Exhibit 99


CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
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In connection with the Annual Report of the AnnTaylor,  Inc.  Savings Plan (the
"Plan") on Form 11-K for the year  ended  December  31,  2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Report"),  I, Barry Erdos, a member
of the  Administrative  Committee of the Plan,  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of
2002, that to my knowledge:

(1)   The Report  fully  complies  with the  requirements  of Section  13(a) or
      15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)   The information  contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
      respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Plan.



Date:  June 27, 2003                /s/   Barry Erdos
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                                          Barry Erdos
                                          On behalf of the Administrative
                                          Committee of the AnnTaylor, Inc.
                                          Savings Plan, as Plan Administrator



The foregoing  certification  is being  furnished  solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of
2002,  and is not  being  filed  as part  of the  Form  11-K  or as a  separate
disclosure document.

A signed  original of this written  statement  required by Section 906 has been
provided  to the Plan and will be  retained  by the Plan and  furnished  to the
Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.