Back to the City; Fall Essentials; Model Beauty Brands; Bold Blues

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We scan the inbox so you don't have to. Today, four items of note:

Best Bets Daily: Not updated
Brooklyn Based: Final summer beach reads
DailyCandy: An editor's NYFW outfit
GiltCity NYC: "Back to the city" deals
MUG: Old Man Murray's soap
Refinery29: Twenty fall essentials (pictured)
Thrillist: Brooklyn Brewery's Comic Con ale
Well+Good NYC: Six models who launched beauty brands
WWWD: How to do biker chic
The Zoe Report: Nine bold blue pieces