A Colorful Spring Dress; Freitag on the Bowery; La Prairie Self-Tanner

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We scan the inbox so you don't have to. Today, three items of note:

Best Bets Daily: Madewell's watercolor dress
Brooklyn Based: Hipster home ec lessons and other upcoming events
DailyCandy: A video about illustrator Aurora Andrews
DailyCandy Kids: Not updated
I Heart Daily: Three great new paperbacks
MUG: Clients from Hell and other websites
Refinery29: The city's 12 best vegetarian restaurants
The Skint: Not updated
Thrillist: The new Freitag store and more
UrbanBaby Daily: Not updated
WWWD: How to make a braided bracelet a la Marni
The Zoe Report: La Prairie tanning lotion