Local stylists can still help you improve your appearance, even if you aren’t leaving your house.

GQ wants to save D.C.’s most common male professionals from themselves, and the style magazine has a few ideas on how to do so.

While nailing 19th century conventions and language are critical to replicating life in 1860s New York City, the new BBC America crime drama COPPER has another edge: Clothes painstakingly hand-tailored and sewn from only fabrics available at the time. Costume designer Delphine White led the design and production of “600 dresses, frock coats and union suits” for the show. But it’s not all meticulous reproduction and corsets—find out what Mick Jagger and Robert Mapplethorpe…

In which we share some thoughts on being a state and a little-d District.

Every election year, the cliche that somebody should or should not begin measuring the White House drapes gets trotted out. But eight months in to their new life at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., it looks like the Obamas may finally have brought in some help for the job, in the form of fashion personality and Barney’s New York creative director/window dresser extraordinaire Simon Doonan. You may recognize Doonan from his appearances on America’s Next Top…

A formidable two-story brick house stands in Georgetown; its exterior gives no hints as to what awaits inside. Once a school for boys in the 1840s, the historic home located at 3014 P St. NW was completely renovated and given over to 15 area interior designers to create the 2008 DC Design House, benefiting the Children’s National Medical Center. The interior is a showcase of sophisticated design, style and luxury; perfect for the neighborhood. Purchased…

Yakama two-hide dress, ca. 1860 In the current exhibition at the National Museum of the American Indian, visitors can see Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women’s Dresses, a show indicative of the NMAI’s effectiveness in using creative museum techniques. The exhibition, of course, is about cultural traditions. It features some 55 dresses and more than 200 accessories, all of which are meant to express the depth and development of Native…

Channel 9 reporter Bruce Johnson has broken the story on the dust-up at the Washington Post this past week. Classical music critic Tim Page, winner of a Pulitzer prize, has long been one of the best writers in the Style section, making the paper’s shrinking coverage of classical music all the more shameful. In response to a mass email from the staff of Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry, which was sent to Page apparently…

Good morning, Washington. In case you didn’t believe us when we first told you that this tax office corruption scandal was going to get bigger and badder as the week went on, just check out the trio of stories on offer from the Post this morning on the widening scandal. First and foremost, it turns out Harriette Walters and Diane Gustus allegedly worked together to steal $4 million more than originally thought, bringing the grand…

>> Don’t forget: thousands of dirty hippies and the gun-toting maniacs who hate them are getting together for a big ol’ hootenanny down on the National Mall tomorrow morning. It’s the War on War on War. >> At the Washington City Paper, editorial assistants who make mistakes aren’t just named, they’re taken out back and tortured with one million paper cuts using the latest issue while Erik Wemple screams “you’re not good enough to…