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Mother’s Day is easy. Buy her some flowers, take her to tea or on a picnic, give her a gift certificate to the spa. But what do you do for Dad? A few ideas on how to celebrate Father’s Day.

In celebration of all things stripe’ed – our submission to design blog, Decor8‘s super fun
Stripe Mania online party.
This was a great idea. They’ve earned their stripes with us.
Can’t wait to see everyone’s photos on Monday!

There’s no reason a girl suit shouldn’t be cute.

Designer Cynthia Rowley teamed up with Roxy to produce these stunner 2 mil spring suits. If the plan is to be in the water a lot this summer you might want to check these out. Your wetsuit choices just went from black, and black, to all kinds of color!

The flyer speaks for itself, but if you’re in Los Angeles this Thursday night, come down to Urbanic Paper Boutique. Here are just a few reasons why you should turn out to this party:

It’s Friday again. You made it. You even deserve a little something for your trouble.

Here’s a guy we’ve been listening to a lot of here around the Launderette studio – Lexington, Kentucky’s Matt Duncan. I’ve been to Kentucky and it’s beautiful. So green, so many miles of white fence.
The first time I heard the beginning of this track “Good Times”, I thought it was an unknown Nick Cave song. Matt has so much going on in his voice. It’s some smooth Jonathan Richman, its got a Motown croon, it’s pleasant and summery. We think you’re going to love it.
You can download his album, Beacon HERE for $4. That’s less than 1/2 what your lunch cost today.
He’s a growing boy, go pay for 1/2 of Matt’s lunch. You should have brown bagged it anyway.

Good Times – Matt Duncan (mp3)

There once lived a French gazillionaire named Albert Kahn who collected over 72,000 autochrome plates from around the world. He sent photographers to the ends of the Earth at a time when empires were collapsing and World War I fell upon Western Europe. The poor chap lost his fortune in the crash of 1929, but his dream of promoting cross-cultural peace through photography and understanding lives on in his collection.

The beautiful red, green, and violets are created by microscopic grains of potato starch. Autochrome was the principal photography process used between 1907 and the 1930s. Thank you, inventors Lumière, you clever brothers you.

As Summer peaks its little head out, Launderette has a few big plans within the next couple of months. We like surprises, so without giving too much away, we can tell you that some of them involve the French New Wave and outfits — lots of cute outfits.

In the meantime, here are several Summertime wardrobes we covet:

Chance

Ulla Johnson

Emersonmade

Nadinoo

My mother’s favorite thing to do for Mother’s Day is go to a tea house. I admit, I love it just as much as her — the dainty little sandwiches, the delicate tea cups, and most of all, dressing up like human lilies. What shall I wear this Sunday?

Should I go floral?

Should I go silky?

Should I go Launderette?

Happy, Pretty Day to Moms!

Launderette was recently invited to the premiere party for Dresscue Me and The Fabulous Beekman Boys. It was an honor to be there to celebrate with the ever illustrious Shareen. She wore vintage, of course; a stunning, fully sequined, pink cheongsam dress with scandalously revealing slits. Tune in for the premiere, April 19th at 10:30pm on Planet Green, and witness both the flattering and the grueling side of Shareen Vintage.