A round-up of what we’re reading right now.

Music and food: two of our absolutely favorite things. Here’s a list of 10 cities that are known for both. [Via Gourmet Live]

The sun’s out! You should probably be making an upcycled pallet planter about now. [Via Organic Authority]

If you’re in NYC, the Bicycle Film Festival starts today. [Via Bicycle Film Festival]

Doing good work from home means staying focused, and turning off email notifications happens to be one of them. [Via Unclutterer]

Your taste in music really does say something about you as a person. [How About We]

Getting trucks off the street, one pedal-assist cargo bike at a time. [Via Treehugger]

What would we do without the many benefits and versatility of coconut oil? [Via Stylelist]

Admit it, at one time, you wanted to look like Meg Ryan in Sleepless in Seattle, didn’t you? The best looks from Nora Ephron films. [Via Lucky Magazine]

Image: Bill Oriani

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Jean Godfrey June, Beauty Editor of Lucky Magazine, tells us about the favorite item in her closet.

As Beauty Editor of Lucky Magazine, Jean Godfrey June comes across many sparkly little packages on a daily basis (word has it that she receives somewhere between 50 to 200 products for review every day). But nothing speaks to her heart quite like that favorite tee.

“I have had this Miu Miu T-shirt for years, and it still my ultimate favorite, fail-safe item. It’s a t-shirt but it’s super-dressed up; where ever I wear it, it’s perfect. It speaks volumes and it says nothing. It’s tight but it’s loose. It’s pink and spangled with flowers yet somehow it’s super-tough. Good with a fancy skirt or ancient jeans.”

Isn’t that the way it is with everything that fits you perfectly? It just goes with anything. That’s what we call personal style. The only thing that is left to regret when it comes to buying things that put a sparkle in our eye is that we didn’t buy two. “If Muiccia Prada would make another one I would pay ANY price,” says Godfrey June.

In this new weekly column, we’ll take you inside the closets of some of our favorite people, asking them to choose one piece that defines them in some way and also, to tell the story behind it. To us, style is not about being a follower of trends, coveting this or that season must-have, it’s about carefully selecting pieces that deserve to be in your closet because they represent you. Personal style is something that lasts through years and fads — just like that favorite piece in your closet.

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Spring’s little white dresses will take you softly into summer.

A clean canvas to build from.

A youthful embrace.

A sexy something to spend a summer day in.

Can you hear it? Your Little White Dress is calling you.

We agree with Lucky Magazine: white dresses are right on trend and really, what don’t they go with? Here are some of our favorites this season:

Kelly B’s Cedar Voile Dress, 100% Organic Cotton Voile, $165

Elroy’s Larkspur Dress, 95% Modal, 5% Spandex, $73.50

Rogan’s Electra Dress, 100% Space-Dyed Jersey, (optional black, 100% silk slip included), $375

Loomstate’s Nautilus Dress, 100% Organic Heavy Gauze Cotton, $295

Feral Childe Loopy Pleated Dress, 100% Organic Cotton, $145

Loup Charmant’s Raglan Touring Dress, 100% Organic Cotton, $312

Linda Loudermilk Lounge Dress, 100% Seacell, $192.50

Main image: John Patrick Organic

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I remember Andrea Linett as Lucky Magazine’s last page caricature that I wanted to emulate – admittedly, as much as I yearned to be Jo, the motorcycle mechanic, feathered hair babe from Facts Of Life or Kim White of Kim White Handbag glory. Put all three of these women in the same room and you get the vibe I love most.

Let it be known these women of inspiration are far and few between so I was relieved to find the temporarily MIA Andrea Linett on her blog, I Want To Be Her! which she runs with longtime friend, coveted Martin designer and illustrator Anne Johnston Albert, who made the caricatures of her on the last page of Lucky every month.

With I Want To Be Her! The two capture fashion forward women on the streets of the city and dissect their outfits into the caricature cool images we love.

Now in charge of curating the over 20 million fashion listings that pop up daily on eBay, we hope to see the Linett touch resurface. And here’s what I love about eBay. What’s more green than clothes already made and swimming in the waste stream? eBay Fashion is not only filled with choice picks of indie and high end designer duds, there’s also vintage and deadstock that needs to move. But unlike a trip to a massive warehouse shopping experience like Marshalls or TJ Maxx – eBay Fashion makes it more boutiqey and easy to navigate.

I recently caught up Andrea to understand how eBay fashion will evolve and learn about some of her own favorite eBay purchases. Here’s what she had to say:

Andrea Linett

With all the amazing clothing, shoes and accessories on eBay, how to you even begin revamping items into more curated collections? The eBay fashion team has always done a fantastic job identifying trends and finding great pieces and presenting them to its audience in a really cohesive manner. We’ll just do a lot more of this by introducing even more editorials (like profiles of cool women, showing their shopping picks), and making shopping on eBay Fashion an even more fun and interactive experience. We also have Fashion Vault, which offers amazing deals on designer pieces, and exclusives like the Derek Lam + eBay crowd-sourced collection which we’re all really excited about.

Do you think people realize how cool eBay is for finding wardrobe fillers? Or do you think there’s a misconception that it’s just a lot of junk (and too much of it?). Maybe there’s an age group that uses it more than others?
The eBay fanatic knows that she can find everything she needs and wants here. Maybe she’s seen a red shirt in a magazine or on a cute girl at a party and she’s just got to have one. She can type “red shirt” in the search engine and literally thousands of options will come up. You can’t say that about any other shopping site! eBay is endless – there are new listings every day. That’s why it’s so addictive. eBay is so big that it’s hard to pin-point an age group. It’s like if you go to a huge mall, maybe there’s a core group of trendsetters hanging out who are young, but there is every age group walking around and shopping. I think there are just different searches for different ages.

I got the eBay Fashion app on my phone and just started exploring it but am already impressed by how organized everything is (and that I have so many pairs of Anthropologie boots in my “closet”). Do you think the app will make eBay even more addictive but to a new wave of eBay babes?
That eBay app is a lifesaver! I was always rushing to computers before to check on my watched lists. It will for sure keep people more engaged in the experience.

What are some other ways you see the site evolving?

We’re planning on introducing more aspirational imagery, including profiling chic women (right now there are mostly still lifes),  generating more fashion editorials, adding styling tips and just more of a voice in general.

What are some of your favorite sites?
Aside from eBay (seriously, the fact that I now work there is akin to a little girl getting a job at American Girl!), I love Asos, Forward by Revolve for its tightly curated stock, Need Supply (lots of good price points) and Ssense.

Have you always been a fan of shopping on eBay? Can you remember the first item you purchased on it? I can’t remember when I discovered eBay, but it was definitely years ago and the beginning of a long love affair. I have no idea what the first thing I bought was, but I have everything from an incredible old mine cut diamond ring and an Hermes watch to a discontinued Tiffany necklace and my all-time favorite oil painting of a horse.

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Lucky magazine’s Creative Director Andrea Linett

Ever flip through Lucky magazine to the end and see the Fashion Babble page with the caricature of Andrea Linett? Here’s an actual photo of her.

Her vibe has always screamed sexy to me, as if she were the poster girl for how to be really organic and feminine, yet tough. She’s the type to pair lace with motorcycle jackets, felt hats with trenches and plaid lumberjack pants with aviators and heels.

While this Linettness might be hard for some to pull off, you can take pieces of her style and incorporate it into your own. One of the easiest ways is to marry your personal style loves and see what happens.

Do you live in the city but yearn for the country?

Are you constantly reading Dorothy Parker poems while living with your redneck boyfriend?

Why not incorporate your favorite camping flannel with a pencil skirt and slouchy booties, your poet’s blouse with a belt, or sleek skinny jeans and tough boots?

The more you do it, the better you get.

Two pieces I can’t live without that always pull my Linett-inspired outfits together is a big citrine cocktail ring I got years ago and my Frye engineer boots.

A close runner-up is a turquoise Navajo bracelet my mom picked up for me in New Mexico years ago and a vintage obi belt from Barney’s my mother-in-law gave me from the 60s.

Like Linett’s style, each piece evokes a certain timelessness and ease of style.

What are your favorite pieces and how are you going to mix them into your wardrobe in surprising ways?

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Bib necklace by Phillip Lim featured in the September issue of Lucky Magazine

I’m flipping through the latest issue of Lucky Magazine and can’t stop drooling over the jeweled bib necklace layout. What grabs me is that even the most plain t-shirt or sweater can be glammed up with these necklaces.

How simple and brilliant.

Equally appealing to those of you not wanting to take the fashion risk and buy a top already bedazzled, these bold accessories are your way to test the waters. If co-workers start looking at you cockeyed, then you just slip off to the bathroom, take it off and it’s like it never happened.

But my guess is that you’re going to love playing around and pairing all those Plain Jane pieces tucked away in the corners of your closet.

While Lucky has lots of options, I found these two great, affordable shops on Etsy that sell the bibs but put a really feminine – and handmade – spin on them.

Florabond’s Romantic Silver Screeen Star

White Owl’s le paon dans la dentelle

and another chunkier piece, the Lillian Multi-Chain by White Owl

Now to get them before you do…

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Lucky Magazine is the only publication I follow religiously, garnering information on fabulous eco-boutiques and designers daily.

What to my wondering eyes should appear a few days ago was news of their all-inclusive listing of designers and online retailers with an eco focus. The listing includes sections for fashion, health and home but let’s stay focused here. You’re reading the fashion section.

If you’re an eco-fashion fanatic, you’re going to go bonkers with the new online sourcebook, hosting pages of on-trend designers and the boutiques that support them.

Oh, where to begin!

Well, let’s start with Larkspur, California’s  Embodies because not only does the boutique have an amazing line-up of designers, the owner is just as great and works to build relationships with her designers and customers to be successful. (Not to mention monitoring every aspect of green that comes to her store from fabrics to shipping practices.)

Cheers to Lucky for finding such great places.

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