Black used to be the end all be all, but now it's let a bit of gray sneak by! Everywhere I turn from knit sweaters to coats to evening dresses, racks are being bombarded with gorgeous grays. Top designers Michael Kors, Carolina Herrara, Vera Wang, Calvin Klein and Nicole Miller are all showing gray in their Fall 2007 collections. So if you want to give your black clothes a break, go get some gray. Depending on your budget, here are two great pieces to start with: a metallic sweater top for $19.80 at Forever 21 (left) and this cable-front tunic from Barneys for $695 (right). Clearly you will have no problem finding something when things just aren't lookin' so black and white!

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are fixtures on both worst dressed lists and in the front row of fashion shows from Marc Jacobs to Balenciaga. We watched them grow up from matching cutesy flowery outfits, selling their monikers to Wal-Mart collections for tweens, to towering platform heels, layered on black sweaters and scarves, and floor-length gowns, becoming muses to avante-garde designers. Now the teeny tiny twins are foraying into high-end clothing with the launch of the Row. Minimalist separates like blazers (see the plaid one worn by Ashley, above) and mini skirts, knit t-shirts starting at $150, and oversize fur coats (breaking the bank at over $3,000) make up the line, to be sold at Barneys. Ashley Olsen spoke to New York Magazine, “Wal-Mart was about the customer. It taught us how to be commercial. This is about me and my sister, and what we like to wear.” The twins are involved in every part of the manufacturing process, working closely with a designer, and Ashley has been caught by paparazzi exiting the factory where the clothes are being made.

Check out the new fall fashions from MARC by Marc Jacobs on NeimanMarcus.com and you can enter to win a $1,500 shopping spree. Don't be fooled, no purchase is necessary, click on the fine print at the bottom of the page to enter the contest. Also check out their exclusive video. It's basically a moving catalog with a few attempts at arty touches, but it's definitely worth while to see how a garment - like the multi-print jersey dress above, $328 - moves and looks "in person" rather than just a still photograph.

Related: Marc by Marc Jacobs fall 07 collection | Neiman Marcus pushing colored denim | a more graphic printed jersey dress