SEPTEMBER The CULTURAL DIVIDE

Birds of a Feather

Louise Baring's new book. A'm'mcm Parkinson: A Very British Glamour, out next month from Rizzoli. reproduces work from the photographefs career, which ran from the 1930s to the 19805: unpublished images. as well as rnzmy ofthe photographs he took for Vogue, Queen, and Hurper's Bazaar.

Awareness Advocate

As chair of the Helen Bomber Foundation, a human-rights organization, actress and activist Emma Thompson is the driving force behind "Journey," a powerful exhibition spotlighting the harrowing experiences of victims of human trafficking and the sex trade. The installation arrives this month in N.Y.C.'s Central Park. (9/14-9/21; helenbamber.org)

Newmans Own

The Paul Newman ribute Collection boxed set features 13 Films from the Fox and MGM libraries—including two-disc collector's editions of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Hustler, The Verdict, and The Towering Inferno— and a softcover book featunng neverbefore-released images of the blue-eyed screen legend. (On sale 9/22)

Divine Deco

Chanel's silver-dollar-size, metal-and-resin Sublime Deco ring adds a flash of fun to fall's toned-down looks. ($620, chanel.com)

LUXURY LINENS

Edmond Frette introduces a casual, lower-priced collection, Edmond, to the elegant line of Frette linens this fall. Snuggle up under a cashmere throw, or outfit your entire bed in sumptuous Egyptiancotton sheets, (frette.com)

THE EXHIBITIONS

Works from two largely unstudied periods of Georgia O'Keeffe's career—the early and the late—go on display this month at the Whitney Museum, alongside portraits from Alfred Stieglitz's famed photographic series of the painter. (9/17-1/17/10; whitney.org)

Fifty years ago Robert Frank released his history-making photography book, The Americans. To honor this anniversary, the Metropolitan Museum will play host to "Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans," a show of prints documenting Frank's cross-country journey begun in 1955. Controversial at the time, the images provide an evocative look at smalltown America that is just as resonant today. (9/22-1/3/10; metmuseum.org)

Kandinsky

Celebrating its 50th anniversary and honoring one of the great masters, the Guggenheim Museum joins with the Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau and the Centre Pompidou for "Kandinsky,' „ arriving in the U.S. this month. (9/181/13/10; guggenheim.org)