The September fashion mags have been pouring in — and, thanks to the biggest-fall-issue-ever arms race, they’re doing as much for your biceps as for your fashion sense.

Now, having read them all cover to cover, you’re speaking in headlines (“Black is so the new black!”) and categorizing time by seasons (“We’ve been dating since spring/summer ’05”).

If these are your symptoms you may want to try Borne, a ready-to-wear collection that resonates more timeless than trendy whilst still placing you ahead of your rag mag reading club cronies.

Designer Brett Lally combined farm years and Cape Cod roots with menswear experience and ended up with a collection that intertwines country sensibility, colonial England, and a tomboy edge: cropped plaid pants, velvet blazers with oversize buttons, dramatic collars, and boyish flower-print blouses with lace trim. The result screams of Little Lord Fauntleroy, had he spent a fortnight at the little house on the prairie. It’s the best way yet to find your place in the fall fashion lineup.

Without the heavy lifting.

Available at Hillary Rush, 8222 West 3rd Street, between South Harper and La Jolla Avenues (323-852-0088 or hillaryrush.com); Diavolina, 156 South Robertson Boulevard, between Alden Drive and West 3rd Street, Beverly Hills (310-550-1341). To see styles, go to borneclothing.com.