A Little Black Dress That’s Just the Right Amount of Little

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Contributor Mya Gelber is a fastidious shopper (she has written about her hunt for the perfect white tee, work tote, and pair of dark-wash jeans). Recently, she found herself in need of a black dress that was chic, comfortable, and easy to throw on. So she placed a few frantic online-shopping orders ahead of a trip to Cartagena. Out of the eight dresses she ordered, only one dress was not returned: an unassuming Free People number, which costs $50 and to an untrained eye looks like every other tank dress on the market. She writes, “It ended up being all I wanted to wear on my vacation.”

Mother’s Day is less than a week away, and in case you still don’t know what to get your mom, here’s a few ideas (at any price point): If she likes to travel with her entire skin-care routine, this Eachy Travel Makeup Bag will hold everything she needs; if she stands all day at work, try a foot massager; and if your mom loves making memories (and filling photo albums), a portable Kodak photo printer will print phone photos instantly. Oh, and flowers are always a good idea.

In celebrity shopping news: Juliette Lewis shared the JBL speaker she used to blast ’90s playlists from on the set of Yellowjackets. Steve Madden told us about the coffee creamer he was introduced to in prison, writer Rachel Khong showed us the five-year diary she’s been using for nine years (she’s on her second one), and here’s 25 famous people on their favorite mascaras. —Ashley Wolfgang, newsletter editor