We made a custom nail polish with Uslu Airlines in homage of a love for travel and new horizons. You can snag a bottle for your mum until 5:30pm EST today — we’ll need some time to get it to her in the mail for Sunday.

Your mom’s big day is coming up, May 13 — even though we hope you’re lavishing her year-round, it’s always nice to have an extra excuse. We have hand-screened gift wrap with vintage ephemera stamped with affirmations so we can swath up something nice for her from our online shop. If your mom likes to smell nice and feel like a fancy lady, you could get her some Pearl+ Soap — sumptuous-smelling soaps made with crushed pearl by our friend Janet Jay — set in a lovely little cedar vessel. You can even get her a subscription where she’ll get a set of these petite soaps every two months.

If your mom is kind of butch, she might be into our wings + horns boxing robes, and if she’s into the wild side, get her a beautiful and scandalous Jeremy Kost book. Maybe she’s an artiste, or she’s a peeping Tom, or she’s a high profile street fashion blogger (and she owns an old Polaroid) — if so, she might be really into this. Or maybe your dad is exploring his gender.

Or you could just stay home and make her a card with crayons in homage to the good old days, or burn your portrait onto her lawn, or get her name tattooed on your neck. The sky’s the limit! But if you want us to send her something, order it by May 9 so we can get it to you in time. And if you have mommy issues, just get something for yourself and wear black. It takes all kinds.

A sneak peak, literally and figuratively, at our Desert Gold 2012 shwag — a Canvas Bag, an Arrows Shirt and a Mountains Shirt — premiering at Ace Hotel & Swim Club this weekend and available on our online shop. Get a room and come trip the light fantastic with us.

Steven Harrington invented a pictorial language of symbols and runes for his collaborative capsule collection with Ace Hotel and Generic Surplus for this year’s Desert Gold: Roadside Attraction pop-up shop. Steven has constructed his vision of a roadside desert pit stop — a place evocative of the odd wonders that dot the blacktop in the wide open spaces, filled with original art and desert-celebratory wares.

The Teepee Tee, California Tee and Long-Sleeve Shirt, Painted Rock Tee, Iconography Tank, Harrington Bandana and Harrington Towel are available now on our online shop. The Borstal Shoe Collection is available for pre-order and available for shipping in early May.

We took some of our Opening Ceremony x Ace Hotel & Swim Club vending machine souvenirs out to desert for some ribs — but they’ll be back for Desert Gold by sunrise. Don’t wait up. Photographed up in Pioneertown, CA, behind Pappy & Harriets.

People have adorned their wrists with leather since at least the ancient Egypt days, so we’re glad to see this age-old craft being passed along. Our friends at Tanner Goods made these limited edition Days of Heaven leather bracelets in Portland, Oregon from vegetable-tanned English Bridle American leather. The small team of craftsmen at Tanner produce every piece by hand in their Portland studio. They use the same tools that have been put to work for decades manufacturing heritage leather goods. They’ve even been known to hunt down antique equipment to get the authentic results they’re after. All of their sewing is done by a heritage saddle maker who started in 1964, and he’s been generous enough to pass along his knowledge and skill to the rest of the team.

The Ace x Tanner Goods leather bracelet sports a geometric diamonds relief pattern, brass fastener and Ace Hotel & Swim Club Days of Heaven intaglio on the inside. They’re premiering at Ace Hotel & Swim Club in Palm Springs during Desert Gold and online.

Welcome all ye wanderers and weirdos — Desert Gold lives again. This year, our pal Steve Harrington is putting together a pop-up shop in the Clubhouse that pays homage to road trips, curiosity shops and the forgotten places tucked along the long black river where all the magic happens. He’s also creating a gigantic mural on the side of the Commune and launching a capsule collection inspired by his chalk drawings scattered through the Joshua Tree desert, including a shoe in collaboration with Ace and Generic Surplus exclusively for the event, so if you show up with only a walking stick and a crazed look in your eye, we can at least outfit you with some kicks.

Stay tuned for more interviews with performers as well as our very special 2012 artists in residence.

Sunday marked the one year anniversary of the tsunami and earthquake that devastated the northeastern coast of Japan, killing over 19,000 people and resulting in a nuclear crisis. We can’t express enough our love and empathy for our friends in Japan as the world marks this moment in history. The strength, perseverance and creativity the people of Japan have demonstrated over the past year humbles us beyond words.

You can donate money directly to relief efforts in Japan by purchasing our tees with Ace New York artist Kenzo Minami and Japanese surfer and artist Yusuke Hanai — one hundred percent of the sales go to The Real Medicine Foundation. Cash donations are also more than welcome on their website.

One good way to support is just to send a lot of love over the sea.

A man watches as his paper lantern, lit in commemoration of the victims of last year’s earthquake and tsunami, floats away on the one year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami. By Daniel Berehulak, Getty Images.

A Valentine’s Day without lingerie is like a fish without a bicycle, so we asked Araks to help get you into the spirit. The result is this subtly spartan little number that celebrates your beauty in its natural state of being, made exclusively for Valentine’s Day at Ace Hotel New York. We love her grounded sensibility and nuanced sense of style. The Ace x Araks Teddy is made in New York of sheer, fog-hued cotton crepe, with slate tulle trim, adjustable straps, ruching detail in the front and lower back, and custom Ace x Araks label. This is what we like to wear when we’re smoking a cigarette (don’t try it, bad for you), absorbing the moonglow through an open window, Lou Reed on the record player… opening a letter… lip syncing the lyrics to “Venus in Furs.”

You can pick it up at Ace Hotel New York, at Araks Online, or on our shop — pairs nicely with an Ace x Uslu Airlines manicure, a good cup of coffee and an overhead view of a rain-slicked street. We’re offering a friendly break on all items on our shop through Valentine’s Day with code LOVESHWAG, so take your pick. And, yes, we were being ironic about the fish on a bicycle thing — thanks Gloria!