News digest
WWD: In an effort to be hipper, Kohl's launches apt. 9 fashion line; Brit chain Jigsaw is coming to L.A.; Kristin Davis is Maybelline's new face; Lucien Pellat-Finet turns 10 (the company, not the guy); wanna buy Barneys?; a look at the Gap's Sarah Jessica Parker ads; Betsey Johnson to debut handbag line; and the new Pucci store.

NYT: Cathy Horyn ruminates on the importance of personal style; the marriage between indie designers and indie musicians; Saks is remodeling again; political style; an amusing rebuttal to last week's untucked-shirt story; and a cute anecdote about a designer and his luggage.

NYP: Much fantasizing about Britney's wedding; always ahead of the trends, the Post declares thongs are dead, long live boy shorts; girls love their Jackie O sunglasses; and sales.

VV: More on anti-Bush fashion.

NYO: The ever-campy Simon Doonan provides much-needed makeover tips for Courtney Love.

The Daily: Notify jeans (don't worry, I'm not going to call them "the new Sevens"); where designers summer; a roundup of fall ad campaigns; and sequin belts and Stella underwear.

Style.com: Fall's top trends; fall flowers on the runway; Candy Pratts Price, a woman after my own heart, on totes; and five great palettes.

Elle.com: Countless cute fall items to buy. (Check out the sweaters!)

Hint: In Shop Tart, Daryl K's long-awaited, triumphant, very welcome return (can you tell I'm a Daryl K groupie?), and a bunch of new stores.

MUG: Very original hardware.