Black-Tie Bargains Prom season may be over, but wedding season is just revving up (welcome, June bridezillas!). The new Johnny Tuxedo (Johnnytuxedo.co.uk) lets young blokes pl...

Clean, Chic Not content to fill downtown lofts and suburban bungalows with squared-off sofas and massive mirrors, Crate & Barrel is going into the housekeeping business, t...

Hair Tactics Despite its creepy moniker, Shaw’s The Barber of Hell’s Bottom (818 Rhode Island Ave. NW; 202-332-0200) does not employ murderous Sweeney Todd types. Instead,...

Pore Favor When those funny-looking nose strips just won’t zap your dry, zitty dermis, bring in backup with Colbert M.D.’s Intensify Facial Discs ($58 for 20, Colbertmd.co...

Retro Stop In a reality TV landscape clogged with housewives and Kardashians, the Smithsonian Channel’s new “L.A. Frock Stars” catwalks out something refreshingly differ...

The Price Is White Getting hitched costs a mint these days, particularly in spendy D.C. But wedding belles can score big-day dresses on little budgets at Loehmann’s Grab the...

Brace Yourself To call the new Alex and Ani outpost in Georgetown (the brand’s 28th locale) a “jewelry store” is a disservice (3068 M St. NW; 202-333-4195). Rather, the ...

Aisle Be There As a curator for the National Gallery of Art, Nina O’Neil is surrounded by one-of-a-kind beauties of bygone eras. Such masterpieces seem to have spurred her c...

Divan Divas You can hang up hopes of hanging an original Da Vinci in your living room. But local home-design company Naked Decor (Nakeddecor.com) brings masterpieces to your c...

Have a Vine Time Le Cordon Bleu alum and Austin-native Eric Rohleder, left, is not a grouch; he just wines a lot. In fact, the gourmand is so friendly he named his new Union M...

Hot for Chocolate Artfully Chocolate’s hot cocoas have garnered fans far beyond the sweet shop’s Del Ray and Alexandria locales. That’s why the boutique recently release...

Global Warmth Globe-trotting goods — Japanese futons, Indian rugs — can give your pad a well-traveled vibe. But for accents that are more hip than hippie, try Web boutique...

Load Bearable Lugging your tees and towels to and from the basement laundry room/washeteria is almost as much of a drag as folding socks and boxers. Sort-a-Neat, a sort of hyb...

Eats Meet West West Elm recently started outfitting hipsters’ kitchens with its new Market line. Now aspiring Top Chefs can fill the store’s enamel stock pots or birch-top...

Yarns and Yarmulke Christmas is just one day of the year, but Hanukkah lasts for eight days and nights. Which makes the excess of ugly Christmas sweaters — celebrated by par...