DK Travel : Washington, D.C. : Shopping

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Leather Flight Jackets

Good-quality leather jackets recreate the genuine early flying jackets, and the selection and prices are reasonable. In the National Air and Space Museum.
Old Post Office Pavilion

This small downtown indoor mall has a number of boutiques and specialty stores selling gifts, collectibles, leather items, video products, and stationery and cards. Ticketplace, with discount tickets for many same-day performances (see Discount Tickets), is here. The food court on the lower level is extremely popular.
Old Print Gallery

The gallery presents a huge collection of fine art prints arranged by themes. An outstanding source for political cartoons, city views, sporting prints, and historical subjects.
Politics and Prose

A bookstore with a large selection of works on politics, culture, and government. A cheerful place, despite its serious selection, with a coffee bar.
Potomac Mills Mall

This is among the best-known discount outlet malls on the East Coast and one of the largest in the world. Over 220 stores have discounts up to 70 percent off suggested retail prices. Their own in-mall TV station broadcasts special deals and newly available products. A shuttle bus runs from a number of stops in the metropolitan area.
Shops at Georgetown Park

This wonderfully restored building – a former stable, power generation plant, and repair shop for streetcars – is worth seeing in itself. It is extraordinarily airy and quiet for a mall. There are high-quality fashions, art, home furnishings, jewelry, and kitchen-ware. The food court is small but pleasant.
Smithsonian Teddy Bear

This is the Smithsonian’s commemorative version of the Ideal Toy Company’s 1902 bear, based on a famous Washington Star cartoon showing “Teddy” Roosevelt with a bear cub. In the National Museum of American History.
Star Theater

A fun and educational simulation of the planetarium experience, capturing at least some of the excitement of the heavens. In the National Air and Space Museum.
Sullivan’s Toy Store

There is such a range of playthings here that it is as fascinating for adults as for children. The real stars are the items with a link to the past: model kits, craft supplies, board games, and kites.
The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City

The local cliché is that this expansive mall has become the new downtown shopping area, even though it is not in the city center. But it is less than 10 minutes away by metro, and there is a train stop right in the mall. Nordstrom and Macy’s are the anchors here, but there are over 170 other establishments, including Abercrombie & Fitch, Banana Republic, and Joseph A. Banks. A food court, spa, and restaurants complete the attractions.