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Brass Knob
This unique two-floor hardware shop sells 'rescues' from old buildings: fixtures, lamps, tiles, stained glass, mantelpieces, key plates and mirrors. It's a fantasyland for anybody renovating (or just living in) an old house. Staff can help you find whatever you need.
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Chanel Boutique At The Willard Collection
One of the world's largest Chanel boutiques, this shop inside the classy DC hotel offers the classic designer's signature line of shoes, suits, purses and sunglasses. It's also one of the few major designers to have a shop downtown.
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Commander Salamander
This Georgetown institution has been a friend to street punks and wannabes for decades. (Thirty-somethings remember it fondly as the stop for black lipstick and handcuffs on the way to Georgetown's Friday night showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the now-defunct Key Theatre). It now sells funky makeup, all colors of hair dye, Goth-wear, and baggy clothes from such brands as Moschino and Hook-Ups.
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Daisy
This flirty California-style boutique sells jeans to fit every kind of booty. The store stocks designer baby tees and sunglasses from names like Billy Blues and Diane von Furstenberg - designers that are affordable to people collecting less than triple-figure salaries.
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Designer Art & Craft Usa, Inc.
Why 'USA' is included in the name of this shop is not clear, as it carries clothing, textiles and jewelry from everywhere else. The selection of pashmina shawls and woven kilims is huge.
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Fire & Ice Of Georgetown
The eye-catchers at this unique jewelry boutique are the creative pieces crafted from silver and semiprecious stones but you'll also find smaller trinkets like polished fossils perfect for your daughter to purchase with her allowance.
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Ginza
Japan is the theme here. There is a nice selection of beautiful (looking and sounding) indoor fountains, scented candles and other interesting elements of Asian decor.
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Hats In The Belfry
From fashionable (but affordable) bonnets to costume caps, this shop has been topping off Georgetown's heads for years. The place has many mirrors and you are welcome to try on the goods.
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Himalayan House
This place oozes positive karma, probably because the handicrafts, jewelry and clothing all come straight from Nepal and Tibet. The Tibetan ritual crafts are fun to investigate even if you are not buying.
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Indian Craft Shop
This crowded one-room shop sells gorgeous but costly basketry, weavings and jewelry made by Native Americans. Show photo ID to enter the building.
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Meeps Fashionette
This vintage clothier appeals to both boy and girl denizens of the New U club district with its 1950s and '60s swinger-style clothes: puffy skirts for dancing, suede-lapelled blazers and such accessories as funky hats and beaded purses. Items are moderately priced (dresses around US$30 ) and in decent condition.
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National Museum Of Natural History
The Tricera Shop is entirely devoted to dinosaur merchandise (now that's specialized). The glittering Gem Store - outside the Geology Hall - has a huge selection of fine and costume jewelry, including beautiful amber samples which are millions of years old. The newest Mammals Museum Store, designed to represent four continents (Asia, Australia, North & South America), carries toys, crafts, posters and books focusing on mammals and evolution.
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Proper Topper
Fedoras, floppy-brimmed picture hats, berets - they're all for sale at the fun Proper Topper, along with wallets, umbrellas, passport holders, cigarette books and a small selection of women's clothing.
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Pulp
This quirky, kitschy gift shop has all kinds of things you weren't looking for - funky frames, funny cards, silly toys, smelly candles, retro art and tons of political gag gifts. It's a good place to come looking for a gift (as long as you didn't have something in mind).
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Wake Up Little Suzie
This funny and original gift shop sells stuff like neon clocks, bright chunky metal-and-ceramic jewelry, polka-dotted pottery, cards and T-shirts. If you have a need for an Invasion of the Monster Women lunch box or boxing-rabbi windup doll, Suzie's your woman.
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White House Historical Association Gift Shop
Peruse a wide selection of books, videos, gifts, posters, Christmas ornaments, jewelry, postcards and educational materials, all on the theme of the big house across the square. This is the place to buy your dad a White House necktie. There is a similarly stocked store in the White House Visitors Center.
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