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  • Pride!

    July 2026

    This Pride Month, we wanted to celebrate queer joy by highlighting some of the incredible members of our team. We caught up with our crew at our Embroidery & Fulfillment...

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  • Lingua Franca X Tiny Pricks

    July 2026

    Today, I'm thrilled to reunite with Tiny Pricks Project and its creator, our dear friend Diana Weymar. For those of you who have followed our collaborations over the years, and for those...

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  • The People Giving Me Hope Online

    June 2026

    A frequent topic of conversation in my world? The fact that so many of us now get our information in nontraditional ways, and how much power the algorithms have over...

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  • We The People

    June 2026

    A couple of months ago, our COO Bridgette put a meeting on everyone's calendar called "Fourth of July War Room." The assignment? Figure out what Lingua Franca was going to...

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  • TINY PRICKS PROJECT

    June 2026

    TINY PRICKS PROJECT is a public art project created and curated by Diana Weymar. Contributors from around the world stitch tweets and quotes by #45 into vintage textiles, creating a material...

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  • What She Wore: Salone del Mobile

    May 2026

    Meet our merchandiser, Meredith Tizedes. A self-described "curious seeker of beauty and fun" (and really, what else is there?), Meredith has long been one of my personal style icons. She has...

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  • Earth Day

    April 2026

    Just ahead of Earth Day, and fresh off the Artemis mania, we’re introducing a new group of pieces, including several in our lower-priced cotton blend Maxine sweaters, and the pins...

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  • Respect Your Mother

    April 2026

     Just ahead of Earth Day, and fresh off the Artemis mania, we’re introducing a new group of pieces, including several in our lower-priced cotton blend Maxine sweaters, and the pins...

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  • Graduation

    April 2026

    I’ll be wearing my school spirit to all the end-of-year events ahead, and into this next chapter with my graduate. But they’re just as perfect for your own daily routine,...

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  • LF X Kris & Dave, Launch 2

    April 2026

     We hope you love this new drop which once again helps support two vital Detroit-based nonprofits near and dear to Kris and Dave: Make Food Not Waste, which transforms surplus food...

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  • Rachelle's Picks

    April 2026

    Spring feels like she’s finally here, for real this time, please. And it’s put a little pep in my step. I love styling our new season alongside old favorites, many...

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  • We the People Sweatshirts

    April 2026

    We may be watching one man make a spectacle of it all, but that doesn't mean we condone it. It doesn't mean we stay quiet. Or passive. Or wait politely...

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