Your wallet is going to hate me for this, but online shopping just got a little more exciting. In fact, today resembles something from a fashionista's dream — here's why:

• In celebration of the 2008 Whitney Biennial, Gap has joined forces with top contemporary artists in producing a cool line of t-shirts. The limited-edition designs, which range from racy statements about politics to abstract colorful creations, are available today in select Gap stores as well as at the Whitney, the San Francisco MOMA, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Colette, and Gap.com.
• Calling all Project Runway fans. You can now get a piece of Rami Kashou's masterfully draped collection online at Maneaterthreads.com. He may have not won the show, but he's winning hearts with his fabulous new pieces.
• Online luxe-lovers rejoice! Today, Balenciaga is opening its first e-commerce site stateside, initially selling bags, shoes, sunglasses, scarves, and jewelry. Welcome to 2008, Balenciaga!

• Can't bear to think about filling your car with gas, let alone your closet with Balenciaga? American Apparel is having a secret swim sale. Enter code SWIM08E at checkout and get 20 percent off all bathing suits from now until May 27.

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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in style without wrapping yourself in a Mexican flag. Check out these three festive dresses under $50 that won't break the bank, which means you'll have a few more dollars to spend on margaritas and guac. Olé! Plus, this trio of red, white, and green frocks is versatile enough to wear all Spring.

• Green: Tie Strap Lazer Dress, $26.50. Wear this dress right into Summer.
• White: Powdered Milk Shirt Dress, $34.50. Works in an office and in a bar.
• Red: Coil Rosette Dress, $29.80. Look great sipping a margarita tonight or a cosmo on Friday.
  • More concerned about the issues in our country? The Indiana and North Carolina primaries are tomorrow — go out and vote if you can. For everyone else, fingers crossed we finally find out who the Democratic nominee is.

Of all days, today is one day when you don't want to be seen walking around with a plastic bag. Clogging our landfills with ugly plastic bags: unchic. Toting around reusable bags that make a statement: chic. So in honor of Mother Earth's Day, I've rounded up my five favorite tote bags that you can use every day.

1. Chocolate Brown MinusBag, $16. Holds as much as two plastic bags.
2. Beleaf Bag, $36. Made from organic cotton.
3. Saving the Planet Shopper, $13. Tells it like it is.
4. CC Skye Green Luxe High Eco Tote, $250. For the fashionistas.
5. Natural Envirosax Hemp Bag, $22. Three times stronger than a cotton bag.

• What else is tote-ally awesome? Bring your empty Kiehl's bottles back to a Kiehl's store for recycling today, and the first 50 customers will receive a reusable Kiehl's shopping tote.