A Guide to Washington's Thrift and Consignment Shops By William Hopper Special to washingtonpost.com You've reached thrifting central for metropolitan Washington. This is the place to plan shopping trips to find all the funky items you crave such as those phat, fat ties from the '40s, bellbottoms from when Tricky Dick was in the White House and last year's ballgowns that the debs of Potomac wouldn't be caught dead in again. Just select categories from the menus below and click "Search Now" to get the stores you're looking for. Selecting multiple items within a box will increase your search returns. Use the CTRL key (PCs) or the Command key (Macs) to select and deselect multiple items. Thrift Shops Consignment Shops Select an area: Everywhere Washington Maryland Virginia Alexandria A. Arundel/Annapolis Arlington Fairfax City Fairfax County Falls Church Howard Loudoun Montgomery Prince George's Prince William Southern Maryland Women's Clothing Men's Clothing Children's Clothing Housewares/Misc. Furniture Getting There: After doing a search, click "plot on map" in the upper right corner of the results page to see the stores arranged on a map. You can also get to maps for each individual store by clicking "show me on a map" below the address on the page for that particular store. Happy hunting. And be sure to let us know when you find something good!