, 2004.
 A copy of the Press Release is appended to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is
incorporated herein by reference.

       The information included herein and in Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished
under Item 12 and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section
18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), nor
shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of the
general incorporation language of such filing, except as shall be expressly set
forth by specific reference in such filing.

                                  SIGNATURES
                                  ----------

       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                          ANNTAYLOR STORES CORPORATION
                                          ----------------------------

                                          By:    /s/ Barbara K. Eisenberg
                                                 ------------------------
                                                 Barbara K. Eisenberg
Date:  May 6, 2004                               Senior Vice President,
                                                 General Counsel and Secretary

                                     Page 2

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3

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
                                  -------------

Exhibit No.                       Description
-----------------------------------------------

99.1      Press Release issued by AnnTaylor Stores Corporation
          on May 6, 2004.

                                     Page 3