Reddz Trading

Reddz Trading at 1413 Wisconsin Avenue NW is a designer and contemporary brand consignment boutique, women-owned, operating in the upper Wisconsin Avenue commercial corridor in a location shared with Peter Manning at the same address. The business model is the buy-sell-trade format applied specifically to the quality end of the women’s clothing and accessories market: the boutique accepts items from Chanel to Anthropologie and everything in between that meets its condition standard, evaluates them against the resale market, and prices them for sale at the boutique at prices that provide the original owner a return and the buyer a discount from retail.

The condition requirement is specific and enforced. Items must be clean, free of stains and damage, and purchased within the past two to three years, which keeps the inventory current enough to be relevant to the buyer looking for contemporary fashion at pre-owned prices rather than vintage. The designer and contemporary brand range is broad enough to include the French and Italian luxury houses alongside the accessible American contemporary brands that constitute most of the fashion purchases in Georgetown’s consumer demographic.

The intake process runs Monday through Saturday from noon to 3pm, which is the window when sellers can bring items for evaluation. Each seller is limited to fifteen items per visit and one visit per week, which structures the intake to prevent any single seller from overwhelming the evaluation capacity and gives the staff the time to assess each piece properly. Items that do not meet the condition or currency standard are returned at the time of evaluation.

For buyers, the resale market provides access to designer pieces at the fraction of retail prices that the secondhand market produces for goods in excellent condition. A Chanel bag or a Tory Burch coat that arrived two seasons ago and has been worn a handful of times is a different purchase proposition from the same item new, and the savings can be significant across the categories the boutique carries.

The Wisconsin Avenue address at 1413 is on the upper stretch, in a cluster that includes several of the boutique and specialty retailers that have made this section of Wisconsin a destination for the deliberate Georgetown shopper. Hours run from noon to 6pm daily. The phone is (202) 506-2789. The Georgetown location is one of two Reddz Trading stores, alongside the Bethesda address that serves the Maryland side of the DC metro customer base. For sellers who are not sure whether specific items meet the boutique’s standard, the website at reddztrading.com describes the condition and recency requirements and gives examples of the brands the boutique accepts. For buyers who are looking for a specific brand or category, checking the boutique’s inventory before making the trip to Wisconsin Avenue is the practical approach; the inventory turns regularly as new consignment arrives. The Wisconsin Avenue location is open daily from noon to 6pm.