Unlike other training centers in the city like Bumble and bumble, where trainees do their homework on your head at bargain prices, Phyto Universe boasts a hair-and-scalp analysis program, treatments designed specifically for individual hair-care needs.

When socialites need over-the-top furs, they head to Dennis Basso. Now, when they want handmade eveningwear to go underneath those furs, they can turn to Nicolas Petrou, who happens to be Basso’s creative director.

The bright floral motifs throughout the new Tibi in Soho make it clear that, while the fashion world is wearing head-to-toe black this fall, designer Amy Smilovic loves color.

Femininity without the frills: Space Mercer has a stable of understated but undeniably chic designers in a loftlike, fuss-free boutique.

After almost 50 years in business, Parisian fashion house Guy Laroche is finally opening a U.S. store.

If you’re looking for year-round yacht glamour, London’s Heidi Klein boutique has opened its first Stateside location, on the Upper East Side.

Whether you surf in Kapalua or hike Kilimanjaro, Napapijri has outdoorsy yet modern clothes for men, women, and kids.

For those who find Acqua Beauty Bar a little, well, frilly, owner Jamie Ahn has opened a sleek uptown outpost, Townhouse Spa.

Once a resource solely for the design trade, Britain’s Smallbone of Devizes has opened a new bespoke-kitchen showroom to the public.

West Coast fashion brands like James Perse, Poleci, and Margaret O’Leary have successfully migrated east in recent years. Now it’s beauty’s turn, as the L.A.-based spa Lather arrives in midtown.