New in Stores: A round of beauty supplies to exfoliate, repair, highlight, and curl. Backstage Confidential: Get tips for effortless beauty from Zac Posen's Spring show. The Many Faces of Fall Beauty: 50+ ways to get the new looks.

  Item of the Week: Burberry's newest umbrella will keep you fashionably dry from head to toe. The Shopper: Highland Fling--Candy Pratts Price goes mad for plaid. Shopping Guide: Back to Cool--Our essential fall shopping guide.

  Item of the week: LONG AND LEAN - A high-tech route to sleek hair. The Shopper: HIGHLAND FLING - Candy Pratts Price goes mad for plaid. Shopping Guide: BACK TO COOL - Our essential fall shopping guide.

  5 great PORTABLE PERFUMES: Check out ompact carry-ons for your purse and the plane. Live the SIMPLE LIFE: Get tips for effortless beauty from Zac Posen's Spring show. THE MANY FACES OF FALL BEAUTY: 50+ ways to get the new looks.

  Spring 2008 Ready-to-wear: Reviews and complete collections for all the major shows AND Spring 2008 Preview: Sarah Mower previews London fashion week.

  It was a floral fixation in Paris for Van Noten's garden of delight, Valentino's petals, and Lacroix's rainbow coalition. Which petal-power inspiration is your favorite? Vote now!

  Valentino begins his goodbye tour, which means this is your last chance to live out your fantasy about owning a Valentino. Act now, or kick yourself forever.

  Candy Pratts Price picks Spring's hottest accessories off the Milan runways.

  Balenciaga was in full bloom on the Paris runways, with a splashy riot of hypergorgeous hydrangeas, pansies, peonies, daffodils, and anemones.

  Straight locks areback, and the C2 nano-silver titanium flat iron from Linea-Pro will give you the board-straight look without the fry. Available in mid-October at Henri Bendel in NYC.