So you no longer have to fake like you actually know the meaning of those leaves left lingering in your tea cup: the Tea for Two set by Atelier Daguerre has tealeaf reading hints inscribed right inside its two porcelain cups. The saucers, meanwhile, offer a dictionary of symbols and their meanings. A lovely Mom’s Day gift for the tea lover, and one that might actually inspire some sweet old fashioned mother-daughter bonding time.

For the francophile mom: the Basic French Adult Wish bracelet, a sweet little piece of satin silkscreened with a message scrawled just for the recipient - en francais, bien sûr.

With its lovely fuschia ribbon, the Mother’s-Day-perfect Adult Wish reads “Maman…je t’aime” (“Mommy…I love you”). But there’s a bunch of bracelets for other occasions (or non-occasions). Some of our favorites: “Je voeux des fraises” (“I wish for strawberries”), “Je te voeux” (“I want you”), and the somewhat intense “Jolie Princesse Voeux Namoureux…pour cros calins” (“Pretty Princess wishes for a Lover…for big snuggles”). Whoa.

From now on till May 13^th (mothers day), the Apple Store is offering free laser engraving. No excuses now, get your mom an ipod for mother’s day and make it personal and unforgettable. You can engrave it with a personal message with up to 23 characters in 2 lines for your mom/significant other, for the less creative at heart, apple has this messages:

• Mom thanks for all the love, advice and free food
• The world’s best mom, love………your signature
• Don’t let dad borrow this

The store is also offering an exclusive signature gift wrapping for a limited time. They will ship your ipod in their gorgeous gift box for free.

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“You don’t need to iron it. DID YOU HEAR ME? NO IRONING!”

That was the defining quality which put this striped pintuck shirt from The Gap on Amy Hatch’s Non-Mom-Uniform list.

The Mom Uniform. What a dreadful phrase. Today’s mom can balance a lot of hats; career woman at the office, career woman with own business, blogger, designer, artist, wife, yoga instructor, VP, actress, troupe leader, philanthropist, coach, or all of the above. It’s fair to say that today’s mom is certainly not yesterdays mom of June Cleaver lore – and neither are the clothes.

One could argue that there really isn’t such a thing as “mom clothes” – or maybe just the connotation of the term makes us defiantly say there isn’t. There are – as in every profession – certain qualities that make an item of clothing “mom approved”, and these days that usually means function + comfort + STYLE .

I love that mom’s of ThisNext are calling out the good stuff and putting it up there for all to share.

...continued: Finding Fashions For the Fashionable Mom