Daily digest
WWD: Tom Ford will visit the Dallas Neiman Marcus as part of his three-city book tour; and Shop Etc. has a website (2nd item).

VV: Lynn Yaeger's thoughts on the Prada sample sale (basically, go to Century 21 instead) and the ridiculously exorbitant Lucien Pellat-Finet store.

The Daily: The ultimate hair-straightening brush; and Billy Bags, from an ex-Burberry designer.

Style.com: Things so dorky, they're stylish; Bill Cunningham wannabe Kate Schelter tracks the trends on the street; hats for fall; and a phone/mini iPod carrier for when you're without handbag.

Elle.com: Their favorite jackets in red.

Hint: In Shop Tart, Alexander McQueen for guys, House of Diehl, new denim, and more; and an interview with Dior Homme God Hedi Slimane.