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 fewperfect 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