This story was updated November 2025.
Whether you’re shopping small for Small Business Saturday or looking to shop local the rest of the year, there are plenty of places in the DC area to go—for everything from high-end handbags to vintage glassware—in store, and online! Here’s a guide to 50 DC-area shops worth checking out.
Beauty and Skincare
Mischo Beauty
Though they don’t have a brick-and-mortar space, this locally owned nail polish company recently added additional cosmetics to their product line, including lipsticks, blushes, setting spray, and more.
Take Care
A Georgetown spa with a retail shop of small batch and natural skincare, beauty, and bodycare products.
Clothing and Accessories
Bitter Grace
A Capitol Hill boutique offering lines of cashmere, athleisure wear, jewelry, leather goods, and more with a focus on sustainability.
Boat House Apparel
A preppy, lake-life-inspired shop in Georgetown offering apparel and accessories for men, women, and children–including a “tailgate” line for game-day merch–plus home goods and gifts.
Current Boutique
A high-end consignment shop on 14th Street featuring designer and other pre-loved women’s clothing, shoes, bags, and accessories, with locations in Clarendon, Old Town Alexandria, and 14th Street.
Ella Rue
Current ready-to-wear new women’s clothing and luxury pre-owned consignment in Georgetown
Fangyán
A pop-up-turned-Georgetown-retail-shop that carries clothing from 15 Chinese designers plus its own line of cashmere and silk.
Hobo
A leather-goods brand offering handbags, wallets, and accessories that began in Annapolis and recently opened a shop in Georgetown.
Ixöq
Sustainably sourced, ethically made, fair-trade tote bags in a range of colors and sizes.
Nurilens
This locally owned eyewear brand is web-based, with occasional local pop-ups, and offers prescription and non-prescription blue-light glasses and sunglasses.
The Phoenix
A 65-year-old Georgetown shop offering a high-end, sustainably made selection of clothing, home goods, and both costume and fine jewelry.
Reddz Trading
A high-end consignment shop of men’s and women’s clothing and accessories with locations in Bethesda and Georgetown.
Secondi
This consignment shop in Dupont Circle carries designer women’s clothing and accessories.
Shelter
Jewelry designer Mallory Shelter’s shop sells ready-to-wear and custom pieces—including wedding and engagement jewelry—plus welded bracelets and other fine jewelry. The store features more than 100 independent designers near Union Market in DC.
The Shoe Hive
High-end clothing, shoes, and accessories (think Sam Edelman, Ulla Johnson, Veronica Bear, Agolde, etc.) for women in historic Old Town.
Tuckernuck
Classic American (read: preppy) men’s and women’s clothing, accessories, and home goods.
T|W Totes
Locally designed bags suitable for everything from commuting with a laptop to getting away for the weekend.
Vie Lorie
Italian leather handbags designed by a Virginia-based doctor.
Wylie Grey
A locally owned women’s boutique in Bethesda.
Children’s Stores
Pippin Toy Co.
A terrific children’s toy shop in Old Town Alexandria.
Three Littles
A children’s store near Union Market that focuses on sustainably made toys and high-end baby/kid gear, with an expansive list of in-stock strollers at its “Stroller Shoppe.”
Home Goods and Gifts
Appointed
A high-end paper goods shop in Ivy City featuring popular journals, calendars, planners, and more.
Byrdland Records
A record shop near Union Market.
The Capital Candy Jar
Candy, chocolate-covered Oreos and pretzels, popcorn, and more—including some treats decorated with patriotic or political motifs in Capitol Hill.
Carina Tenaglia
Artwork and hand-panted ornaments.
Closed Caption + With Love Studios
One store, two retailers, featuring clothing, bags, and accessories at a new vintage collective in Alexandria.
Crème de la Crème
A home goods store that aims to blend French and Italian inspiration with Southern hospitality in Old Town Alexandria.
Definition Studio
An ethically-sourced jewelry, vintage leather, clothing, and home decor store—started by a University of Maryland alumna, inspired by her Istanbul roots—at Union Market.
Each Peach Market
Groceries and unique food-related items in Mount Pleasant—goodies from here, paired with a cookbook from the culinary-focused bookstore next door, Bold Fork Books, make for a great gift.
Garlic Girl Vintage
A vintage shop that recently took over the space that formerly belonged to Miss Pixie’s, in Adams Morgan.
Georgetown Garden Shop
Garden accessories, planters, home decor, and gifts on a cobblestone street in Georgetown.
GoodWood
One-off furniture, textiles, and other home goods plus some women’s clothing, on U Street.
Handmade Habitat
Locally made candles of all-natural soy wax, plus beauty goods, all designed for “slow, mindful living,” in Brookland.
Hunnybunny
A family-owned retailer of all-natural bath and beauty products in Capitol Hill.
Jenni Bick
Custom, hand-made and one-of-a-kind journals in Dupont Circle.
Labyrinth Games & Puzzles
This Capitol Hill shop is chock full of puzzles and tabletop games.
Laurel Leaf
This new spot in Takoma Park offers a mix of used books, plants, and vintage decor.
Le Village Marche
French-inspired home goods and decor in Alexandria.
Libby & My
Vintage and other eclectic home goods, accessories, and glassware in the Union Market District.
Marcella Kriebel Art + Illustration
Art prints, cotton goods (we’re partial to the dish towels), and greeting cards with artwork and illustrations, with a studio along the Brookland Arts Walk.
National Building Museum Shop
Arguably one of the most fascinating museum gift shops—and they’re all worth shopping!—this shop offers cool and architectural home goods and tableware, fun gifts, toys, stationery, and more.
Penny Post
An independent cards, stationery, paper goods, and gift store in Old Town.
Plntr
A plant boutique and interior plant design company in Adams Morgan founded by a husband and wife duo.
Red Barn Mercantile
This home goods emporium in Old Town offers seasonal and other decor, kitchen tools, tabletop accessories, cookbooks, paper goods, gifts, and more.
Relume
An eclectic home goods and gift shop in Capitol Hill.
Rewild
A destination for green thumbs, plant parents, and rare plant collectors; its four area locations are in Shaw, Arlington, Capitol Hill, and Cabin John, Maryland.
Salt and Sundry
A “home and lifestyle” boutique with gifts, candles, soaps, tabletop and other accessories, paper goods, home goods, and more, with locations in Union Market and Logan Circle.
Scout
A “casual lifestyle” brand in Georgetown offering an assortment of bags, from totes and insulated cooler bags to makeup bags and card holders.
She Loves Me
The gift shop associated with this Eckington floral shop offers fun trinkets like candles, matchbooks, and jewelry.
Shop Made in DC
More than 5,000 products—apparel, jewelry, home goods, art, beauty products, gifts, and more—from hundreds of DC makers, with locations in Georgetown, Union Market, the Wharf, and Canopy Embassy Row.
Shop Made in Maryland
A College Park shop with apparel, jewelry, home goods, art, beauty products, gifts, and more Maryland makers.
Shop Made in Virginia
More than 500 products—apparel, jewelry, home goods, art, beauty products, gifts, and more—from more than 300 Virginia makers.
The Spice Suite
In the Northeast DC neighborhood of Langdon, Angel Gregorio‘s spice shop is inspired by her motto, “food is fashion.”
Spin Time Records
A new record shop in Capitol Hill that “that reflects the city’s culture and history, including DC punk, soul, go-go, and hip-hop.”
Steadfast Supply
A gift shop in Navy Yard with products from more than 100 independent makers and designers, with something for everyone.
Stitch & Rivet
Leather goods, like DC pride-themed coasters and more.
Tabletop DC
This Takoma Park gift shop offers jewelry, home decor, quirky socks, stationery, stuffed animals, books, and more.
Vintage Vintage Vintage
A collective of 18 vintage curators in the Union Market district.
Need more? The city has a wealth of independent bookstores—including East City Bookshop, Harambee Books and Artworks, Kramers, Loyalty Bookstore, Mahogany Books, and Old Town Books to name a few, and independent chocolatiers, too—including, Chocolate Chocolate, Craving for Chocolate, and more.
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