Georgetown is setting Washington’s lifestyle trends in fashion forward apparel and home design.  In the past few years, Georgetown has seen an influx of retailers geared to the fashion conscious shopper.

Originally a historic industrial port located in the heart of Washington along the Potomac River, Georgetown evolved into one of the nation’s most acclaimed residential and retail addresses.  The neighborhood’s charm lies in its historic brick and frame rowhouses, shops, churches, large estates, and cobblestone streets.  Renowned for its early Federalist period architecture and preserved sites, the Georgetown Historic District, encompassing over one square mile, appears on the National Register as a National Historic Landmark site.

Attracted by the densely populated and very affluent immediate resident base, numerous national retailers are transforming the environs immediately surrounding the prime commercial corners of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street, including Barneys CO-OP, Intermix, Levi's, Puma, Banana Republic, Club Monaco, Bennetton, Barnes & Noble, Polo/Ralph Lauren, J. Crew, Victoria’s Secret, BCBG, Diesel, French Connection, Bebe, Kenneth Cole, Coach, and Ann Taylor Loft, among others.  In addition to apparel and other soft-goods retailers, Georgetown is home to upscale and casual dining, including Café Milano, Leopold's, Daily Grill, La Madeleine, Paolo’s, Neyla, Peacock Café, Citronelle, and Morton’s Steakhouse.  Georgetown has always had a rich concentration of locally-owned unique home furnishing and high-end antique stores.  Those are now being augmented by national furnishing retailers, such as Pottery Barn, Smith & Hawken, and Restoration Hardware, as well as the upscale tenants found in Cady's Alley.

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