fun and frippery; Fall's richly eclectic looks cry out for that extra personalized flourish.

Byline: Sally Singer

At a time when trends have never been more transitory and self-immolating-a bag can be in and out and then vintage in the space of a month-here comes a stroke of genius from the Tuleh catwalk: the fresh-flower corsage, from the New York florist LMD, worn as an item of luxury. What more elegant and effortless way of bestriding the frantic treadmill of accessories fads than by wearing nature's ultimate here-today-gone-tomorrow garnish? Think about it: The cost of buying one fabulous bloom a week for the whole of the fall season is a pittance compared with what you'll pay for a lot of designer gewgaws (and this autumn, you need a lot of gewgaws to step out stylishly). At eccentric, ladylike Tuleh, anemones graced the necklines of fox-trimmed jacquard lady coats and floral-print chiffon frocks. A simpler girl might want to affix a sprig of violets to a narrow, nipped-waist tweed jacket from Ralph Lauren.

Or she might want to invest in a brooch or two, or three. This season's most essential item arrives in swarms of bugs, stars, serpents, and every other animal or mineral (but no vegetables) amenable to sparkly rendering. The key here is to look like Miuccia Prada rather than the queen of England or the Christmas hostess with the Tannenbaum on the tartan jacket

(although, come to think of it, that actually sounds quite cool). So you want to wear them two at a time, as Miuccia often does, and on inspired places: the belt loop of your cropped glen-plaid trousers, the point of your dorsal decolletage, or indiscriminately dropped on your torso (Lanvin). While you're at it, dig up something from a neglected ancestral jewel box and redeem the somewhat random aesthetic of the bauble with the emotion and meaning that attaches to a family heirloom.

If brooches ironically celebrate the primly feminine, feathers and fur might be said to advertise one's wilder, not to say decadent, self. This season, bitty is best: You'll don gloves tipped in angora (Ann Demeulemeester) or grab a printed-mink minibag from Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton. Fur coats as such seem obvious. Feathers, too, come in small and ...