Anthropologie knows how to make our hearts beat just a little faster.

The retailer is set to open its first accessories-only store in Chevy Chase, Md., on Oct. 29, and it will focus on -- ahh! -- shoes and jewelry.

The location, on Wisconsin Avenue in suburban Washington D.C., is around the corner from an existing Anthropologie shop and will carry shoes, handbags, scarves, belts, costume jewelry, fine jewelry, and estate and antique jewelry, including brooches and engagement rings.

Shoe brands available include Rachel Comey, Chie Mihara, and Bourne, among others, and will make up about 50 percent of the overall product.


"It will be the equivalent of going down the rabbit hole and finding a magical world with more of what she loves," Anthropologie co-president and chief merchandising officer Wendy Wurtzburger said of consumers in a statement. "Tactile and rich -- wonderful to shop and ponder."

Amazingly, shoes will be priced between $150 and $350, Wurtzburger told WWD, and estate and antique jewelry pieces won't exceed $1,000, unless the item is something super special.

This is just one of the alterna-retail operations that Urban Outfitters Inc., the owners of Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters, and Free People, will open in the near future. There is also a wedding concept shop coming in early 2011 and a Leifsdottir store in the works.


In related news, read about British chain Accessorize's upcoming American debut.