1 | Zana Bayne x & Other Stories: I rememeber reading Zana’s blog before I started my own one, about 7 years ago. And now she is launching her capsule collection with & Other Stories.

“New York-based leather goods designer Zana Bayne — known for her bondage leanings — will collaborate with & Other Stories for fall 2016.  Bayne and her co-creative director Todd Pendu, have created a capsule collection of 30 designs that will range from $29 for a choker necklace to $245 for a leather bustier. A release date has not yet been set”.

2 | Ivania Carpio for & Other Stories and the World Recycling Day: Another blogger – Ivania Carpio – is collaborating with & other stories on the World Recycling Day.

“With World Recycling Day coming up on May 17th, we invited Ivania Carpio of Love Aesthetics to spread the word about our in-store recycling program.  Do some spring cleaning and bring your textiles and/or empty & Other Stories’ beauty containers to one of our stores, and get a 10% thank-you-treat. On top of the treat, a limited edition over-sized tote bag will be handed out to recyclers starting on May 17th”.

3 | Blogger Harper & Harley launches The Undone: While Australian blogger Sara Donaldson of Harper & Harley is aluanching her own e-commerce. The Undone, a shopping destination for the effortless minimalist due to launch in July this year.

4 | Beauty Photo Retouching from the early 1900s: Photoshop from the 1900s.

5 | Not Another: The projecy calling out over-exposed design trends [via WGSN]:

“Designers Daniela Treija and Sara Sturges have created an installation and magazine series poking fun at some of the most over-exposed design preoccupations of the moment. From Memphis to the ubiquitous pineapple, Not Another explores a convergence of tastes and aesthetics that has been spurred by digital visual culture – in particular the allure of things that will look good (and share well) on Instagram, Pinterest or Tumblr”.