I recently moved here from Chicago, and despite my best efforts to wait it out until I return home for a visit, it’s becoming quite clear that I am due for a new haircut and color.

Like many women, I tend to have very strong “stylist allegiances” and am nervous about trying a new one. I want a young, hip style with a great color job but haven’t really come across any places that seem to fit such a vibe in my walks around town. Any suggestions?

Who would you consider a hip stylist in D.C.? Maybe it’s someone booked solid for months, whose salon offers a menu of primping options and feels like a visit to Zen. For others, it’s someone under the radar who transforms you from your-cooler-than-average self into Eleanor Friedburger from Fiery Furnaces or retro-Reese as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line.

Though we respect plenty of famous Washingtonians for their brains, their guts, and occasionally their fashion sense, there are too few who we’d cite as having stylish hair. That said, since it seems that half of Washington is directed to them — including the Bush ladies — let’s cut recommendations for the oft-cited Chreky and Toka Salons. However, if you are an US Weekly reader and make it a point to follow the style of celebs outside the Beltway, it may pique your interest that a colorist responsible for both Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox comes to Toka from New York every five weeks, according to info in Washingtonian’s Hair Issue from the summer.

After the jump, find our reader and writer recommendations for cut and color. Leave yours in the comments.