Annie Creamcheese gives CHANEL piece to Caitlin Smith, a Make-A-Wish Youth
Co-owner of Annie Creamcheese, Garrett Bauman, presented Caitlin Smith with the present of a lifetime!
Annie Creamcheese got a shout out in The Washington Post's "Style Section" on April 19, 2009
Check us out in the September 15 2008 IN TOUCH Magazine!
Voted by 2500 readers as DC's Favorite Vintage Store in JULY 2008!
Best Vintage Store: Annie Creamcheese
The gems in this basement shop are labeled with the brand and era of origin. You'll find pieces by big names such as Gucci, Chanel, Missoni, and Pucci. When Hollywood A-lister Nicole Richie was in town last summer, she stopped in to buy a pair of vintage Ted Lapidus shades and a Courreges scarf from the '60s.
3279 M St., Georgetown; 202-298-5555; anniecreamcheese.com.
Featured in VEGAS MAGAZINE June 2008 Anniversary issue "SHOP TALK" SECTION page 178.
"The Dynamic Duo" Garrett Bauman and Annie Lee featured in LAS VEGAS LIFE Magazine the April 2008 edition.
Featured in the August 2007 issue of Lucky Magazine.
Featured in the article "What to wear at the office" Washingtonian April 2007.
Featured in the article " Where to buy Great Clothes". September 2006 Washingtonian Magazine
Featured in INSTYLE Magazine June 2006.
Featured in Washington Life Magazine.
Featured in Instyle in 2006.
Featured in Delta Magazine's Shuttle Sheet and voted Best Boutique in 2006.
Featured in the article "Women with Style". Washingtonian Magazine November 2006.
Featured In Where Magazine Washington in 2006.
Feels Like Home February 2008 Washington Post Home Section
Every morning I light a scented candle and put together the day's outfit. I love being surrounded by my vintage clothes and designer handbags. Each one has a story. Favorite pieces include a 1960s tapestry coat with lavender fur trim and a '70s baby doll mini dress that actually has baby doll faces all over it. My favorite accessory is the Chanel cuff bracelet my fiance gave me. Like my store, you won't find much black in my closet, where colorful, funky pieces reign supreme.
It's October: time to dust off the old French maid outfit you bought at Halloween Express. You know, the one you saw five other women wearing last year. Or you could rock your costume party/contest/trick-or-treating with creative (and authentic) finds from one of these local vintage stores.
Meeps Vintage Fashionette (2104 18th Street, NW; 202-265-6546). Halloween is the busiest time of year at this Adams Morgan shop?probably because owners Danni Sharkey and Leann Trowbridge are insanely helpful. Tell them what you want to be, or bring in a picture, and they'll find you an ensemble to match. They up their selection of costume clothing (think: hippiewear, super sparkly dresses, and wigs galore) in October. Customers usually want to be a character from the movies or TV, says Sharkey, who has put together countless Charlie's Angels costumes. This year? She is hoping guys will want to be Mystery from the new show The Pickup Artist. "It's so easy and perfect and ridiculous," she says.
Clothing selection: Men's and women's. Tuesday-Saturday noon-7; Sunday noon-5. Annie Creamcheese (3279 M Street, NW; 202-298-5555). Washington's best-dressed love Annie Creamcheese for designer vintage, but this hip Georgetown store is a surprisingly good stop for costume seekers, too. Skip the clothes on display, which can be $300 a pop, and head to the back corner for a more Halloween-affordable selection of '50s to '80s party dresses and men's shirts and ties. Or check out Annie's for accessories such as $12 sunglasses or $9 black-and-white striped tights. Many items have the decade on the tag.
(Southern Living) -- Here's what I see as I cross the intersection of M Street and Wisconsin Avenue: a sleek woman in to-die-for jeans speaking a language I can't pin down; an iPod-toting jogger with shopping bags from a tony store; a model (or she should be) in knee-high boots and a thigh-high skirt. It's like a well-cast movie -- all the elements fit like a study in big-city fashion.
Is this the South? You bet. It's Georgetown at its best, trendiest, most promising. And we're here to shop (and take you with us for the fun). Follow along as we go international with names you know and local -- only the best --popping into reinvented townhomes to sample the distinctive character you only find here. Join us on a tour of my favorites.
Fashion-forward thinking
The clothiers of Georgetown dress Presidential daughters, inaugural ball goddesses, pumps-wearing nine-to-fivers, and visitors to boot. Amid the better-known shops (look for Zara, Kate Spade, Diesel, and Lacoste), clothes junkies discover dozens of newcomers with frocks as unique as each shop's personality. Southern Living: Washington, D.C. inaugural travel planner
Originality reigns at Annie Creamcheese, a vintage emporium featuring racks with designer dresses from the 1940s to the present (3279 M Street NW.). Amid the Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix posters, you may see the famous Olsen twins snagging their sought-after style.
What's in a Store's Name?
By Sara Boyd
Special to The Washington Post Sunday, April 22, 2007; Page M05
An establishment's name is more than just a phrase in neon lights. Some Washington restaurants, bars and stores have names so iconic that we hardly give them a second thought. Others have obvious origins (Madam's Organ is a nifty play on its Adams Morgan location, for example). And then there are those with mystifying monikers that bear a little explaining. We take a closer look at five:
Annie Creamcheese
Although it sounds like a bagel shop, this Georgetown vintage clothing boutique traces its roots to a high-end couture store from the '70s. Co-owner Garrett Bauman says that as a child he spent countless hours playing on the floor of Las Vegas's Suzy Creamcheese while his mother had "over-the-top" gowns created. He says celebrities from Cher and Charo to Stevie Nicks and Barbara Mandrell brought their business to that shop, whose name was inspired by a Frank Zappa song.
When Bauman and his girlfriend, Annie Lee, decided to open their own boutique, the name stuck with him, and they thought Annie Creamcheese would perfectly encompass a blast from the past and a new partnership.
Work look: "My wardrobe depends on the day of the week?I could be meeting with donors, traveling with YouthAIDS ambassador Ashley Judd to film a documentary, or visiting one of our 65 country programs. I prefer vintage suits or dresses for meetings?I recently bought a red Christian Dior dress from the '60s?and for field trips I wear linens or cool, breezy dresses."
Designers she wears to the office: Diane von Furstenberg and Chloé.
Her fashion staple: "A simple fitted black dress. I have one from Chanel that an old boyfriend bought for me. I'll put a jacket over it for a meeting on the Hill during the day. Remove the jacket, add a pair of costume earrings, and I'm all set for evening."
Where she shops: "Vintage stores?Meeps in Adams Morgan and Annie Creamcheese in Georgetown. I also like Muléh and Anthropologie."
How to dress for a career in the nonprofit world: "Don't overdo it?you want people to focus on your issues rather than the colorful print of your dress."
Ten of Washington's best-dressed women share their fashion advice, their favorite shops?and their fashion disasters. Read about one of them.
Lobbyist at the Washington Group
Photograph by Matthew Worden
Where do you shop? I prefer independent boutiques like Muleh in DC and Periwinkle in Alexandria. I also like All About Jane in Arlington, Urban Chic in Georgetown, Unsung Designers in Adams Morgan, Annie Creamcheese, Neiman's, and Saks.
Biggest splurge? A Louis Vuitton travel case that I found at a vintage store. I've bought some vintage Missoni, too.
Your worst fashion disaster? Polo shirts from the '80s. They're not very attractive on girls. I was also really into Flashdance. I was a total '80s girl.
Ten of Washington's best-dressed women share their fashion advice, their favorite shops?and their fashion disasters. Read about one of them.
Management consultant at McKinsey & Company
Photograph by Matthew Worden
How would you describe your style? I love fashion. I will wear anything. I have four closets, one that's just shoes and accessories. I weighed 260 pounds when I was growing up and lost 100 pounds before college. I went from size 26 to size 8 or 10. I was like, "I can wear anything!"
Your best bargain? At Annie Creamcheese in Georgetown I got this Pucci nightgown that was $40. I wear it over jeans, and it's fabulous.
Tell us about playing stylist for your coworkers. Every Saturday I'll go shopping with someone. I once took three men in my office to Barneys Co-op. One man went in wearing pleated khakis and came out in really cool dark jeans. My friends say, "Lisa, you're in the wrong job." My philosophy is you've got to make it easy for people. I love to dress others because I never had that chance growing up.
Annie Lee, Joel Madden, Nicole Richie, and Garrett Bauman during the visit.
Annie Lee and Garrett Bauman would pitch their Ted Lapidus vintage sunglasses to customers by reminding them that celebrity socialite Nicole Richie sports the same shades. So they saw the incredible irony when Richie and fiance Joel Madden of Good Charlotte, stopped by their Georgetown vintage shop, Annie Creamcheese, last week. The purchase of the day? A $275 pair of brown-tinted Ted Lapidus sunglasses.
Madden, who had visited the high-end vintage shop on M Street twice before, decided to bring with his newly pregnant fiancée while in town for a concert at the Clarendon Ballroom. In addition to the sunglasses, Richie also took home a $199 off-white, Courreges scarf.
The couple were "very down-to-earth," said Lee who pitched the store's accessories to Richie. Richie, Bauman explained, "wasn't in the mood to look at dresses because her body is changing," but she was drawn to the accessories. Madden meanwhile bought a "grandpa-like cardigan sweater," along with a small fedora hat and a few t-shirts, but nothing brand name.
After 20 minutes in the store, a photograph with shoppers and a promise by Richie to visit Lee and Bauman's new store location in Las Vegas, the couple made their way out the door.
This isn't the first time a fashionista or a celebrity has stopped by the store. Recently, Camila Al-Fayed, sister to one-time Princess Di beau Dodi Al-Fayed, spent $5,000 at the store and MSNBC's Tucker Carlson stopped in to pick up some duds for a '70s-themed party he was attending. Fashion designers Tory Burch and Nannette Lepore are also customers.
"......If you're ready to embrace it, head to Georgetown's new vintage outpost, Annie Creamcheese, for a fun collection of throwback fashions, including see-through long-sleeve lace blouses and pillowy Victorian-style tops. Owner/president Garrett Bauman says that it's common for customers to see some of the store's garish garb on the hanger and laugh, "But the trick to vintage is to try it on," he urges. You might surprise both yourself and your friends with your one-of-a-kind find.
Annie Creamcheese keeps its eye on the fads and, while priding itself on presenting D.C. with the very best selection of high-quality vintage apparel, always seems to have several pieces that are fun takes on the trend."
Washington Life Magazine FYI DC
FASHION GEORGETOWN'S HOT VINTAGE VENUE
Annie Creamcheese, a vintage boutique formerly in Arlington, opened a new location in Georgetown this spring, providing vintage-starved fashionistas with one-of-akind, original pieces by such designers as Emilio Pucci, Gucci, Missoni, Lanvin, Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, Christian Dior, Ferragamo, and Mollie Parnis. Located at 3279 M St., N.W., the boutique also features many pieces from up-and-coming designers, plus a men's vintage line. Couture fashion designer Nanette Lepore was recently spotted shopping in the store and spending $2,000 at the high-end but funky shop. Clothes are handpicked from a highly selective list of private owners from cities around the world. Annie Cream Cheese also provides alterations at no charge.
Owners Annie Lee and Garrett Bauman opened Annie Creamcheese, modeling it after a Las Vegas vintage boutique frequented by celebrities in the 70s. Lee is also working on a new television show on the Discovery Channel called "Pop Nation," airing in October. "It will be sort of a hipper, more humorous ?Antiques Road Show' for younger generations," said Lee, who will appraise vintage clothes for their owners. The show has also partnered with Ebay so that the appraised items could be auctioned off if owners wished. To view Annie Creamcheese's fabulous finds, visit its website at www.anniecreamcheese.com.
Annie Creamcheese 3279 M. Street, N.W.
Vintage values
Posted Sunday, December 11 2005 04:18:46 am
By Lexi Miller The Daily Colonial
"Annie Cream Cheese", a recently-opened vintage store located on M street, located in the heart of Georgetown, is full of retro clothing and accessories for both men and women. Although the men's selection is sparse, the women's collection certainly isn't deficient.
Whether it be the 1970's Saint Laurent blue velvet blazer for $375, or the black Moschino vest for $59, "Annie Cream Cheese" doesn't lack variety when it comes to labels and price range.
The fact that this store is situated across from mainstream chain stores such as "H+M" and "J. Crew" only makes "Annie Cream Cheese" stand out more as a shop consisting of unique and exciting attire. They have everything from belts to sunglasses to jackets to shoes to dresses, and the brands range from Banana Republic and Seven jeans to Marc Jacobs and Chanel.
While some articles of clothing seem wild and not appropriate for everyday wear (such as puffy and lacy dresses that are reminiscent of 80s prom nights), most of the pieces seem to have originated in your parents' or grandparents' closets. For example, a pair of 1960s zebra print Christian Dior sunglasses costing $175.
"The older the clothes, the better because it means less people will have these particular items and I stand out. I love vintage clothing and can't wait to explore Annie Cream Cheese," said sophomore Challen Rozanski.
If you have something specific in mind but aren't sure where to locate it within the store, the salespeople certainly know the place backwards and forwards. They will help you find the perfect outfit that fits your price range. Owner Annie was in the store to personally greet her customers.
She and her boyfriend Garrett first opened a store in Arlington, but thanks to popular demand they are now in Georgetown as well, filling D.C.'s void of quality vintage shops.
While vintage shopping is not for everyone, this store is just right for those with a streak of originality and who have the confidence and imagination to mix and match the old with the new.
Washington clothing once was known for being so conservative that it had almost no style. That's changed?the arrival of big designers and trendy boutiques has given the city a new look. Here are more than 100 of our favorite places for clothing, shoes, and accessories.
Annie Creamcheese,
3279 M St., Georgetown; 202-298-5555; anniecreamcheese.com.
Best for: Vintage designer pieces.
This basement shop is unlike vintage stores that make you root through bins or guess from when and where a garment came. Everything is labeled with the brand and era of origin. You'll find pieces by big names like Gucci, Missoni, Dior, and Pucci
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