Let’s face it, good, bad, or indifferent your choice of car says plenty about your style. Then what happens when top fashion designers get inspired by the classic American dream car? You get some pretty nifty "Thunderbird-inspired" trend-setting sportswear and accessory designs from John Bartlett, Carolina Herrera, Marc Jacobs, Gene Meyer, William Reid, Diane von Furstenberg, Lambertson Truex, Jack Spade and, Oliver Peoples. If it’s hot right now, it’s a Stylething from Focus on Style by Sharon Haver.

The best buds right now nestle in a little bobby pin placed ever so casually in your unabashedly messy hair.

If you are thinking one gigunda silk flower—a la Sex and the City—or, a headband full of ruffled roses… you are thinking dead wrong!

These flirty florets accent an otherwise nature-girl look and are anything but stiff.

Get pretty with a quick pick from your garden, grow a few perfect stems right on your windowsill, or snip a spray from a bunch of fake silk flowers. Add a bobby pin and a quick twist to your hair and you’ve mastered cheap chic in a snap!

—March 27, 2002