While exploring the great Washington DC area I stumbled upon a somewhat hidden away treasure in the Adams Morgan area, best known for its nightlife and bars. The name of this unique second hand/vintage store is ‘SMASH!’ It is known for its punk hardcore indie rock LP’s and vintage clothes. But don’t let the eccentric style of the shop throw you off; it has amazing genres of music from soul, to reggae, to pop, and so many more. If you are some one who enjoys collecting actual old fashion records you would LOVE this place, and they are all very reasonably priced. For example I found a record in the reggae section of Bob Marley
and the Wailers greatest hits for $8.99, what a steal! Music lovers are not the only type of people that this store attracts the variety of vintage clothes and shoes is one of a kind and would have any true fashion lover in a frenzy. The clothes are of all styles from coats, skirts, unique t-shirts, and pants. The shoes have a look of high fashion boots to sassy sling back heels. The stylish accessories range from buttons to sunglasses to purses and much much more. As many styles are recycled and emerge again over time, this store seems to have clothes, accessories and shoes that range from all decades of fashion.
The co-owner of SMASH! seemed so enthusiastic when speaking about her stores history of when and why it was started and the area in which it is located. Daisy Lacy the co owner started off as an employee of the original store, which was located in Georgetown originally. When the original store owner decided to close down the store, Daisy and her co owner felt
the need to keep the first punk rock store in the city alive by continuing to keep the store running, just relocating it to the Adams Morgan area three years ago. This hidden treasure is on 18th street Northwest Washington DC. Don’t leave the city without first stopping by this great shop and picking up a record, some cute shoes, a one of a kind t-shirt, and of course some sunglasses.
Wow, this looks awesome! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post. I remember Smash from before you were born. There were many stops high schooler made in Georgetown in the mid to late 80s and the Smash was one of them. Thanks for the heads up.
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